Articles tagged with highway

Wed, May 23, 2012

Progress on highway bill but Keystone unresolved: senator

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers on a U.S. Senate-House committee are making progress on finalizing a transportation spending bill, Senator Barbara Boxer ...

Mon, May 21, 2012

Cotton Highway 53 Project Begins

COTTON, MN (KDAL) - Lane closures and intermittent flagging will face motorists on Highway 53 in Cotton beginning Monday and continuing through the summer.  Besides ...

Fri, May 18, 2012

Police arrest suspect in Mississippi highway shootings

TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for two highway killings this month, the Department of Public Safety ...

Sun, May 13, 2012

Forty-nine headless corpses found in Mexico

By Luis Ochoa

CADEREYTA JIMENEZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug gang killers dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway near Mexico's northern city of ...

Tue, May 08, 2012

Lawmakers face speed bumps on highway bill

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional lawmakers launched efforts on Tuesday to forge a compromise on transportation spending, an uphill journey made even tougher ...

Sat, May 05, 2012

Two bombs explode on Damascus highway: residents

By Mariam Karouny

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Two bombs detonated on a central Damascus highway on Saturday, destroying nine cars, residents said, in a further sign ...

Wed, April 25, 2012

House Republican divide keeps lid on highway projects

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly every day, rush-hour traffic backs up for miles on both ends of the overburdened Brent Spence Bridge, which ...

Wed, March 28, 2012

Congress passes stopgap transport funding bill

By Donna Smith

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress averted a weekend shutdown of thousands of transportation construction projects on Thursday by passing a stopgap funding ...

Thu, March 08, 2012

Keystone oil pipeline bill fails in Senate

By Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican proposal to give a permit to the Keystone XL ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

Senate to tackle highway bill amendments, House struggles

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate leaders struck a deal on Wednesday to move forward on stalled transportation legislation that now will include votes ...

Wed, March 07, 2012

House speaker gives Republicans highway bill ultimatum

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner implored fellow Republicans on Wednesday to pass a $260 billion transportation ...

Tue, March 06, 2012

Highway vote keeps Keystone fight alive in Senate

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans' push for a vote to authorize the $7 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline project gained momentum on ...

Thu, March 01, 2012

House Vote Due On Highway 8 Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KDAL) - The U-S House Natural Resources Committee has approved legislation that will allow Cook County to move ahead with a Highway ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Drug shortage bill may ride U.S. highway legislation

By Anna Yukhananov

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The recent shortage of a critical medicine for childhood cancer has prompted U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar to attach ...

Tue, February 14, 2012

Drug shortage bill may ride highway legislation

By Anna Yukhananov

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The recent shortage of a critical medicine for childhood cancer has prompted Senator Amy Klobuchar to attach her bill ...

Mon, February 13, 2012

House Republicans look to amend highway bill

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives will consider removing a contentious funding provision in a multi-year $260 billion ...

Fri, February 10, 2012

Keystone backers try to hitch ride on Senate highway bill

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican senators who back the Keystone XL pipeline plan to file an amendment that would attach the project to ...

Wed, February 08, 2012

Keystone could be part of Senate highway debate: Thune

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline could become part of the debate on the Senate floor over highway funding ...

Thu, February 02, 2012

Avalanche closes sole highway out of Anchorage

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The sole highway leading south from Anchorage was closed on Thursday after an early-morning avalanche swept through the ...

Tue, January 31, 2012

Rockslide shuts highway in Tennessee, causing massive detour

By Tim Ghianni

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A rockslide has forced Tennessee to close a one-mile section of westbound Interstate 40 near the border with ...

Mon, January 30, 2012

Florida highway crash report details scary scene

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - A new report on the Florida highway pileup on Sunday that killed 10 people describes a frightening scene ...

Sun, January 29, 2012

Florida highway reopens after deadly pileup

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida highway near Gainesville reopened on Monday, more than 30 hours after a horrific pileup that left ten people dead ...

Sun, January 29, 2012

Keystone to be linked to U.S. highway bill: Boehner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers will try to force the Obama administration to approve the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline by attaching it to a highway ...

Tue, January 24, 2012

Republicans eye highway bill as vehicle for Keystone

By Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Republicans looking to force approval of the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline that was blocked last ...

