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GLIN NEWS: 27 October 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 27 October 2004

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Ground broken for Thunder Bay maritime heritage center

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Ground has been broken for a visitors center and historical and scientific

research facility at the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and

Underwater Preserve. Source: Booth Newspapers (10/27)





PCBs found in St. Clair Shores drain after cleanup

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Toxic PCBs remain in two suburban Detroit boat canals a year after state and

federal agencies spent $7 million dredging them, according to the Michigan

Department of Environmental Quality. Source: Detroit Free Press (10/27)





Federal grant will help with coal gasification plant

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A plan to build a coal gasification plant that's expected to bring more jobs

to Minnesota's Iron Range has received a $36 million boost from the U.S.

Department of Energy. Source: Duluth News Tribune (10/27)





EDITORIAL: Steelmaking goes global

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The roller-coaster story of steelmaking in Cleveland took another surprise

turn this week with news that International Steel Group is merging with a

European-based firm to create the world's largest steel-producing company.

Source: The Plain Dealer (10/27)





U.S. EPA cites 4 more dairies for fouling water

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Four more northwest Ohio dairy farms have received U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency findings of violations and administrative orders to make

changes to prevent contamination of creeks and ditches. Source: The Toledo

Blade (10/27)





Michigan could expand hunting

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After legalizing mourning dove hunting, Michigan officials are taking a look

at the possibility of adding two more animals -- the gray wolf and the

sandhill crane -- to the states' game list. Source: South Bend Tribune

(10/26)





Detroit bottleneck benefits Toledo port

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Toledo port officials are hoping a steel company's decision to unload two

ships there rather than wait in line at Detroit is an indicator of good

things to come. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/26)





Wayward gator gives couple quite a fish story

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It's not clear how it got there, but a 2 1/2 foot alligator was caught along

a Lake Michigan beach over the weekend. Source: Northwest Indiana Times

(10/26)





Search area narrowed for lost airplane engine

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The search for a cargo plane engine that fell off a Boeing 747 shortly after

takeoff last week has been narrowed to a 2-square-mile area of Lake

Michigan. Source: The Detroit News (10/26)





New U.P. dune theory developed

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A group of scientists think they have solved the decades-old riddle of how

sand dunes formed in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, miles from

Lake Superior. Source: The Mining Journal (10/24)





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