Free Republic

A type of fish so common that practically every American kid who ever dropped a fishing line and a bobber into a pond has probably caught one is being enlisted in the fight against terrorism. San Francisco, New York, Washington and other big cities are using bluegills _ also known as sunfish or bream _ as a sort of canary in a coal mine to safeguard their drinking water. Small numbers of the fish are kept in tanks constantly replenished with water from the municipal supply, and sensors in each tank work around the clock to register changes in the...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Plants paid more than $1.5 million last year; city hopes to build desalination plant at Barney Davis If American Electric Power moves forward with plans to close its three Corpus Christi power plants, it won't go _unnoticed. The three power plants alone paid more than $1.5 million last year in property taxes to local taxing agencies and schools. About 90 people would lose their jobs. And the most valuable plant, Barney Davis in Flour Bluff, houses a state fish hatchery; it is the hope of city officials who want to build...