Thu, January 19, 2012

Fireplace ashes ignited Nevada fire that gutted 26

By Riley Snyder

RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - The careless disposal of hot fireplace ashes by an elderly man ignited the fierce brush fire that destroyed ...

Tue, January 10, 2012

Alaskan blizzard spawns avalanches, closes highway, tunnel

By Yereth Rosen

ANCHORAGE, Jan 10 - Alaska state officials closed the sole highway leading south out of Anchorage on Tuesday because of high winds ...

Tue, December 20, 2011

Leading Greenhill banker dies in NJ plane crash

By Greg Roumeliotis

(Reuters) - A senior Greenhill & Co Inc investment banker, an avid pilot who worked on some of his firm's biggest deals, was one of five people killed when his private plane crashed on a busy New Jersey highway on Tuesday.

Jeffrey Buckalew, 45, head of Greenhill's North American Advisory, was believed to have been traveling with his wife, Corinne, and their two children, Jackson and Meriwether, the boutique investment bank said in a statement.

Rakesh Chawla, 36, a Greenhill financial services sector banker, was also killed, the firm said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The single-engine Socata plane took off from New Jersey's Teterboro Airport and was headed for DeKalb Peachtree Airport near Atlanta, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters said.

The causes of the accident are under investigation. Before the crash, the plane made contact with an air traffic controller asking for permission to seek higher altitude, which was granted, Peters said. Following this, the transmission became garbled and the plane fell off the radar, he added.

Buckalew, who joined Greenhill in 1996 from Salomon Brothers, was an experienced pilot with a passion for flying, Greenhill said.

Buckalew had advised on many of Greenhill's largest deals, including Delta Air Lines' $3.1 billion acquisition of Northwest Airlines and Roche's purchase of Genentech Inc for $46.8 billion.

Greenhill shares ended trading almost flat at $35.30, underperforming the Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index, which rose 3.8 percent on Tuesday.

"Jeff was one of the first employees of Greenhill. He and Rakesh were extraordinary professionals who were highly respected by colleagues and clients alike," Greenhill Chairman Robert Greenhill and Chief Executive Scott Bok said in a joint statement. "They will be sorely missed and our sympathies go out to their families and friends."

Chawla had joined the firm in 2003 from private equity firm Blackstone Group.

New Jersey State police Trooper Christopher Kay said five people were confirmed dead, but could not comment on their identities as the investigation was continuing.

Debris was sprayed across Interstate 287 near Morristown, New Jersey, as the plane hit the southbound lane on Tuesday morning and then travelled across into the northbound lane. Traffic was restored later in the day, Kay said.

(Reporting by Greg Roumeliotis in New York, additional reporting by Paritosh Bansal in New York and Jessica Hall in Philadelphia; Editing by John Wallace, Richard Chang, Gary Hill)

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Tue, December 20, 2011

Small plane crashes on New Jersey highway, at least three dead

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A small plane crashed onto Interstate 287 near Morristown, New Jersey, on Tuesday, killing at least three on board, New Jersey ...

Fri, November 18, 2011

New Mexico secretary of state strikes body on highway

By Dennis J. Carroll

SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran was one of at least three drivers who ...

Mon, October 10, 2011

North Carolina highway reopens after Hurricane Irene

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - The highway linking North Carolina's Outer Banks to the mainland reopened on Monday, restoring traffic to parts of the ...

Thu, September 15, 2011

Senate approves FAA, highway funding extensions

By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate approved legislation on Thursday to temporarily renew funding for airport and highway improvement projects, averting threatened shutdowns of ...

Fri, September 02, 2011

Highway closed by Southern California wildfire reopened

By Dan Whitcomb

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A major highway closed by a wildfire was reopened on Saturday but officials warned smoke or firefighting could ...

Tue, August 30, 2011

Paul Rudd Gets Picked Up on the Highway: Late Last Night

Last night, Paul Rudd appeared on The Late Show to discuss his recent hitchhiking venture, and to share his odd means of displaying gratitude ...

Mon, August 29, 2011

Paul Rudd Gets Picked Up on the Highway: Late Last Night

Last night, Paul Rudd appeared on The Late Show to discuss his recent hitchhiking venture, and to share his odd means of displaying gratitude ...

