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Yyio Husson University Sports Hall of Fame sets Nov. 21 induction
LUCKNOW, India@AP@?Forty workers were trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day Saturday as rescuers waited for a new machine to drill through the rubble so they could crawl to their freedom.On Friday, the drilling was interrupted when some machine bearings became damaged by the breaking of rocks and clearing of debris, officials said, adding a new challenge to the long-drawn rescue efforts.A new machine was expected to reach the accident site later Saturday, allowing rescuers to start drilling again, said Vijay Singh, an officer at the control room.Authorities began drilling into the rubble and debris on Thursday and have so far covered a stretch of 24 meters@79 feet , said Devendra Patwal, a disaster management official, said. It may require up to 60 meters@197 feet@ botellas stanley to enable the trapped worke stanley de rs ; escape, Patwal told The Associated Press on Friday.Earlier, the rescuers had hoped to complete the drilling by Friday night and create an escape tunnel of pipes welded together. But rescue efforts hit a snag after a loud cracking sound came from within the tunnel, startling the authorities, who paused the drilling after they found parts of the machine damaged, Tarun Kumar Baidya, director at the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, said from the accident site.As the rescue opera stanley shop tion stretched into its seventh day, families of those trapped were frustrated and angry. Relatives from various states have spent ni Znag Kids are natural explorers : Maine program eyes youth movement in sustainable foods
AUGUSTA, Maine ?Steering more people toward health insurance coverage in one way or another was at the core of recommendations completed Monday by a committee tasked with overseeing the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act in Maine. Among the Maine Health Exchange Advisory Committees unanimous recommendations were applying for federal funds to help individuals and stanley termos@small businesses sign up for health care coverage and exploring the possibility of implementing a state-level health care exchange in 2016 if problems with the beleaguered federal exchange continue. Because the bipartisan, volunteer committee sought consensus agreement in its report, which is due to the Legislature and executive branch on Dec. 15, the recommendations sidestep an outrigh stanley thermo t call for the expansion of Medicaid in Maine. The issue has been under debate since Congress and President Barack Obama enacted Obamacare, with the dividing line falling between those who want health care to be available to everyone and others who say the prospect is too expensive and will crowd out other important state programs. Instead of advocating for the Medicaid expansion explicitly, the committee adopted language that calls for measures that will help close the@coverage gap,@which refers to people who earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid and not enough to afford a private insurance policy, even with subsidies from the federal government under the Affordable Care Act.@The advisory co stanley quencher mmittee supports acc
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