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An underwater electric barrier between the Illinois River and Great Lakes will be switched on Wednesday in hopes of preventing the spread of invasive species between the two basins -- in particular the advance of the voracious and dreaded Asian carp. But until more safety testing can be done, the high-powered barrier will be turned on at only 1 volt per inch, the same level as a demonstration barrier that has existed in the Sanitary and Ship Canal since 2002. The voltage is just one quarter of the new barrier's potential power. Still, even a fraction of that voltage has...

Fish flies out of lake, breaks Arkansas teen's jaw Sun Sep 7, 8:26 PM ET LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It's a fishing tale that packs a wallop so strong it broke the jaw of a southeastern Arkansas teen and covered him in fish blood and guts. Seth Russell, 15, of Crossett, was cruising Lake Chicot on a large inner tube towed by a boat when a Silver Asian carp leaped from the water and smacked him in the face. Seth was knocked unconscious. "He doesn't remember anything at all," the boy's mother, Linda Russell, said last week. "He was laughing,...