Sun, August 28, 2011

Paul Rudd Gets Picked Up on the Highway: Late Last Night

Last night, Paul Rudd appeared on The Late Show to discuss his recent hitchhiking venture, and to share his odd means of displaying gratitude ...

Sat, August 27, 2011

Paul Rudd Gets Picked Up on the Highway: Late Last Night

Last night, Paul Rudd appeared on The Late Show to discuss his recent hitchhiking venture, and to share his odd means of displaying gratitude ...

Tue, August 23, 2011

Bull semen spill causes scare, closes highway in Nashville

By Tim Ghianni

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - A spill of frozen bull semen bound for a Texas breeder triggered a scare here early Tuesday that ...

Wed, August 17, 2011

Man shoots self while driving on highway in Tennessee

By Tim Ghianni

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - A 23-year-old man faced possible criminal charges on Wednesday after he accidentally shot himself in both legs when he ...

Fri, August 12, 2011

Flood damage to key Iowa highway a setback, engineers say

By David Hendee

OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - This year's flooding along the Missouri River has eroded bridges and roadbed on Interstate Highway 29 in ...

Thu, August 11, 2011

Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders

By Samia Nakhoul and Mohammed Abbas

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters from hiding to fight on as Libya's new interim rulers ...

Tue, August 02, 2011

Senate should act on highway bill after break: Reid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate should take up legislation laying out how much money the country will spend on roads, bridges and highways when it ...

Wed, July 13, 2011

St. Lawrence Seaway Grain Shipments Up

WASHINGTON DC (KDAL) - The latest statistics from the St. Lawrence Seaway show that grain shipments are up more than 20 percent as the marine ...

Wed, July 06, 2011

Maryland highway reopens, armed man still on run: police

By Molly O'Toole

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Maryland reopened a major north-south highway on Wednesday as police continued the search for an armed suspect spotted ...

Sat, June 11, 2011

Mysterious mountain lion killed in Connecticut

By Lauren Keiper

BOSTON (Reuters) - A mountain lion was killed just 70 miles from New York City early on Saturday morning and officials were ...

Thu, May 05, 2011

Adopt A Highway Volunteers Needed

ST. PAUL, Min. (MNN) -  The state Department of Transportation is looking for volunteers to help pick up litter along the highways. Around 45-hundred groups ...

Mon, April 18, 2011

Red River flooding closes key Manitoba highway

By Rod Nickel

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The main highway between North Dakota and the flooded Canadian province of Manitoba was set to be closed ...

Fri, April 15, 2011

Blizzard temporarily shuts Nebraska highway

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - A spring blizzard dumped up to 16 inches of snow in Nebraska, stranding dozens of motorists and forcing the closure of ...

Fri, April 15, 2011

Highway 53 Crash Kills Brookston Man

DULUTH, Min. (KDAL) - One person was killed and another injured when a vehicle left Highway 53 near Independence early Thursday morning and rolled into ...

Tue, March 22, 2011

Brush fire closes 10-mile stretch of Florida highway

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - Interstate 95 on Florida's east coast was closed early Tuesday near Cocoa as firefighters battled a new brush fire, according ...

Mon, March 21, 2011

Jan highway travel up 0.2 percent vs year ago: Government

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. highway travel increased 0.2 percent in January from a year earlier, rising 500 million miles, the U.S. Transportation ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

Gas tanker overturns on Connecticut highway

BOSTON (Reuters) - A gasoline tanker overturned on Interstate 91 in North Haven, Connecticut on Tuesday, shutting down traffic in both directions and snarling the ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

Gasoline tanker overturned on Connecticut highway

BOSTON (Reuters) - A gasoline tanker overturned on Interstate 91 in North Haven, Connecticut on Tuesday, shutting down traffic in both directions and threatening to ...

Tue, March 08, 2011

Smoldering Florida brush fire closes major highway

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - The smoldering remains of a 16,000-acre brush fire near Cape Canaveral, Florida temporarily closed Interstate 95 again ...

Fri, March 04, 2011

Neo-Nazi "adopted" highway may be named for Holocaust survivor

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Missouri lawmakers will back a plan to name a stretch of highway for a Holocaust survivor, three years after a ...

Tue, February 15, 2011

Dalai Lama's nephew killed on Florida highway

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The 45-year-old nephew of the Dalai Lama was struck and killed on Monday night on Florida's coastal ...

