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Flood of Tips Comes In as FBI
Expands Nancy Guthrie Search

Feb 12, 2026 1:00 AM CST

Flood of Tips Comes In as FBI Expands Nancy Guthrie Search

Investigators scour Tucson roads, review surveillance footage

(Newser) - Investigators searching for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie who is believed to have been abducted nearly two weeks ago, have shifted some of their effort to the roads that may have carried her away, CBS News reports. The FBI on Wednesday described an "extensive...

Stimulus Shortchanges Cities

Jul 9, 2009 7:43 AM CDT

Stimulus Shortchanges Cities

(Newser) - Two-thirds of the country lives in big cities, but less than half of the federal stimulus’ transportation money is going to fix their often crumbling roads, the New York Times reports. States were allowed to decide for themselves how stimulus money was spent, and state lawmakers have a long history...

Korea Roadway Recharges Cars

May 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT

Korea Roadway Recharges Cars

(Newser) - South Korean scientists are working on road technology that allows electric vehicles to continually recharge while driving, Reuters reports. Inductive charging, used with watertight electric toothbrushes, requires no contact between power source and appliance. For vehicles, electric strips would be embedded in the road at intervals, and a magnetic field...

Icy Roads?
Beet Juice Just the Right Tonic

Mar 14, 2008 6:46 PM CDT

Icy Roads? Beet Juice Just the Right Tonic

New mixture cuts salt, works colder, but side effects still unknown

(Newser) - Road workers in the Chicago area are shaking up their winter ice-busting cocktail with an odd new mixer: beet juice. Sanitation officials are pleased with the combination, which reduces the necessary rock salt (harmful to plants and water supplies) by up to 30% and is effective at temperatures far lower...

Trucks Pack on Illegal Pounds

Nov 15, 2007 1:17 PM CST

Trucks Pack on Illegal Pounds

Light penalties, costly gas make cheating attractive; roads and bridges take beating

(Newser) - More American truckers are carrying illegally heavy loads, looking to offset diminished manpower and skyrocketing fuel prices—and light fines encourage cheating, the Christian Science Monitor reports. With road damage at issue following August's Minnesota bridge collapse, 30% of trucks are reportedly overloaded—and each of the 8 million tractor-trailers...

California Ranked Worst for Traffic

Jun 29, 2007 3:03 PM CDT

California Ranked Worst for Traffic

New Jersey boasts poorest road system

(Newser) - California ranks No.1 in the US for interstate traffic jams, says a new study which focused on congestion around big cities. With traffic snarled on 83.3% of its urban roadways, the Golden State edged out runners-up Minnesota and New Jersey. Surprisingly, New York—gridlock central—only came in...