Amtrak: No Acela Service This Week
Apr 19, 2005 5:12 pm US/Eastern. The company that builds Amtrak's Acela Express trains has only 80 disc brakes in stock, not nearly enough to replace the 300 damaged brakes discovered on the railroad's 20-train, high-speed rail fleet.
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MASS - White powder spills from package at Raytheon
http://www.dailynewstribune.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=54158
[Sun-Sentinel.com] FLORIDA - Powder scare closes post office in Boca Raton
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-ppowder17apr17,0,1498518.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
[Stony Brook Statesman] NEW YORK - Anthrax scare in Melville Library [ 2nd incident at this location ]
"white powdery substance was discovered to be sprinkled on the tops of books in the third floor stacks of the Melville Library"
http://www.sbstatesman.org/news/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=309&Itemid=41
[Toronto Sun] CANADA - Barrie cops hunt mysterious poison van
"mysterious white van that allegedly sold toxic milk in Barrie that so far has sickened four people with E. coli"
"health officials are concerned that the infection could be contagious"
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2005/04/16/999798-sun.html
Another train story - it was quite a mess this evening.
Large Brush Fire Disrupts Trains In New Jersey
Updated: 8:37 pm EDT April 20, 2005
NEW YORK -- A huge brush fire burned near the Lincoln Tunnel in New Jersey Wednesday, causing major disruptions for commuters.
Delays were expected to continue for hours.
The fire did not affect New Jersey Transit's Hoboken line. But it did disrupt visibility for drivers coming out of the Lincoln Tunnel, and on to the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 1 and 9.
http://www.wnbc.com/traffic/4399101/detail.html