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Are Kampala's Potholes Big Enough to Fish In?

Stephen Wandera, The Daily Monitor / FX Ssempiira

KAMPALA, Uganda (Aug. 29) -- Few cities are likely to openly contest Ugandan capital Kampala's claim to being the "Pothole Capital of the World." Some of the open pits on the city's roads have been dubbed "lakes" and would be easier to cross by boat than by car. During rush hour, vehicles inch forward one by one to take a...

Hail a New American Hero: The Self-Starting Pothole Repairman

(June 7) -- Ah, the American spirit. That can-do attitude that leads citizens of this great nation to motivate ourselves to make things around us better. Today's column is all about the greatest of American heroes. Zac Handler brought the American spirit to his neighborhood when he set about repairing the potholes...

Background on potholes

A pothole (sometimes called a kettle and known in parts of the Western United States as a chuckhole) is a type of disruption in the surface of a roadway where a portion of the road material has broken away, leaving a hole.

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