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Earthquakes - New Madrid
4:00 pm
Thu December 15, 2011

200 years after the New Madrid earthquakes, the legends live on

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Caption: This photo, taken in Blytheville, Missouri, in 1904, shows sand blows (lighter patches) resulting from the New Madrid earthquakes.
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A U.S. Geological Survey map of the United States showing zones of seismic hazard.
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Friday, Dec. 16, marks the 200th anniversary of the first of the New Madrid earthquakes, a series of large tremors centered in northeastern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri.

The earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 were so big, legend has it, they made the Mississippi River run backwards.

Seismologist Susan Hough of the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena, Calif., says that’s actually true – at least where the fault crosses underneath the river channel.

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Ozark Rivers - Management
6:14 pm
Tue December 13, 2011

Environmentalists urge National Park Service to protect the Current River

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Ted Mathys, state advocate for Environment Missouri (at podium) and other environmentalists urged the National Park Service to protect the Current River in Missouri during a press conference at St. Louis' City Hall on Dec. 13, 2011.
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Canoes float down the Current River.
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Horseback riding is a popular activity in the Ozarks, but horses' waste has been linked to high E. coli levels in the Jacks Fork, the main tributary of the Current River.
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Heavy use by ATVs and other vehicles has eroded access trails along the Current River.
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Updated at 6:10 pm to add Congresswoman Emerson's response.

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E. coli outbreak
4:17 pm
Wed December 7, 2011

Romaine lettuce sold at Schnucks identified as source of recent E. coli outbreak

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A map from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing the number of persons who were infected with the strain of E. coli in the recent outbreak of illness in Missouri and nine other states.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that romaine lettuce was the source of the E. coli outbreak that sickened a total of 60 people in ten states earlier this fall.

Thirty-seven of those infected were in Missouri.

On its website, the CDC says the lettuce came from salad bars from a single grocery store chain but did not report the name of the chain. Schnucks management has confirmed that it is the chain in question.

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St. Louis Sustainability Summit
5:00 am
Mon December 5, 2011

St. Louis' first "Sustainability Summit" begins Tues.

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A view of St. Louis from the top of the Gateway Arch.
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Tomorrow Mayor Francis Slay will kick off St. Louis' first "Sustainability Summit." The goal of the summit is to get public input on how to boost the economy, improve quality of life, and protect the environment.

St. Louis sustainability director Catherine Werner says the summit will include an invitation-only technical session, but evening sessions will be open to the public.

That includes tomorrow's kick-off and a working session on Wednesday led by environmental justice advocate Majora Carter.

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