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Northeast Ohio landlord Bert Stratton explains in The Wall Street Journal why he's no longer a last-minute airport gate crasher, and a Clevelander is among those who talks with the paper about avoiding airline fees. (Big lesson: Pack light.) Plus, a Case Western Reserve University professor has thoughts about whether you should clone your pet, and the Journal dives into the Ohio-heavy world of butter bargain hunters.
Long-deferred maintenance, a changing climate and the construction of homes, businesses and highways below previously remote dams are all contributing to the soaring numbers.
More than 2,200 dams built upstream from homes or communities are in poor condition across the U.S., likely endangering lives if they were to fail, according to an Associated Press analysis.
An Associated Press analysis has found a growing number of hazardous dams in poor condition across the U.S. The AP tallied more than 2,200 dams in poor or unsatisfactory condition that are rated as high hazard, meaning their failure likely would kill someone.