NJ eyes SC site for radioactive dirt
300 railroad cars of dirt would be dumped in a landfill near Bishopville, raising concerns
The mega Lee County Landfill rises like a mesa on the horizon near Bishopville as seen in this Sept. 2010 file photograph.
- Tim Dominick /tdominick@thestate.com
A company wants to send 300 railroad cars of radioactive dirt from New Jersey to South Carolina for burial in a mega garbage dump near Bishopville, rather than dispose of the waste in the Northeast.
The shipments from Sayreville, N.J., to South Carolina would be unprecedented for the mountainous waste dump, a nationally known landfill designed to bury household garbage instead of toxic waste.
Many questions remain unanswered about the disposal plan, but this much is known: dumping the soil would require extra precautions at the Lee County landfill. The radioactive soil poses threats to public safety not normally found in household garbage, records show.
Columbia Hits 109 Degrees for 2nd Straight Day
Detroit toddler found dead beneath pile of clothes in grandmother’s closet
Babysitting uncle arrested after 17-month-old is discovered after more than 12 hours missing. Family initially feared the girl kidnapped. Autopsy results will take weeks.
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Zyia Turner, 17 months, was missing for more than 12 hours before police dogs found her body in her grandmother's closet.
A baby girl in Detroit was discovered dead beneath a pile of clothes in her grandmother’s closet on Saturday morning, police said.
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The toddler's body was found beneath a pile of clothes in this closet.
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Con Ed locks out 8,000 employees, managers take over system as talks with union break down
Talks broke down about 1 a.m., officials said. Discussions centered around wages, pension and other benefits.
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Con Edison command center in New York.Some 5,000 managers will now be running New York's power system.
Negotiations broke down early Sunday between Consolidated Edison and its unionized workers, prompting the lock out of about 8,000 employees, utility officials said.
“We remain far apart,” said Michael Clendenin, a Con Edison spokesman.
Talks broke down about 1 a.m., officials said. Discussions centered around wages, pension and other benefits.
Clendenin said the system would be run by about 5,000 managers. Customers shouldn’t expect any adverse effects, officials said. About half of the managers have experience on the ground — making repairs and running the power grid.
The contract between the power company and Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers of America expired at midnight Saturday.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ed-dismisses-8-000-employees-managers-system-talks-union-break-article-1.1105735#ixzz1zO9XIrjt
Coroner: Possible Heat Related Death Being Investigated At Easley Nursing Home
Some states trim use of planes in speed traps
NEW YORK (AP) - Highway signs throughout New York warn that when it comes to catching speeders, the long arm of the law extends even into the sky. "State Police aircraft used in speed enforcement," they say.
Actually, lead-footed drivers hitting the interstates for the Independence Day holiday can keep their eyes on the road. The New York State Police, who once routinely used planes to clock motorists, haven't written a single ticket in that manner since at least 2005.
"It hasn't been entirely eliminated," Sgt. Kern Swoboda, a state police spokesman, said of the signs. "We still have the airplanes."
But in these budget-conscious times, he said, launching aircraft to catch speeders just isn't fiscally prudent.
New York is one of several states to scale back the use of aircraft for traffic enforcement in recent years because of budget cuts or concerns about cost-effectiveness.
Other states have come to the opposite conclusion. Read the article in its entirety to learn more.
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