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Small signs of normalcy return in Miss.
Sep 9 2005 11:51PM (CT)
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - A few familiar routines of normal life slowly returned to the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Friday, with many Hurricane Katrina victims going to work, eating hot meals and beginning to rebuild.
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Officials: Guard deployment hurt response
Sep 9 2005 11:44PM (CT)
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - The deployment of thousands of National Guard troops from Mississippi and Louisiana in Iraq when Hurricane Katrina struck hindered those states' initial storm response, military and civilian officials said Friday.
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Judge orders Edgar Ray Killen to prison
Sep 9 2005 11:34PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) - A judge sent Edgar Ray Killen back to prison Friday after finding that the former Ku Klux Klan leader, convicted for the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers, was in better health than the court had been told.
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Katrina damages estimate upped to $125B
Sep 9 2005 11:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hurricane Katrina caused at least $125 billion in economic damage and could cost the insurance industry up to $60 billion in claims, a leading risk assessment firm said in updated estimates released Friday.
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Ophelia, a hurricane again, may hit U.S.
Sep 9 2005 10:56PM (CT)
FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Ophelia regained hurricane strength Friday on a course expected to swing toward the Atlantic Coast, and forecasters urged residents from northern Florida to the Carolinas keep close watch on its path over the next few days.
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Katrina death toll may not hit 10,000
Sep 9 2005 10:46PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Alarming predictions of as many as 10,000 dead in New Orleans may have been greatly exaggerated, with authorities saying Friday that the first street-by-street sweep of the swamped city revealed far fewer corpses than feared.
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Kan. town must replace entire gas system
Sep 9 2005 10:33PM (CT)
LYONS, Kan. (AP) - A small central Kansas town that has been plagued by potentially explosive gas leaks has been ordered to replace all 28 miles of its distribution lines within a year.
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Dalai Lama visits Alaska, first U.S. stop
Sep 9 2005 10:28PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, spent his first visit to Alaska discussing wildlife conservation and Native concerns Friday with state leaders.
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Registered sex offenders among evacuees
Sep 9 2005 10:06PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Although nearly 4,500 registered sex offenders lived in the 14 parishes hit by Hurricane Katrina, the Department of Corrections is most worried about fewer than 300 _ those who ordinarily check in at parole offices closed by the storm.
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Bush administration wins appeal on Padilla
Sep 9 2005 10:02PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - In a victory for the Bush administration, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the government can continue to hold indefinitely an American accused of plotting to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb."
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Judge rules vs. U.S. in Patriot Act case
Sep 9 2005 9:59PM (CT)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - A federal judge lifted a gag order Friday that shielded the identity of librarians who received an FBI demand for records about library patrons under the Patriot Act.
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Couple plead guilty in Wendy's finger case
Sep 9 2005 9:59PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A Nevada couple pleaded guilty Friday to all charges related to planting a human finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili in a scheme to extort money from the fast food restaurant chain.
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Four high school golfers hit by lightning
Sep 9 2005 9:51PM (CT)
ANACONDA, Mont. (AP) - Lighting struck a high school golf tournament Friday, injuring four of the players, including a 14-year-old boy who was in critical condition.
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Border officials target child kidnappings
Sep 9 2005 9:49PM (CT)
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border said Friday they want to implement a coordinated child abduction notification system.
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Hurricane simulation predicted 61,290 dead
Sep 9 2005 9:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - As Katrina roared into the Gulf of Mexico, emergency planners pored over maps and charts of a hurricane simulation that projected 61,290 dead and 384,257 injured or sick in a catastrophic flood that would leave swaths of southeast Louisiana uninhabitable for more than a year.
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Gore helps airlift New Orleans victims
Sep 9 2005 9:27PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Al Gore helped airlift some 270 Katrina evacuees on two private charters from New Orleans, acting at the urging of a doctor who saved the life of the former vice president's son.
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Calif. Guard sergeant gets year for abuse
Sep 9 2005 9:18PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California Army National Guard sergeant has been sentenced to a year in military prison for abusing detainees in Iraq, authorities said Friday.
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Members of organized crime group indicted
Sep 9 2005 9:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Thirty-nine alleged members and associates of a violent crime organization have been charged in a federal indictment with crimes including racketeering, extortion and gambling, officials said Friday.
