Also, Onondaga County lawmakers looks for places to cut budget, and someone burns U.S., Army flags on Syracuse Universtiy student's porch.
From Reuters:
Toxic red sludge from a Hungarian alumina plant reached the Danube on Thursday and crews struggled to dilute it to protect the river from what the prime minister called an "unprecedented ecological catastrophe."Experts said damage beyond the borders of Hungary was unlikely to be great but the threat had to be monitored closely.
Tibor Dobson, a spokesman for Hungarian disaster crews, told Reuters there were sporadic fish deaths in the Raba and the Mosoni-Danube rivers. He said all fish had died in the smaller Marcal River, which was hit by the spill first.
» Read the story: Toxic Hungarian sludge spill reaches River Danube [Reuters]
» Hungary Toxic Sludge Could Become ‘Ecological Catastrophe’ [Fox News]
» Hungarian Science Academy says heavy metal content of red sludge well below danger levels [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
» Hungary's toxic sludge reminiscent of 2000 Romania disaster – but much worse [The Christian Science Monitor]
In other news:
» Onondaga County lawmakers look at ways to trim the budget [CNYcentral.com]
» Binghamton Forum to host another meeting on debate over natural gas drilling or hydrofracking [pressconnects.com]
» US, Army flags burned off ROTC students' front porch [The Daily Orange]
» Gillibrand: Health care firms cause higher taxes [Watertown Daily Times]
» Obama won't sign bill that would affect foreclosure proceedings [The Washington Post]
» Report calls state aid rate to Albany 'Capital Punishment' [Albany Times Union]
