EHRENFELD - Rep. Glenn Thompson said the Pennsylvania 5th Congressional District has more abandoned mine sites than any congressional district in the country.
Coal mining in western Pennsylvania has a history longer than the United States itself. While it was still just a colony, our great-grandfathers worked to dig coal out of the ground.
"We mined the coal that fueled the Industrial Revolution, WWI and WWII," Rep. Glenn Thompson said. Mining went unchecked for decades because companies weren't required to clean up after themselves. Read More...
Tokyo, Japan — Godzilla promoted traffic safety in Tokyo ahead of the nationwide spring traffic safety campaign.
The popular movie character played the role of one-day police chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan police department's Ikebukuro police station.
Godzilla paraded streets in Ikebukuro, urging people to observe traffic rules.
At the traffic safety campaign venue, people took part in traffic rule quizzes.
The traffic accidents that occurred in the area covered by the Ikebukuro police station last year amounted to approximately 230 cases, with bicycles involved in about 40 percent of them. Read More...
