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SUNDAY
March 13
2011
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE
BATTERED: Widespread destruction leaves food, SURVIVORS: Rescue workers try to reach those
water in short supply; massive aftershocks continue trapped across country; death toll expected to rise
NUCLEAR THREAT
By Eric Talmadge
and Yuri Kageyama
ASSOCIATED PRESS
IWAKI, Japan —A partial
meltdown was likely under
way at a second nuclear reactor, a top Japanese official said early today, as authorities frantically tried to
prevent a similar threat
from a nearby unit following a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
Some 170,000 people
have been ordered to evacuate the area covering a radius of 12 miles around the
plant in Fukushima near
Iwaki.
A meltdown refers to a
very serious collapse of a
power plant’s systems and
its ability to manage temperatures. A complete
meltdown would release
uranium and dangerous
byproducts into the environment that can pose serious health risks.
Japan dealt with the nuclear threat as it struggled
to determine the scope of
the twin disasters Friday,
when an 8.9-magnitude
earthquake, the most powerful in its recorded history, was followed by a
tsunami that ravaged its
northeastern coast with
breathtaking speed and
power.
The official count of the
dead was 763, but the government said the figure
could far exceed 1,000.
Media reports said some
10,000 people were missing or unaccounted for.
The quake and tsunami
damaged three reactors at
the Fukushima Dai-ichi
nuclear plant, which lost
their cooling functions
necessary to keep the fuel
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prefecture, northern Japan. Above: A stranded elderly woman is carried on the back of
Page A8 a Japanese soldier after being rescued from a residence in Kesennuma,Japan.
State makes strides in openness
By Kiera Manion-Fischer
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SPRINGFIELD — From bridge
inspections to employee pay to
state grants, the state of Illinois
makes a large amount of information publicly accessible online.
This time last year, Gov. Pat
Quinn’s office launched the Illinois Sunshine Portal, a one-stop
website for commonly requested
public records. The site, sunshine.illinois.gov, collects a lot of
previously available information
in one place.
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The launch coincided with
National Sunshine Week, an annual campaign by the American
Society of Newspaper Editors to
promote open government and
access to information. This
year’s Sunshine Week begins today, and a look at that website a
year later shows it remains an
imperfect work in progress.
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State Rep. Mike Tryon, RCrystal Lake, sponsored the
original legislation that created a
transparency portal, which
started with information on state
employee pay rates, who holds
professional licenses and state
contracts.
Tryon said he first filed the
legislation in 2007, when few
states had transparency websites. Even now, he said not every
state has a searchable database of
employees, contracts, vendors
and expenditures.
“It’s a government owned by
BLOOMINGTON — Despite
the devastation caused by the
earthquake and tsunami in
Japan, local residents are getting
positive reports on the health of
friends and relatives who live
there.
Jim Stanlaw of Normal, whose
wife Nobuko has family living
near Tokyo,said they were able to
reach her father, sister and
brother by e-mail and telephone
Saturday,and that all are well and
still have roofs over their heads.
“They seem to be all OK.
There are inconveniences, but
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Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time.
Culture club
Titan triumph
Global Fest 2011 gathers
students across the
state to honor diversity.
Local, B1
IWU makes two free
throws with seconds
left to snag a spot in the
Division III Final Four.
Sports, D1
Ethanol’s back
Tight spot
As oil prices in the
Middle East rise,
U.S.-made ethanol is
making a comeback.
Money, C1
Bloomington-Normal
area cave enthusiasts
take it to the limit.
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they are OK,” said Jim Stanlaw.
Among the inconveniences is
the lack of public transit. One of
their friends had to spend two
nights at work because no trains
were running.
Mary Jo Douglass,also of Normal, said her parents in Hawaii
were not affected by waves that
crossed the Pacific Ocean and hit
the islands.
“They had about six-foot
waves,” said Douglass. “They
thought it would be worse, but
some islands were hit harder
than others.” Her parents live on
Kauai. She did say tourists were
moved to higher ground on some
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