Sewer System Puts County Knee-Deep In Debt
Aug 29th, 2008 · Steve Inskeep has this morning's Last Word in Business News.
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Female Workers Break Stereotypes in Karachi
Jun 5th, 2008 · Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep continues his reporting from one of the largest cities in the world as part of our series, "The Urban Frontier." In this segment, we meet two influential women in Karachi, Pakistan. Sabra Khadun supervises men digging a new sewer, and Purveen Rehman works as an architect and leader of a research center. Both women are breaking stereotypes in a male-dominated society.
Nashville Struggles With Water and Sewer Systems *
Jun 1st, 2008 · Several American cities are struggling to maintain their aging water systems, and Nashville, Tenn. is one of them. Karl Dean, the city's new mayor, says Nashville needs more than $500 million for capital improvements to its century-old water and sewer system. Guest host Audie Cornish takes a boat ride up the Cumberland River, which runs through Nashville, with the mayor and the city's water services director.
A Communal Drug Test via the Sewer
Apr 17th, 2008 · A team of scientists is making the most ambitious attempt yet to figure out what illegal drugs Americans are doing. They need only one teaspoon of sewage to administer a citywide drug test.
Wis. Town Picks Commissioner from a Hat *
Apr 4th, 2008 · Here's a suggestion for Clinton and Obama. An election in Burlington, Wis., ended in a tie, and officials did the democratic thing: They put two names in a hat. The incumbent, Denise Rintz, won the drawing, so she keeps her job as sanitary district commissioner -- overseeing the sewers for $2,700 a year.
'Dirty Jobs' Make for a Fun But Messy Resume *
Mar 24th, 2008 · Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs, talks about what it's like to be knee-deep in some of the grittiest jobs around. From cleaning up toxic sewer leaks to collecting owl vomit, Rowe has now tried his hand at more than 175 very messy occupations.
Raleigh, N.C., Bans New Garbage Disposals
Mar 17th, 2008 · Starting Monday, new garbage disposals are banned in Raleigh, N.C. Officials say the appliances allow grease to accumulate in sewers, leading to sewage spills. But a lot of homeowners, and a company that makes the kitchen appliances, consider the ban invasive and misdirected.
Coping with New York's Roaches -- or 'Water Bugs' ****
Aug 7th, 2007 · New Yorkers are used to rats, pigeons and more than a fare share of household pests. But they still seem surprised -- and disgusted -- when some exceptionally large, six-legged creatures come out of the sewers and walk the streets at night.
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