In Iraq, an enduring reminder of the American presence and Iraq's violence are the blast walls, thousands of concrete slabs surrounding government buildings and military facilities, lining roads and separating whole neighborhoods. The walls served their purpose, cutting down on the insurgents' freedom of movement and providing protection from cars bombs and suicide bombers.
A truck dumped a load of concrete slabs on a ramp connecting the Fort Pitt Bridge to the Parkway East on Friday, creating a traffic backup that frustrated commuters described as "terrible" and "sickening. Horrible, man," said Jerry Sabo, 38. "It was gradually moving at times, but, man ... that was bad."
Danny Butcher said there was no accident. He was told to push the concrete slabs into the river. Butcher is the man who was fired from his job last week at Con- Cor-Co Inc. after he was caught on tape shoving concrete into the Milwaukee River. A tipster was concerned he was polluting the river and grabbed a video camera as she saw him start pushing on the concrete. She posted the video on YouTube and sent it to various media outlets that started asking questions.
JOPLIN, Mo. - Crews busted holes in concrete slabs and sifted through strewn home goods Tuesday as rescuers focused on crumpled big-box stores and apartment complexes in Joplin in a frantic search for survivors, after nearly 120 people were killed by the deadliest single U.S. tornado in about 60 years. One team poked through the remains of a Home Depot store, while others searched a Walmart and wrecked apartments as the clock ticked down on another round of severe storms. A hunt through the rubble using search-and-rescue dogs was planned, and officials expected to test the city's nine warning sirens while the sun was still shining.
Latrobe city engineers said a report that only 50 percent of concrete slabs in a shuttered parking garage need to be replaced is not 100 percent accurate. Pittsburgh-based Carl Walker Construction last month submitted a report to city officials that recommended replacing half the concrete in the parking garage in a project to reopen it.
JOPLIN (AP) -- Crews busted holes in concrete slabs and sifted through strewn home goods today as rescuers focused on crumpled big- box stores and apartment complexes in Joplin in a frantic search for survivors of the deadliest single U.S. tornado in about 60 years. Complete coverage:
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Investigators have unearthed two sets of human remains, each buried underneath concrete slabs in the back yard of a city home. The first set of bones was found Monday by construction workers the homeowner had hired to dig out a concrete slab in the back yard of their newly renovated home, said Capt. Tim Burkee of the Milwaukee police.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Not a peep from the enemy in Kabul since the attacks of May 2, when President Barack Obama swooped into town to finalize a partnership agreement with the Afghan president. As I sit inside a veritable fortress of razor-wire and cold concrete slabs, I know things are much worse elsewhere. Where the mountains ascend through the clouds to my west, and where rolling hills turn to fertile valleys and desert to the southeast, I know there are young men and women facing epic hardship.
CHAPTER 1 Stacie Happel moved into her newly purchased three-bedroom Milwaukee home in August 2005 with a list of projects. First order of business: Get rid of those two unsightly concrete slabs in the backyard. So she put her boyfriend to work. After smashing through 14 inches of concrete, he came across a blue tarp and underneath that, bones.
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