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Woman rescued from river barrage with hands, legs tied

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Police said some morning walkers saw the woman lying on the spur of Mahanadi Barrage with scantily covered and was writhing in pain with her hands and legs tied. She was profusely bleeding with head and hand injuries.

“We are investigating into the matter and action would be taken against the culprits," Cuttack DCP S Praveen Kumar said.

Preliminary investigation showed the woman, a native of Nayagarh district was married to the son of a former judicial magistrate five years ago and was staying with her in-laws in Chandrasekharpur area of the Capital city. She alleges that her husband and his parents forced her to abort the pregnancy and when she refused, they had planned to eliminate her.

Source: Business Standard

Study: Colorado River generating money and jobs

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DENVER -- Recreation on the Colorado River and its tributaries contributes about $17 billion in direct spending annually to the economies of six of the states that depend on its water, according to a study released Friday.

The report was commissioned by Protect the Flows, which represents small businesses such as fishing guides and others who rely on the Colorado River basin in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

The group supports cost-effective conservation and water efficiency so the overtaxed river can meet demands for water as the West grows.

Southwick Associates Inc. developed the report by first conducting a telephone survey of people in all Colorado River basin states except California from Jan. 24 to Feb. 12 to estimate how many people hike, fish, raft, camp, picnic or otherwise play on the river system and how often.

Source: Daily Herald

Northwest News: Rogue River drowning is second in week; Puget Sound orca ...

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Here's a look at what's making news around the Pacific Northwest this afternoon. For updates and more stories, go to o regonlive.com/northwest and check out The Oregonian News Network to see what's on local blogs.
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Latest drowning victim on Rogue River identified as local teenager

GRANTS PASS (AP) -- A 19-year-old who slipped on a rock and fell into the water is the second victim in a week of the Rogue River, which is running fast, cold and high with spring runoff.  

Joshua Eddy of the town Rogue River was with friends at Rainie Falls , the largest vertical drop in the wild and scenic section of the river, the Josephine County sheriff's office said .

Source: OregonLive.com