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BOSTON, MA, United States (UPI) -- Highway inspectors never properly checked the fatally flawed ceiling of Boston`s Big Dig tunnel that killed a woman this summer, it was reported Saturday. The day after the July 10 ceiling collapse on the Interstate 90 connector, the head of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority said the agency inspected the tunnel`s ceiling just before the tunnel opened to motorists in January 2003.

GLEN GARDNER, N.J. Discovery of a bag full of rotting deer parts hidden in the ceiling above the school lunchroom forced the closing of Voorhees High School on Monday. Officials said the school would remain closed Tuesday to allow workers to sanitize the area and health inspectors to clear the cafeteria to serve food. ``An unusual odor led to the discovery of decomposing animal parts that had been surreptitiously placed in the drop ceiling,'' Lebanon Township police Patrolman Larry Campbell said. The bag was found about 7:30 a.m. Monday; students were dismissed at 11:55. Police believe the bag was hidden...

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department asked key members of Congress Tuesday to increase the government's borrowing authority, warning that it may hit the current limit on the federal debt by late February. Without an increase in its ability to borrow, the government runs the risk of defaulting on the national debt. The debt limit now stands at $6.4 trillion.

One American construction worker dies every workday hour. For the past 40 years Labor Day has emphasized the celebration of a crucial change in the labor force – the addition of women. The first Labor Day after Sept. 11, though, reminds us that one aspect of the labor force has experienced no more change than the "Glass Ceiling." That might be called the "Glass Cellar." When I did the research for a book called "The Myth of Male Power," I discovered a Glass Cellar that holds far more men than the Glass Ceiling. The Glass Cellar consists of the hazardous...