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tunnel stories: 6 news summaries

 Hadron Collider 
 Restarts Briefly 

After 14 months of repairs, proton beams circulate

Nov 20, 09 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The Large Hadron Collider roared to life today for the first time since September 2008. "The first tests of injecting subatomic particles" took just a fraction of a second, a CERN rep said, but the circulation of the proton beams confirmed that the repairs instituted 9 days after the... More »

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Switzerland • Big Bang • tunnel • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • European Organization for Nuclear Research • protons

  Massive Drug Tunnel
  Found Under Mexico Border

Elaborate smuggling tunnel to Arizona has electricity, ventilation system

Jun 12, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Border Patrol has uncovered one of the biggest and most sophisticated smuggling tunnels under the Mexican border it has ever seen, CNN reports. The 83-foot tunnel to Arizona from Nogales, Mexico, was still under construction when it was found after a tipoff from somebody who heard construction sounds.... More »

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Mexico • Mexican border • Border Patrol • drug cartel • tunnel • Nogales • smuggling • drug smuggling

 Israel Bombs Gaza Tunnels 

Escalating violence threatens ceasefire as US envoy heads to region

Jan 28, 09 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel bombed smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border today in response to yesterday's killing of an Israeli soldier, CNN reports. The escalating violence is threatening the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians. The strikes occurred just as George Mitchell, President Obama's envoy to the Middle East, was scheduled to... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • IDF • tunnel • airstrike • Gaza Egypt border • Israeli offensive

'Tunnel People' Get Probe
of Inaugural Ticket Mess

Thousands waited in tunnel; Feinstein apologizes

Jan 23, 09 8:15 AM CST
(Newser) - As President Obama’s inauguration approached, thousands of would-be spectators got stuck in an immobile line that stretched into a tunnel beneath the National Mall. And there they waited, for hours, missing the ceremony despite their tickets. With their plight getting more publicity—yep, there's now a Facebook group—Sen.... More »

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investigation • Dianne Feinstein • tunnel • inauguration • Washington, DC • crowd • Inauguration Day • lines

Big Dig Manslaughter Charge Dropped After $16M Deal

Company made epoxy whose failure resulted in death in Boston tunnel

Dec 17, 08 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The legal wrangling around a 2006 Boston tunnel collapse that killed one woman appears to finally be over, the Globe reports. In exchange for a $16 million fine, prosecutors have dropped manslaughter charges against Powers Fasteners, which manufactured a supposedly fast-setting epoxy that failed to support ceiling panels. Powers must... More »

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Boston • construction • collapse • Big Dig • manslaughter • manufacturer • settlement • tunnel • highways • punitive damages

Ancient Israeli Tunnel Found

Israeli archaeologists uncover tunnel Jews used to escape ancient Romans

Sep 11, 07 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - While searching for the ancient main road of Jerusalem, Israeli archaeologists stumbled upon a 2,000-year-old tunnel that residents used to escape Roman invaders destroying the Second Temple. The tunnel was originally used to drain rain water and prevent flooding, and its discovery is doubly significant, the AP reports, because... More »

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Israel • Jews • Jerusalem • Rome • Second Temple • Romans • Near East • Kidron River • Dead Sea • tunnel • channel • discovery

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