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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1524: The Great Peshtigo Fire

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 13, 2018 · Episode: 1524 The other great fire of 1871: Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Today, the other great fire.

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WATCH: Truckers Aid Police In Stopping Suicide On Michigan Freeway

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Posted on April 25, 2018 · Thirteen tractor-trailers converged underneath a Michigan overpass to help prevent a man from committing suicide

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Suspect In Custody After Deadly Shooting At Central Michigan University

Laurel Wamsley, NPR / Vanessa Romo, NPR / PARTH SHAH, NPR / HPM Digital Team

Posted on March 3, 2018 · The university said the victims were the parents of the suspect. Early Saturday, the university said the suspect was arrested "without incident"

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Troubled By Flint Water Crisis, 11-Year-Old Girl Invents Lead-Detecting Device

Laurel Wamsley, NPR

Posted on October 20, 2017 · The Colorado seventh-grader was unimpressed by the options her parents had to test water in their home. So she created a sensor-based device using chemically treated carbon nanotubes to do it faster

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