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Abandon perfection: Embrace 'wabi sabi' travel in the Southupdated: Fri Mar 16 2012 15:24:00

Traveling with young children is an imperfect art. Sure, there are urban myths about parents who tour Europe with their silent, serene baby in an organic backpack. But that's just folklore peddled by luxury retailers selling couture children's clothing. Real kids are loud, smelly and fidgety.

Ship carrying rocket parts hits Kentucky bridge, causing partial collapseupdated: Fri Jan 27 2012 21:42:00

Coast Guard crews were among those working Friday to reinforce a southwestern Kentucky bridge that partially collapsed after being hit by a 312-foot cargo ship.

Tennessee sludge spill estimate grows to 1 billion gallonsupdated: Mon Jan 05 2009 14:29:00

Estimates for the amount of thick sludge that gushed from a Tennessee coal plant last week have tripled to more than a billion gallons, as cleanup crews try to remove the goop from homes and railroads and halt its oozing into an adjacent river.

EPA: Rivers high in arsenic, heavy metals after sludge spillupdated: Mon Dec 29 2008 18:00:00

The Environmental Protection Agency has found high levels of arsenic and heavy metals in two rivers in central Tennessee that are near the site of a spill that unleashed more than a billion gallons of coal waste.

Tennessee sludge spill runs over homes, waterupdated: Wed Dec 24 2008 08:26:00

A wall holding back 80 acres of sludge from a coal plant in central Tennessee broke this week, spilling more than 500 million gallons of waste into the surrounding area.

Long-distance drivers feeling the pain of costly commuteupdated: Tue Sep 02 2008 17:56:00

Soaring gas prices, nearing a national average of $4 per gallon, are causing long-distance commuters to burn holes in their wallets along with the fuel in their gas tanks.

Time.com: The (Water) War Between the Statesupdated: Fri Mar 07 2008 17:00:00

With Atlanta's main supply drying up, Georgia opens up a two-century-old border dispute with Tennessee. And the case could even go to the Supreme Court

Money Magazine: Touring Public Works Projects: Eight Dams, Locks And Canals Worth A Visitupdated: Sat Jul 01 2000 00:01:00

Bonneville Lock and Dam, Cascade Locks, Ore.; 541-374-8820; www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/b; free. The oldest federal dam on the Columbia River and site of the state's salmon hatchery is just south of ...

Fortune: UPWARD MOBILITY IN MOBILE updated: Mon Sep 30 1985 00:01:00

Mobile, Alabama, has seen some hard times. While it was largely spared by Hurricane Elena in early September, six years ago Hurricane Frederic smashed into the area and did $940 million in damage. ...

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