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When a Bridge Falls

At the height of rush hour on August 1, 2007 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a bridge carrying eight lanes of I-35W over the Mississippi River suddenly collapsed, sending cars trucks plunging into the water...

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On Shaky Ground

The 1989 earthquake that shook San Francisco sent out a wake up call that continues to echo across the country.  On October 17, 1989, the opening jolt of a major American earthquake was broadcast on...

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Three Mile Island: Lessons from the Nuclear Dream

More than three decades after the accident at Three Mile Island cast a shadow on the atomic dream, is America again ready to give nuclear energy a chance? slide3 Evan Keefer, 11, skips stones into the...

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SWAT: Mission Creep

SWAT teams were created in the 1960’s to combat violent events.  Since then, the specialized teams have morphed into a force increasingly used in routine policing, most often to serve drug warrants....

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The Promise of the Air Bag

How did cars become “computers on wheels,” so automated that some are about to start driving themselves? The story begins forty-five years ago with a quest to make cars safer and the battle over the...

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