- Some 8 to 10 million gallons of water flooded LA's Sunset Boulevard along the UCLA campus as a water main break sent a geyser gushing some 20 feet into the air.
- Wildfires continue to rage across the western US as Washington State, Oregon, and California are dealing with fires including one that has burned 3,000 acres of Yosemite National Park.
- Egypt is trying to prepare another cease fire proposal between Israel and Hamas as UN officials found a third cache of rockets hidden in a Gaza school being used as a shelter.
- Yesterday's decision by the US and UN to implement the widest-ranging sanctions yet on Russia's economy is prompting many European businesses to revise their outlooks for the rest of the year.
- Embattled phone maker Blackberry continues to try to reinvent itself as the security conscious alternative to traditional smartphones by acquiring a German voice and data encryption firm.
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I always wonder about these major water main breaks. Shouldn't there be periodic cutoff or re-routing points in the network? Is there a civil engineer in the house who can provide some insight? Thanks.
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