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11:35 am
Wed March 28, 2012

Updated reports: Worker falls into river at Mississippi River Bridge construction site

Credit (Missouri Department of Transportation website)
A view of the Mississippi River Bridge construction area from a time-lapse camera taken at 11 a.m. today.
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Updated at 10:05 p.m.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, quoting East St. Louis Police chief Michael Floore, says the missing worker has tentatively been identified as 35-year-old Andy Gammon of Park Hills, Mo., which is about 65 miles south of St. Louis. The Post-Dispatch says investigators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are on scene to investigate.

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Mississippi River Bridge
5:22 pm
Tue November 29, 2011

Metro East Black Contractors file racial discrimination suit against IDOT

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The Mississippi River Bridge under construction. The Metro East Black Contractors Organization is suing the Illinois Department of Transportation for racial discrimination.
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The new Mississippi Bridge Project  is facing a new obstacle. The Metro East Black Contractors Organization is suing to stop the Illinois Department of Transportation from handing out more contracts on the $760 million project until discrimination issues are addressed.

The organization says they aren't getting their fair share of work on the project. The group's attorney Eric Vickers says in addition to an injunction on awarding more contracts, the new lawsuit calls for IDOT to pay $650 million in damages.

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Morning Round-up
9:41 am
Mon October 10, 2011

Morning headlines: Monday, October 10, 2011

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The St. Louis Cardinals lost game 1 of the National League Championship Series at Miller Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisc.
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Cardinals lose Game 1 of NLCS

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