Thu, February 03, 2011

South Dakota reopens highway closed by snow drifts

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - South Dakota reopened late Thursday afternoon an interstate where up to 200 vehicles, some with small children inside, were stranded for hours ...

Mon, January 31, 2011

Small plane makes emergency landing on New Jersey highway

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A small plane suffering mechanical trouble made an emergency landing in an express lane on New Jersey's busy Interstate 80 ...

Thu, January 20, 2011

Analysis: Traffic jams unlikely on Cuban data highway

By Esteban Israel

HAVANA (Reuters) - A Venezuelan fiber optic cable should plug Cuba into high-speed Internet within months, but it may not immediately bring ...

Fri, January 14, 2011

South Texas highway crew shot at from Mexico side of border

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Highway construction crews doing road work on a highway near the Rio Grande river border with Mexico were shot at by ...

Mon, October 18, 2010

Man Killed Trying To Cross Highway Identified

(Oakdale, MN)  --  Police have identified the man killed Saturday night when trying to cross a highway in Oakdale.  Nineteen-year-old Anthony Mailloux was reportedly running ...

Fri, October 01, 2010

Minnesota Could Have Record-Low Highway Deaths

(Undated)  --  We still have three months to go but Minnesota is on track to finish below last year's record-low highway death total.  The ...

Thu, September 30, 2010

Minnesota Could Have Record-Low Highway Deaths

(Undated)  --  We still have three months to go but Minnesota is on track to finish below last year's record-low highway death total.  The ...

Fri, September 24, 2010

Alcohol-Related Highway Deaths Drop

(Undated)  --  New figures show alcohol-related highway deaths dropped in Minnesota last year - but they still account for one-third of all road fatalities.  The Public ...

Mon, September 20, 2010

Woman Hit, Killed On Highway 10 In Big Lake

(Big Lake, MN)  --  A 46-year-old woman is dead after being struck while walking along Highway 10 early Sunday morning.  Authorities say the woman was ...

Thu, July 29, 2010

Highway Helper Rescues Family From Sinking Car

(Richfield, MN)  --  A Mn-DOT "Highway Helper" in his yellow-green pickup truck Wednesday afternoon rescued a driver and her two children from a car that ...

Tue, June 08, 2010

Ore Find Means Possible Highway Relocation

(Virginia, MN)  --  A rich ore find has the mining industry planning a big move on the Iron Range.  Reports say Mn-DOT is planning to ...

Fri, May 14, 2010

Lawmakers want McGwire's name stripped from highway

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Missouri legislators want to give the boot to former home run king Mark McGwire's name on a St. Louis highway ...

Mon, March 22, 2010

Highway travel down for first time in a year

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans drove less in January, marking the first monthly decline in 12 months as revised data showed travel did ...

Tue, March 02, 2010

Senate works to restore jobless, highway aid

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans, nervous over the fallout from an impasse over jobs legislation, said on Tuesday they were nearing a ...

Mon, March 01, 2010

States meet deadline for U.S. highway stimulus funds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - All of the $26.6 billion in U.S. stimulus money for highway projects has been obligated, or committed to specific projects ...

Thu, February 25, 2010

Highway, jobless aid halt; Congress talks jobs

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unemployment benefits for hundreds of thousands of jobless people ran out on Monday and highway programs across the United ...

Wed, February 10, 2010

Authorities I-D Man Killed In Highway 61 Rollover

(Grand Marais, MN)  --  A Grand Marais man is identified as the victim in a rollover crash Monday in Lake County.  The State Patrol says ...

Wed, February 10, 2010

Grand Marais Man Dies In Rollover On Highway 61

(Grand Marais, MN)  --  A Grand Marais man is identified as the victim in a rollover crash Monday in Lake County.  The State Patrol says ...

Wed, January 20, 2010

November highway travel up 1.4 percent vs. year ago

By Jasmin Melvin

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. highway travel was up 1.4 percent in November from a year earlier, the U.S. Transportation ...

Tue, December 22, 2009

U.S. October highway travel off 0.5 pct from year ago

By Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. highway travel fell in October by 0.5 percent from a year earlier, the first decline in ...

Fri, November 20, 2009

Highway travel rises as economy recovers

By Timothy Gardner and Tom Doggett

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. motorists drove more miles for the fourth month in a row, which could indicate ...

Wed, September 23, 2009

Highway travel rises in July