Risk updates on nuclear reactors and sinkholes

Here are a couple of examples of how recent stories influence selection of stories to cover.  First, on the heels of Monday's second anniversary of the Fukushima meltdown comes this report from WOOD-TV about the Palisades nuclear power plant.

The plant must monitor metal used in its reactor.

Finally, here is coverage of an event that probably would not have made the national news without the Florida sinkhole disaster happening first, as CNN reports Golfer swallowed up by sinkhole on course.

A golfer in Illinois fell 18 feet into the ground when a sinkhole opened up on the golf course where he was playing.

Sinkholes, who knew?