Three news items

The TV people here in Huntington, W.Va., keep predicting a deluge for today, but I've not seen it yet. Meanwhile, folks up the river in Pittsburgh have issued a flood advisory along the Ohio River there.

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It looks like the proposed buyout of American Commercial Lines is proceeding. The company operates towboats and builds barges.

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I wish I could be in Madison, Ind., today for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Ohio River bridge there. This is the one where the piers of the existing bridge will be widened while the new bridge structure is built nearby. Eventually, the old bridge will be removed and the new one placed on the piers.