A Quarter-Billion Dollars Goes to Repair a 1/3-Mile, 64-Foot-High Bridge WASHINGTON, PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Before adjourning for its August recess early Sunday, Congress quickly passed a bill spending $250 million to repair the 1,907-foot I-35 bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an expenditure…

U.S. Marshals personnel from the District of Minnesota offices responded immediately to the scene of the tragic bridge collapse in Minneapolis on Wednesday. They established perimeters around the location and assisted local police. Photo taken at Interstate 35W Bridge collapse…

WASHINGTON -- U.K.-based British Airways Plc and South Korean-based Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. have each agreed to plead guilty and pay separate $300 million criminal fines for their roles in conspiracies to fix the prices of passenger and cargo…

Product Marketed Under a Variety of Brand Names The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat certain brands of French Cut Green Beans in 14.5 ounce cans manufactured by Lakeside Foods Inc, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin…

ST. PAUL, Minn. - On August 2,Governor Tim Pawlenty directed Mn/DOT to take several actions to address issues related to the I-35W bridge collapse: 1. Mn/DOT will hire Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., a forensic engineering firm, to do an…

MINNEAPOLIS - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters today announced that, based on Minnesota's request, $5 million in federal relief will be available to the state to repair the I-35 bridge that collapsed last night. The Secretary is in…

WASHINGTON A fugitive U.S.-designated terrorist, who is the subject of a $5 million U.S. reward and is believed to be at large in the Philippines, has been indicted on terrorism-related charges in the Northern District of California along with his…

WASHINGTON A federal grand jury in San Diego has indicted 18 individuals on racketeering and related charges for allegedly operating an Internet business that generated more than $126 million in gross revenues from the illegal sale of prescription pharmaceuticals, Assistant…

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), along with U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), introduced the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007 (S. 1862), a bill that facilitates an important land exchange that will protect environmentally sensitive…

By Mimi Diaz, Arizona Geological Survey An earth fissure in Chandler Heights re-opened Saturday night (July 21, 2007) during a thunderstorm that dropped two inches of rain in an hour, and effectively swallowed a horse, in addition to damaging corral…

Over 38,000 Marijuana Plants Removed 2 Men Arrested Chicago Gary G. Olenkiewicz, Special Agent in Charge of DEAs Chicago Field Division along with Richard Waszak, Chief of the Cook County Forest Preserve Police, announced today the removal of over 38,000…

It's time to start doing those rain dances again. Evidently several folks in Globe danced over the weekend, because an abundance of water fell in a very short period of time. However, thanks (or not) to the surrounding mountains, the…