During her five-day cruise, a water line broke in the hallway ceiling near her cabin, and a separate sewer line broke outside the main dining hall, she said.

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She said the newborn slipped into the sewer line and that she alerted her landlord of the trapped baby after she could not pull the child out, Zhejiang News said.

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Their front yard was torn up after replacing a sewer line, so instead of replacing the dirt with grass, one Oak Park woman put in a vegetable garden and now the city is seeing green.

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Bypass work being done on the sewer line caused the local health department to advise people to stay away from the water until further notice a prospect that could force race officials to cut the 2.4-mile swim portion altogether.

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So when a city or state sells bonds to build a new school, sewer or stadium, investors form a line around the block.

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The Woodlands is an unincorporated area that was laid out with no rights of way for public water or sewer lines, and even the idea of extending a public water line to the area has created divisions.

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