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- The Army Corps released a study of solutions to help restrict Asian Carp from entering the Great Lakes. The solutions range in cost from relatively nothing to more than $15 billion to build a physical barrier blocking the fish. The Journal Sentinel has the details.
- Burglars who made off with “nearly every document inside” a Pennsylvania FBI branch in 1971 are now coming clean.
- Wired has a tidy little gallery of what they deem are the most exciting products coming out of the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. Think mini drones, a light saber-esque sensor that can tell you why your golf swing is terrible, and a sensor that tracks your sleeping patterns – including breath and movement – and sends the data to your phone.
- Yesterday Janet Yellen was confirmed chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, making her, according to New York Magazine, the first female head of a “major” central bank.
- The City of Milwaukee is opening up its home improvement loan program to include these three neighborhoods: Pulaski Park, St. Joseph and Martin Drive. The loan program provides homeowners up to $30,000 in loans – half of which can be forgiven if the homeowner stays in the home for five additional years. Urban Milwaukee has the report.
