All U.S. combat troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the month. The road south to Kuwait has been a hotbed of anti-American violence, roadside bombs and assaults by insurgents. Teams like Minnesota’s 1st Platoon A-Company 2-135 Infantry are clearing the last stretch of highway from Iraq to Kuwait of threats to [...]
Tag: Highway
December 15, 2011
December 3, 2011
Tennessee pileup involves 176 cars
(CNN) — One person was killed and 16 others injured Thursday in three separate chain-reaction crashes involving 176 cars north of Nashville, authorities said. Heavy fog and black ice were thought to have contributed to the crashes on State Highway 386 in Sumner County, said county emergency medical services Capt. Vincent Riley. The incidents began [...]
November 6, 2011
Rare earthquake shakes Oklahoma
6 November 2011 Last updated at 10:19 GMT The US state of Oklahoma has been shaken by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, thought to be the strongest in its history. Some buildings cracked and a highway buckled, but there were no immediate reports of serious injury or damage. The quake was centred near the town of [...]
October 26, 2011
Bee swarm escapes from US lorry
25 October 2011 Last updated at 01:09 GMT No life threatening injuries were reported after the bees escaped A highway in the US state of Utah was temporarily closed after a lorry carrying at least 20 million bees overturned, freeing the insects. The bees were being transported to California, ready to pollinate an almond crop [...]
October 25, 2011
Truck driver tells of moment 25 million bees escaped
Truck driver Louis Holst has never been scared of bees, but he’s rethinking his next long-haul load a day after being swarmed by 25 million of the stinging insects. Holst and his wife, Tammie, picked up 460 bee hives in South Dakota and were about 36 hours into their drive on Sunday night when he [...]
October 25, 2011
TSA VIPR Checkpoints Across Tennessee to ‘Fight Terrorism’
October 23, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis TSA VIPR Checkpoints Across Tennessee to ‘Fight Terrorism’ –Agents recruiting truck drivers into First Observer Highway Security Program to ‘say something, if they see something’ 21 Oct 2011 TSA agents are hitting the interstates to fight terrorism with Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR). Tuesday, Tennessee was first to [...]
October 14, 2011
3 NATO tankers torched in Pakistan
October 13, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis 3 NATO tankers torched in Pakistan [What a shame!] 13 Oct 2011 Pro-Taliban militants in eastern Punjab Province of Pakistan have destroyed at least three NATO oil tankers carrying fuel for US-led foreign troops in neighboring Afghanistan, Press TV reports. Official sources told Press TV that the militants set [...]
October 4, 2011
Sea lion who crossed Highway 101 had been shot
October 4, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Sea lion who crossed Highway 101 had been shot 04 Oct 2011 (CA) An intrepid sea lion who flopped across eight lanes of traffic on Highway 101 in Burlingame on Saturday was suffering from a gunshot wound, officials at the Marine Mammal Center said Monday. The sea lion, dubbed [...]