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'Flash Drought' Brings Dust and Dread
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Atlanta Bans Electric Scooters
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In this March 21, 2019 file photo, Whitney Flynn, a physical scientist at the National Water Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., works on computer screens showing flood predictions and other information. An arsenal of new technology is being put to the test fighting floods this year as rivers inundate towns and farm fields across the central United States. Drones, supercomputers and sonar that scans deep under water are helping to maintain flood control projects, and predicting just where rivers will roar out of their banks.
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Drones, Supercomputers Deployed Against Floods
These tools are putting detailed information to use in real time.
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Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development Pat Wilson, from left, Norfolk Southern CEO Jim Squires, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Georgia Governor-Elect Brian Kemp react to a speaker during a press conference in the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta. During the presser, Fortune 500 company Norfolk Southern officially announced that they will be moving their headquarters to Atlanta.
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Norfolk Southern Moving to Atlanta
The move reflects a trend among larger companies moving to major cities for deeper pools of talent, busier airports and other amenities.
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Leaders Want Details on Amazon-Sized Project
They want to know how much public money will be spent to develop an underused site known as 'The Gulch.'
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Todd Keeling was found dead inside a walk-in beer cooler at the Atlanta Braves baseball stadium.
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Inventor Found Dead in Stadium Cooler
He was at the park to install his patented beer-pouring technology.
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This photo shows containers that were loaded with tons of sewage sludge in Parrish, Alabama.
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'Poop Train' Finally Empty; Sludge Gone
The last train car full of NYC sewage sludge that stunk up a small Alabama community for more than two months has finally been emptied.
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This April 12, 2018 photo shows containers that were loaded with tons of sewage sludge in Parrish, Ala. More than two months after the so-called 'Poop Train' rolled in from New York City, Hall says her small town smells like rotting corpses. Some say the trainloads of New Yorkers' excrement is turning Alabama into a dumping ground for other states' waste.
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Waste Disposal 'Poop Train' is Stranded in AL Town
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A tract of land known to locals as The Gulch is shown Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, in Atlanta. As Atlanta vies to entice Amazon to build its second headquarters on the site, local leaders are studying a proposal to build a $5 billion project with more than three times the office space of New York's Empire State Building.
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January 26, 2018
Railroad Ties
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Millions of Defective Rail Ties
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In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017 photo, a United Parcel Service cargo plane sits idle during the day as it awaits loading at Richmond International Airport in Sandston, Va.. UPS says in court records that it suspects one of its pilots obtained secret business plans for the shipping giant's aircraft fleet and posted them online. In a federal lawsuit filed the week of Oct. 6, 2017, UPS says its strategic plans are highly confidential, and says a PowerPoint presentation was intended only for senior executives.
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UPS Investigates Leaks of Secret Business Plans
The company is taking steps to identify whoever was responsible for posting strategic plans on an internet message board.
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This is a Thursday, June 15, 2017 file photo of The scorched facade of the Grenfell Tower in London after a massive fire raced through the 24-storey high-rise apartment building in west London. British police have described the painstaking work of recovering remains from a burnt-out London high-rise, four weeks after the disaster killed at least 80 people. The Metropolitan Police force says it will take months to identify all the victims, and the agonizing wait has provoked anger and dismay from victim's families.
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Manufacturer Freezes Sales After Fire
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In this Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 file photo, fans walk into Cleveland Browns Stadium before the Minnesota Vikings play the Cleveland Browns in an NFL football game, in Cleveland. In sales brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the 'stunning visual effect' its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan school and a 33-story hotel on Baltimore's waterfront.
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Buildings Check Panels Amid Fire Fears
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In this Friday, June 13, 2014, file photo, a new cooling tower for a nuclear power plant reactor that's under construction stands near the two operating reactors at Plant Vogtle power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. Westinghouse Electric Co., the U.S. nuclear unit of Japan’s Toshiba Corp., filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, March 29, 2017, calling into question the future of a number of billion-dollar nuclear projects under construction, including two in the U.S.
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U.S. Impact from Westinghouse Troubles
The four nuclear reactors Westinghouse is helping to build in South Carolina and Georgia are behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.
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