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Negligence Against Operators Considered in Missouri Duck Boat Sinking

The U.S. Coast Guard has found probable cause that the sinking of a tourist boat on a Missouri lake last month that killed 17 people “resulted from the misconduct, negligence, or inattention to the duties” by the captain of the …

National Weather Service to Limit Spectrum of Color-Coded Alerts

The National Weather Service uses 122 colors to communicate the weather. There are watches, warnings and advisories arrayed on website maps in a Crayola box worth of colors. Tornado watches come in yellow, blizzard warnings in scarlet and storms in …