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Militants surrounded with no way to escape. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. The natural gas field is a joint venture involving algeria, norway and bp. We are still awaiting more details about as many as 20 hostages to reportedly escaped today. Since Hurricane Katrina seven years ago inspectors have found hundreds of levees in danger of failing in 37 states. Local governments are responsible for upgrading unacceptable levees but some local Officials Say repairs could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The condition of Flood Control became a hot button issue in 2005 when katrinas rain ...

Structures are in danger. This comes after Hurricane Katrina which killed thousands and caused billions in damage. After Hurricane Katrina, california budgeted money for improvements. The study doesnt identify any levees in the bay area but it is up to a local government to improve their levees so if one is found to be unacceptable it could cost a community millions. Live in East Palo Alto, Elissa Harrington, cbs 5. This morning, almost every boeing 787 dreamliner jet is now grounded until further notice because of safety concerns. Air safety authorities in europe, japan and india have joined ...

Confirmed. A short time earlier an algerian security official said about 20 hostages including some americans and europeans had escaped. The militants attacked the gas complex and took dozens of hostages yesterday about 800 miles south of algiers. By all indications, this is a terrorist act. The United States strongly condemns these kinds of terrorist acts. It is a very serious matter when americans are taken hostage. The militants say they are part of an al qaeda affiliate operating in north africa. They say the raid was meant to punish algeria for helping frances military operation against i...

Lithium ion batteries have a lot of power and of course there are many types of batteries out there and hopefully a substitute can be found, but nothing is absolutely set in stone at this point. Reporter boeing might be able to design a container to prevent or protect fires caused by the lithium batteries. But if the company is forced to use older, larger batteries, engineers would have to re design parts of the 787. Investigators have reached no conclusions, but they will certainly be taking a hard look at every aspect of the 787s battery. I think that the amount of problems there have been w...

Difficult engineering challenge. Lithium ion batteries have a lot of power and of course there are many types of batteries out there and hopefully a substitute can be found, but nothing is absolutely set in stone at this point. Reporter boeing might be able to design a container to prevent or protect fires caused by the lithium batteries. But if the company is forced to use older, larger batteries, engineers would have to re design parts of the 787. Investigators have reached no conclusions, but they will certainly be taking a hard look at every aspect of the 787s battery. I think that the amo...