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MINNEAPOLIS BRIDGE COLLAPSE  

Wells Fargo has announced a $150,000 donation to help the Red Cross' efforts to help with the Minneapolis bridge collapse.

Yesterday's tragic collapse of a Minneapolis Bridge reminded me of another tragic event similar to this that I learned of from my Grandparents. I recall stories from my grandmother who lived not far from the tragedy of the Silver Bridge in WV.

In the tragic aftermath of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Homeland Security took the unusual step of immediately announcing that there was no indication terrorism was involved. What was the rush in immediately concluding this without any formal investigation?

"The old ways of thinking about transportation funding -- user-fees, gas taxes, tolls and congestion pricing -- are not the sole answer to our cities' or our nation's transportation infrastructure needs."

When Barry Bonds hit his record breaking home run and the Minneapolis bridge collapsed, was anyone really responsible for either event?

The date was December 15th, 1967, and at the peak of rush hour the U.S. highway 35 bridge connecting Kanauga, Ohio and Point Pleasant, West Virginia, suddenly, and without warning, collapsed into the Ohio River.

While investigators probe possible causes of the bridge collapse, they should consider Groupthink in decision-making that allowed a flawed bridge to remain in service despite numerous warnings.

The Salvation Army has donated clothes to the children who were affected by the August 1st collapse of the Mississippi River Bridge.

The bridge collapse in Minneapolis that killed five people and raised concerns about infrastructure safety nationwide was the on which had the most public interest and received the highest level of media coverage.

This bridge collapse might do what many others have not: made local, state and federal politicians commit trillions of dollars to modernize the nation's physical infrastructure.

The collapse of the Minneapolis bridge in Minnesota was indeed a tragedy. It was a terrible event that could have been prevented, if the appropriate officials would have done their job right in the first place.

The FBI has announced that it has responded to the tragic collapse of the bridge yesterday in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

NSBA announces support of any who require assistance in Minneapolis after the tragic bridge collapse.

Some victims of the 35W collapse have not been helped, for various reasons. Some is government red tape, while others is no help from the insurance companies. How can you help?

The Governor of Missouri has ordered that state bridges be inspected after the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, MN.

A lot of how a person is affected depends on how closely they identify with the people who were hurt or killed; if there is someone your age or who has a life similar to yours, you are likely to identify with them, with someone who is like you.

As many as $9 billion annually would be necessary to maintain public infrastructure nationwide. Currently, the federal government provides only $2 billion.

This commentary on the I-35W bridge collapse explores the upside-down beauty in life's losses and suffering.

It was the end of rush hour in downtown Minneapolis when the bridge collapsed over the Mississippi River.

What a tragedy 50 cars still in the water nearly 9 hours after the fact, 7 confirmed dead and 62 injured.

From the serious to the bizarre, 2007 was a year in contrast. Headliners included the California fires, Paris Hilton, Virginia Tech and an astronaut love triangle gone awry.

Opinion piece on a conversation I had with a liberal over the internet

Shortly after 6:00 pm, a stretch of highway bridge over the Mississippi in the center of Minneapolis collapsed, sending more than twenty rush-hour cars into the river

It's obviously appropriate somehow that state and federal gas taxes in America started at the one cent mark. It gives us more a broader sense of the tax hikes just in the last twenty years. And we can expect more hikes later after the non-existent gas tax holiday...

Associated Content is a wonderful forum for "citizen journalists," and it is transforming the face of media as we know it.

A quick fix to the problem of aging bridges in America is not possible.

Illinois has announced that it will work to keep bridges open during construction. The construction was decided in the wake of the Minneapolis bridge tragedy.

A report issued by the Connecticut Department of Transportation in the wake of a bridge collapse in Minneapolis which took the lives of at least five people showed deficiencies in local bridges.

A travel journal of my almost disastrous first bicycle tour.

Maine has officially completed reinspecting all six of its "deck truss" bridges.

The tragedy in Minneapolis reminds us to take a close look at our bridges.

It's a new year, but the same old nonsense--part 2

In the light of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, what are we to think about God's activity at such times?

Mo Rocca lampoons the Twin Cities in a segment on the Tonight Show. There's lutefisk, a bicycling mayor, Jesse Ventura, and the reaffirmation of the masses ignorance.

The potential impacts of any type of infrastructure failure are clear. The nation's economy relies on the transport of goods, services and people from point A to B.

What to do if you unfortunately find yourself in your car submerged in water.

Illinois Governor Blagojevich has announced the the state will spend $22 billion to fix up and reinforce Illinois bridges.

The U.S. Northern Command celebrates its fifth birthday October 1st.

The Department of Homeland Security, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center are undertaking an extensive survey of the nations bridges, looking at them from the prospects of all different scenarios.

Journalists have many different approaches to get you hooked on their articles, but what are some of the most popular and effective ways? Well read up!