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Red light Metrolink train ran before Chatsworth crash may not have been clearly visible
A critical red light that a Metrolink train ran just before slamming into a freight train in Chatsworth was not as visible as green and yellow signals displayed by the same trackside warning device, investigators probing the disaster have found. The...Tags: Prosecution, Union Pacific Corporation, Transportation Industry, Radio, Disasters
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Bowyer-Singleton creates fuller pictures from aerial views
Sentinel Staff WriterFor developers, land buyers, property investors, brokers and other industry professionals, the aerial views that free services such as Google Earth now provide are changing the way they do business. Seeing property and nearby homes, buildings, trees,...Tags: National Government, Vacation and Timeshares, Contracts, Charter Schools, Public Employees
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Alfred Brociner, Port Authority engineer, dies at 80
joseph.mallia@newsday.comAlfred Brociner, a prominent mechanical engineer who helped design an emergency cooling system for the World Trade Center after the 1993 terrorist bombing, died Thursday at his Plainview home after a long illness. He was 80. Brociner was born in...Tags: Kennedy Airport, Family, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Local Authority, Regional Authority
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With vintage satellites still in orbit, sales are grounded
If only cars could last so long. This month, a satellite resembling a shiny spinning drum and orbiting 21,156 miles above Earth celebrated its 41st birthday, astounding engineers and scientists, some of them the children of those who built it. For...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Heads of State, Sales, National Government, Space Programs
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Three Boxes, One Show
KickingTiresIf you kept up with our coverage of the L.A. auto show or were there yourself, you no doubt noticed a couple new boxy cars ??? the 2009 Nissan Cube and 2010 Kia Soul ??? vying for the sort of......Tags: Honda, Scion, Auto Shows, Passenger Cars, Vehicles
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NEW HARTFORD: Engineer Named To School Panel
The school board unanimously selected James Moor as its newest member. Moor is an aerospace engineer at Pratt & Whitney, and in recent years he led multiple programs for government and commercial customers, according to a press release. Moor has a...Tags: Wetlands, Technology, Academic Progress, Natural Resources
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A quarter-century marriage to a man behind bars
First of Three Parts
The summer after her first year of law school, Pamela Dowden dug a red calico sundress out of her closet and left her apartment in Sacramento. It was a hot, shadeless morning. She drove her orange Datsun pickup out of town as...Tags: Carlos Castaneda, First Data Corporation, Marriage, Family, Theft
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Testing continues in Emmaus
Of The Morning CallAn Emmaus property that was once home to a dry-cleaning operation is underlain with a potential cancer-causing chemical, but officials say it has not posed a significant health threat. Cintas Corp. discovered tetrachloroethylene, also known as PCE, at...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Water, Cintas Corporation, Environmental Politics, Conservation
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Blame and a bridge
The Minnesota bridge was 1,907 feet long and, when it began ripping apart, its first reaction was to undulate as if waving goodbye. Then it wrote an epitaph in stark statistics: • Portions of the span that collapsed at that rush-hour moment held...Tags: University of Minnesota, National Government, Physiology, John McCain, Natural Science
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Business Players
Greg Martino has joined Harvel Plastics, Inc., Forks Township, as national sales manager for its industrial PVC and CPVC pipe, duct, and extruded products sector. Martino brings in-depth market knowledge and comprehensive understanding of the plastics...Tags: Sales, Forks Township, Material Science
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Rt. 100 intersection certainly is ... generating interesting conversation
Q: Can someone please explain the insanity behind the 'improvements' at I-78 and Route 100? The ramp from 100 north to 78 east is horrible, going from one lane to two, then back to one before entering 78. Terri Snyder Upper Macungie Township I'm...Tags: Passenger Cars, Vehicles, Allentown, Macungie, Transportation
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Ethanol conversion may be more than you bargained for
Automotive EditorQuestion: I'm interested in converting my car to make it run on E85 ethanol. Are there kits to do this, and is it safe? CLARENCE Answer: Clarence, there are indeed kits that, when installed, will allow your vehicle to run on E85. There are problems,...Tags: Vehicles, Ford, Ethanol, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles
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