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Louisiana Guardsmen return home from Iraq
Sep 9 2005 9:07PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - Greeted by the blasts of water cannon, the first planeload of 100 Louisiana National Guardsmen returned home Friday from Iraq, leaving behind the carnage of warfare to find their families in their hurricane-ravaged state.
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Viral outbreak among evacuees contained
Sep 9 2005 9:07PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Doctors at the complex housing thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees said Friday they have contained a viral outbreak that caused diarrhea and vomiting among hundreds of people.
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Annan: Document agreement may not be met
Sep 9 2005 8:59PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday said he was concerned agreement on a draft document for U.N. reform may not be reached in time for next week's gathering of world leaders.
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In poll, most say abandon flooded areas
Sep 9 2005 8:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Flood-prone neighborhoods of New Orleans should be abandoned and rebuilt on higher ground, according to more than half of the participants in an AP-Ipsos poll.
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Judge orders girl with cancer be treated
Sep 9 2005 8:34PM (CT)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - A juvenile court judge Friday ordered treatment for a 13-year-old cancer patient to continue despite pleas from her parents, who fear high-dose chemotherapy will do more harm than good.
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Panel recommends probe of Colo. professor
Sep 9 2005 8:32PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A University of Colorado panel recommended a full investigation Friday into allegations of research misconduct involving a professor who triggered a national outcry for comparing some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi.
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No verdict reached in 'Junior' Gotti trial
Sep 9 2005 8:18PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal jury finished its first day of deliberations without a verdict Friday in the trial of John A. "Junior" Gotti, the scion of the Gambino organized crime family charged with plotting a botched attack on a radio show host.
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Jackson juror sues to get out of book deal
Sep 9 2005 8:09PM (CT)
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) - A juror in the Michael Jackson case who said last month he believed the pop star was guilty of molesting his 15-year-old accuser has filed a lawsuit to get out of a book publishing contract.
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9/11 rescuers receive posthumous medals
Sep 9 2005 7:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush honored 442 firefighters, police officers, and rescuers who died Sept. 11, awarding posthumous Medals of Valor to their families at a White House ceremony Friday.
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Ambassador seeks change in U.N. management
Sep 9 2005 7:05PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton called Friday for a "cultural revolution" in the way the United Nations does business, citing the oil-for-food scandal as an example of the need for sweeping reform at the world body.
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Ga. judges cite courthouse security lack
Sep 9 2005 7:02PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Months after a deadly shooting rampage at the Fulton County Courthouse, exasperated judges said Friday that surveillance cameras still haven't been plugged in and faulty doors have yet to be replaced.
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Divinity School team faults AFA chaplains
Sep 9 2005 6:53PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - A team from the Yale Divinity School says it has found lingering problems among chaplains at the Air Force Academy, where commanders face allegations that evangelical Christians wield too much influence among cadets and staff.
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Victim's daughter wins judgment vs. Rader
Sep 9 2005 6:24PM (CT)
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The daughter of one of the 10 victims of BTK serial killer Dennis Rader won a $250,000 default judgment against him Friday in the first of nine lawsuits filed by families.
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Ex-Mafia leader must pay for prison stay
Sep 9 2005 6:17PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge Friday ordered the former head of the New England Mafia to reimburse the government nearly $120,000 for the cost of his eight years in prison.
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Prostitute gets 30 years for burning house
Sep 9 2005 5:45PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A prostitute who torched a civic leader's home because she was angry that newcomers to the neighborhood were hurting her business was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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Wolfowitz confident of debt-relief deal
Sep 9 2005 5:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A plan to wipe out $40 billion worth of debt for poor countries could be in place by the end of the month, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Friday.
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Charities urge donors to keep on giving
Sep 9 2005 5:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Even with Congress earmarking billions of federal dollars for Hurricane Katrina relief, private charities are urging donors to keep on giving, contending their field operations remain crucial in meeting emergency needs and ensuring long-term aid to the worst-off victims.
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'Bagman' in Chicago scandal gets prison
Sep 9 2005 5:28PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The former director of administration at Chicago's water department was sentenced Friday to more than two years in prison for serving as a "bagman" who collected bribes from trucking companies that wanted city hauling work.
