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When Streets Attack!

If you're in the city of Detroit today, stay away from Livernois — for some obvious reasons. It's starting to become an epidemic. [Detroit News]

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Video Of Minneapolis I-35 Bridge Collapse


Late in the day yesterday a bridge, part of I-35 over the Mississippi river in Minneapolis, collapsed, injuring and killing a number of commuters. The latest reports from the scene indicate the process has moved from a rescue operation to a recovery operation and estimates of up to 30 dead are stil being bandied about. CNN was able to snag themselves a copy of the tape from a security camera pointed directly at the bridge at the time of the collapse — here's that video, as shown this morning on the Today Show. No word yet on the cause, but we're told it wasn't terrorism — so we guess there's that. So, again, remember to thank your roadway today for either not exploding or not collapsing.

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Remember To Thank Your Road For Not Exploding Today

Roads really are great. Without them we'd all need SUV's in order to go from place to place because the ground would be all rocks and dirt and shrubs and stuff. But there's another reason I like roads this morning — they usually aren't exploding. Usually is the key word there, as I now have first hand experience with what it's like to see a road do the unusual — explode. Yesterday I was minding my own business, walking down 42nd street here in Manhattan towards Grand Central station — on my way over to the CNBC studio in midtown to talk about fuel economy standards on On The Money, when my world literally exploded in front of me. I had just past Second Avenue and was approaching Third. A little over a block away from Lexington Avenue, I heard this... More »