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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
WLS TV ABC 7 reports: A World War II fighter plane saw the light of day for the first time in more than 60 years when it was pulled from the waters of Lake Michigan near Waukegan today. Hunter Browley, whose grandfather Lt. Walter Elcock piloted the plane when it went into the lake, was given the honor of sitting in the cockpit. Get the full story: abclocal.go.com .
Military Times - News (Free subscription) | yesterday
More than 60 years after it went crashing into Lake Michigan, a Navy F6F-3 Hellcat fighter plane was lifted from the water Monday morning.The plane was covered with sludge but largely intact.“Relatively speaking, having been down there since 1945, it’s in pretty darn good shape,” said Mark Kish, who works for Larsen Marine in Waukegan, Ill.The lettering on the side and...
The Political Environment (Free subscription) | yesterday
Much has been written and far more will be said and referenced in the months and years to come about the conditions the City of Milwaukee has placed on selling Lake Michigan water to suburbs or more distant communities like the City of Waukesha. Waukesha has said Milwaukee is the preferred supplier, so what lies ahead if all eight Great Lakes states approve the diversion application...
The Political Environment (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... have delayed the Oak Creek power plant construction. And that will improve the quality of Lake Michigan - - a worthy outcome that cannot be measured in dollars and cents alone. I suspect that the PSC may have felt that the settlement boxed them in and took away some of their power to be fully in charge of rate-setting, and thus utility and public policy-making. But let's not let bureaucratic...
Daily Norseman (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
More photos » by Morry Gash - AP Allen: Did you hear what Jon Greenberg said about me? Rogers: Who? (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Browse more photos » Jon Greenberg, a writer for ESPNChicago.com, did a wonderful little hit piece on Jared Allen this weekend, full of backhanded complements as he drones on ad nauseum about #69's past transgressions. (Can anyone explain to me how we can justify an...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
LANSING, Mich., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Weather permitting on Monday, November 30, a World War II, F6F-3 Hellcat fighter plane will be raised from the depths of Lake Michigan off the Chicago shoreline. The plane has rested on the lake bottom for more than sixty years ...
Sify (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Scientists have found a telltale "bathtub ring" of minerals inside an ancient Martian impact crater, which has led them to suggest that Mars may have once hosted a body of water roughly the size of Lake Michigan.According to a report in National Geographic News, the find means that Columbus crater, in Mars's southern hemisphere, is the best place yet to study the chemistry of so-called...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
LANSING, Mich., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Weather permitting on Monday, November 30, a World War II, F6F-3 Hellcat fighter plane will be raised from the depths of Lake Michigan off the Chicago shoreline. The plane has rested on the lake bottom for more than sixty years after crashing during a training exercise.
Physorg (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Two feared species of Asian carp have zoomed beyond the $9 million electric barriers built to keep them out of Lake Michigan. Now, the only thing left between the carp and the Great Lakes is a lock and dam in southern Chicago.
National Geographic (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
A "bathtub ring" of minerals inside Columbus crater makes the basin the best place yet to study the chemistry of so-called fossil lakes on Mars, researchers say.
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Neptunus Lex (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A World War II era Navy fighter was brought up from the bottom of Lake Michigan yesterday, evoking strong memories of a vanished time to the aviator who put her there: Walter Elcock, 89, said he remembers the day as though it was yesterday. During a training exercise during which Elcock was practising landing on a carrier [...]
"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
A World War II F6F-3 Hellcat fighter plane breaks the surface of Lake Michigan... telegraph
Field Notes (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
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