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Debit cards distributed at Astrodome
Sep 9 2005 5:08PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - After two days of confusion, Katrina refugees staying at the Astrodome began receiving government-issued $2,000 debit cards Friday to help them buy the things they need to get back on their feet.
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Blacks still a minority at UC Berkeley
Sep 9 2005 4:50PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - This fall's incoming class of 4,000 students at the University of California, Berkeley is expected to include just 129 black freshmen, a disturbing trend to leaders of the socially progressive and academically elite school.
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Survivors, families to lead tours at WTC
Sep 9 2005 4:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The tears still flow when Lee Ielpi talks about his firefighter son and the day he helped carry the 29-year-old's body out of the rubble of the World Trade Center.
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N.Y. party seeks to remove member
Sep 9 2005 3:52PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The state Independence Party is trying to remove an executive committee member who is accused of saying Jews "function as mass murderers of people of color."
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Man who gave reporter FBI tape sentenced
Sep 9 2005 3:50PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - An attorney who gave a TV reporter a secret FBI videotape from an investigation into City Hall corruption was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison.
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Ex-columnist won't be charged over taping
Sep 9 2005 2:44PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A former Miami Herald columnist will not be prosecuted for secretly recording phone conversations with city commissioner Arthur E. Teele Jr. just before Teele killed himself, a prosecutor said Friday.
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Houston opens doors, hearts to evacuees
Sep 9 2005 2:30PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - As the tragedy unfolded in New Orleans, Houston's mayor threw open the Astrodome and the convention center to tens of thousands of Katrina's refugees. Then he did something more remarkable: He essentially told convention groups whose plans were spoiled by the move, "Tough luck."
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CSU punishes fraternities, sororities
Sep 9 2005 1:43PM (CT)
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado State University punished eight Greek organizations for early-morning booze parties that occurred near the first anniversary of a student's drinking death.
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Doctors emerging as heroes of Katrina
Sep 9 2005 1:38PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Dr. Jessica Lee fought the urge to panic. All week long, women stranded by Hurricane Katrina had been giving birth in primitive conditions at New Orleans' University Hospital, their only after-effect a colorful story to tell their children someday. Now one was in trouble.
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Conservative groups plan pro-troops events
Sep 9 2005 12:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative groups are rallying supporters to counter an anti-war march planned for this month that organizers hope will attract 100,000 marchers.
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Man accused in food stamp fraud surrenders
Sep 9 2005 12:40PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - A man accused of being involved in a nearly $24 million food stamp fraud scheme has surrendered to federal officials after returning to the United States for medical treatment. He had been living in Jordan for a decade.
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Officer: Inmate boasted of killing priest
Sep 9 2005 11:44AM (CT)
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - An inmate accused of beating and strangling pedophile priest John Geoghan in his prison cell couldn't contain his pride and excitement as he confessed, the officer who interviewed him said Friday.
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Miss. residents say health warning lacking
Sep 9 2005 10:29AM (CT)
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The neighborhood called Point Cadet at the east end of Biloxi has no clean running water and a foul stench _ the residents are certain it's human decay _ pervades the air, burning the throat when the wind blows right.
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Mexican troops arrive for Katrina relief
Sep 9 2005 10:08AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - Mexican Army troops encamped Thursday evening on a field at a former U.S. Air Force base, setting up a mobile kitchen and large tents to sleep in, part of a plan to spend up to a month in San Antonio to help evacuees of Hurricane Katrina.
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La., Miss. bases require $1B in repairs
Sep 9 2005 9:25AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military housing, airport hangars, equipment and power lines were heavily damaged at six military bases across Louisiana and Mississippi, forcing nearly $1 billion in emergency repairs, according to base personnel and other defense officials.
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In poll, most say abandon flooded areas
Sep 9 2005 9:14AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than half the people in this country say the flooded areas of New Orleans lying below sea level should be abandoned and rebuilt on higher ground.
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Powell criticizes response to Katrina
Sep 9 2005 8:49AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell criticized the response to Hurricane Katrina, saying "a lot of failures" occurred at all levels of government.
