Thu
Sep 2 2010
11:55 am
By: WhitesCreek
"Crews say the opening is one foot in diameter on the surface, but the hole goes at least four feet deep and extends under the left lane of the interstate," Martinez said in the release. "TDOT Geotechnical engineers have been called to the scene to evaluate the sinkhole and determine the plan for repairs."
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Eco warriors and politics
- Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters (TN Lookout)
- Metro sues state again to block airport board takeover (TN Lookout)
- NAACP files for federal court injunction to stop new Tennessee congressional map (TN Lookout)
- John Cole’s Tennessee: Old Faithful, Tennessee style (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee Republican senator wants to change book-ban law (TN Lookout)
- Trump launches new strikes on Iran after US Army helicopter downed (TN Lookout)
- Trump’s slush fund scam has a Tennessee-connected origins story (TN Lookout)
- GAO finds millions of dollars wasted, safety and security at risk in Texas detention center (TN Lookout)
Science and stuff
- A new guideline links care for heart, kidney and metabolic diseases (Science News Daily)
- Earth’s stratosphere is a mysterious superhighway for microbes (Science News Daily)
- Sleep and exercise may dampen genetic drivers of heart disease (Science News Daily)
- Engineered hookworms could one day dispense drugs from inside your gut (Science News Daily)
- Frozen squirrel poop hints at sights and smells of Ice Age ecosystems (Science News Daily)
- These birds clack their wing bones together to woo mates at night (Science News Daily)
- Some pterosaurs may have boasted bold iridescence (Science News Daily)
- A drug may help people on GLP-1 meds preserve muscle (Science News Daily)
- AI cracked an Erdős math problem. Now experts want guardrails (Science News Daily)
- NASA declares MAVEN, its Mars atmosphere orbiter, dead (Science News Daily)
Discussing
- America As It Is Right Now (1 reply)
- Maybe it's time to reenergize RoaneViews...Or does anyone have a better idea? (2 replies)
- The Constitution Won, Trump Lost in Colorado...Now What? (1 reply)
- Our Very Own George Santos, TN GOP Congressman Ogles is Pretty Much Insane (1 reply)
- Destroying Jim Jordan, All Without Mentioning Jordan's Support For Sexual Abusing Athletes (1 reply)
- Want to See Who Owns Your State Senators and Reps? (1 reply)
- 9-11 Strangest Uninvestigated Fact (2 replies)
- It's Gettin' Real, Now...Gloria Johnson Made Wonkette! (1 reply)
- Does Rep Fritts Want School Shooters to Have Access to AR 15s? (2 replies)
- How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
- Feel Good Friday,,,From our "If Only" Dept. (1 reply)
- Tennessee Education Worsens Under Bill Lee and GOP (1 reply)
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.
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