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  • ND engineer not surprised by NAWS lawsuit (WOI-TV Des Moines)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Water Commission's chief engineer says a lawsuit filed by the state of Missouri over the Northwest Area Water Supply project is not a surprise.


  • Man hit, killed by Amtrak train outside Washington, DC, after engineer can't stop in time (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)LORTON, Va. - Police say a man has been hit and killed by an Amtrak train outside Washington, D.C., after the engineer tried to stop but couldn't. Fairfax County police say the train was heading from New York City to Charlotte, N.C., when it hit the man in Lorton, Va., just before noon Tuesday.


  • Amherst's assistant engineer fired again over residency (The Buffalo News)Amherst's assistant town engineer, who was fired and then rehired, has once again been fired--this time by the entire Town Board.


  • The last run: Railroad's first female engineer ends 34-year career (The Pantagraph)Using a flashlight to guide her way on a cold, moonless Saturday night, locomotive engineer Kathy Guy of Pekin walks away from the train she has just parked in the Crescent yards south of Pekin. | Photo gallery


  • An Inventive Mind: Engineer loves finding new solutions to problems (The Daily News)WASHINGTON ? Nate Ball liked to build things when he was kid. He made mud dams, launched bottle rockets and once nearly burned down the house trying to make rocket fuel. Now he is 25 and an engineer. If he looks familiar, it?s probably because you?ve seen him on the PBS TV show ?Design Squad.? It?s National Engineering Week, so KidsPost talked with Nate to find out why he loves being an engineer.


  • Mid-America's new Engineer It! exhibit (Hot Springs Village Voice) How to build an arch, a more secure skyscraper, the best flying airplane or the fastest boat can all be explored at Mid-America Science Museum's newest exhibit, engineer It! engineer It! just opened at the science museum in Hot Springs and will run through Sept. 7.