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Ohio court: Egg donor has parental rights
Sep 9 2005 8:32AM (CT)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A woman who sold her eggs has parental rights to the resulting triplets, an Ohio appeals court said in the latest twist to a three-state custody battle.
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Katrina divides rather than unifies U.S.
Sep 9 2005 6:55AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The extraordinary showing of national and political unity displayed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is nowhere to be found in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Debris from storm could pose fire risk
Sep 9 2005 6:51AM (CT)
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - It's easy to see devastation in millions of broken boards and snapped or uprooted trees, but firefighters and forestry officials see something else: fuel.
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U.N. Humanitarian Chief: Relief aid coming
Sep 9 2005 6:35AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. humanitarian chief said he expected the world body to become more involved in the Katrina relief effort as international aid arrives.
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Vegas offers reprieve for Katrina rescuers
Sep 9 2005 6:24AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Leaving hell behind in Louisiana, New Orleans paramedic Keeley Williams has five days to lose herself in the whir of this city's slot machines. Williams, who lost everything to Hurricane Katrina, is one of 44 first responders granted a reprieve here this week, all expenses paid by local businesses and the Red Cross.
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Illegal immigrants afraid to get storm aid
Sep 9 2005 6:20AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Some sneak into shelters at night and then slip out in the morning, praying they won't be noticed. Others avoid government help altogether, preferring to ride out the chaos and destruction alone in a foreign land.
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Court: Parental consent for abortion legal
Sep 9 2005 6:19AM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's law requiring girls under age 18 to get a parent's consent for an abortion is constitutional and may be enforced, a federal court ruled Thursday.
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La. mom of unclaimed baby finally found
Sep 9 2005 5:04AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Barren Snell will never remember his harrowing adventures in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. His mother will never forget hers. Of the 121 babies evacuated from New Orleans to Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge following the storm, Barren was the only one whose mother had not been found. Until now.
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Canyon paving plan draws mixed reviews
Sep 9 2005 4:12AM (CT)
CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, N.M. (AP) - Hundreds of years ago, Southwest Indian tribes came by foot to this ceremonial site in the high desert for solstice rituals, feasts and trading.
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W.Va. considers axing Lincoln holiday
Sep 9 2005 4:04AM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginians may revere Abraham Lincoln as the father of their state, but they would cease honoring his birthday as an official holiday under a measure the governor says would save money.
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Montana OKs bison hunt near Yellowstone
Sep 9 2005 4:02AM (CT)
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - The state has approved a plan allowing hunters to kill up to 50 bison that leave Yellowstone National Park in search of winter forage.
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Miss. residents say health warning lacking
Sep 9 2005 3:10AM (CT)
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The neighborhood called Point Cadet at the east end of Biloxi has no clean running water and a foul stench _ the residents are certain it's human decay _ pervades the air, burning the throat when the wind blows right.
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Calif. votes to license illegal immigrants
Sep 9 2005 2:29AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California lawmakers voted Thursday to offer illegal immigrants special driver's licenses, a measure Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to veto.
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VA's hurricane evacuation efforts heralded
Sep 9 2005 2:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid widespread criticism of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, the Veterans Affairs secretary praised his department for an effective evacuation of about 1,200 veterans, staff and their families from the Gulf region.
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Katrina sparks review of federal response
Sep 9 2005 2:11AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials concerned about the slow response to Hurricane Katrina are looking at new ways to organize front-line emergency workers during catastrophes, including possibly using federal troops for law enforcement.
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Base closing panel submits recommendations
Sep 9 2005 12:57AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The base closing commission submitted its recommendations to the White House on Thursday night after withdrawing proposed changes at an Air National Guard base in Connecticut.
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Katrina, aftermath galvanize black America
Sep 9 2005 12:42AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - To African-Americans, Hurricane Katrina has become a generation-defining catastrophe _ a disaster with a predominantly black toll, tinged with racism. They've rallied to the cause with an unprecedented outpouring of activism and generosity.
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Cheney, Gonzales tour stricken Gulf Coast
Sep 9 2005 12:19AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday toured parts of the ravaged Gulf Coast, claiming significant progress but acknowledging immense obstacles to a full recovery.
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