Just a second, 2009 — the Earth needs to catch up
By RAPHAEL G. SATTER and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press Writer
      AT THE GREENWICH PRIME MERIDIAN, England Just a second, 2009. It's going to take a little longer to say goodbye to the worst economic year since the Great Depression, but all for good cause. The custodians of time will ring in the New Year by tacking a "leap second" onto the clock tonight (Wednesday) to account for the minute slowing of the Earth's rotation.
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Landowners sue TVA for $165M over spill
The Associated Press
      KINGSTON, Tenn. A group of land owners sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for $165 million on Tuesday over a dike burst that spilled more than a billion gallons of coal ash sludge. The six-page lawsuit was filed in state court by Jot and Brenda Raymond, owners and developers of North Lake Estates in eastern Tennessee's Roane County.
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