"The Wind Beneath Their Wings"

Stopping by her elderly father's home in West Philly, to look in on him one day in 1995, as was her habit, my sister in law happened to answer the telephone. The man on the other end of the line had been...

Is Your Home Ready for Hurricane Season?

Fema Press Release"BILOXI, Miss. -- With the 2008 hurricane season officially here, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency urge residents to take steps to make...

Tale of two cities: Biloxi and New Orleans

"n the Lower 9th Ward, Robert Green Sr., 52, who lost his mother and granddaughter during the storm, feels like the government has failed him. He's still waiting to receive his money from Louisiana's Road Home...

CRUISIN' FOR MONEY (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

" Nostalgia rules at auction By JOHN FOLDING SUN HERALD BILOXI - "If I could have any car here it would be that little '65 Volkswagen," said Linda Oden of Birmingham, Ala. "The white one with the black top. I used to have one, so I guess it's nostalgia." Oden and her friend,...

Dreams drive car auction (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

" Protest prompts violation review By TOM WILEMON tewilemon@sunherald.com PHOTOS BY DAVID PURDY/SUN HERALD Mike Saucier of Gautier stands next to a 1966 Corvette Stingray he purchased during the Classic Car Auction. More photos BILOXI - The "Let's Cruise! Classic Car...

1 year later, with Ernesto threatening, Bush visits Katrina ... - Canada.com

" View Larger Image President Bush meets a group of soldiers after landing at Kessler Air Force base on Monday in Biloxi, Miss. (AP/Evan Vucci) Canadian Press Published: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Article tools Printer friendly E-mail Font: * * * * BILOXI, Miss....

Living Australopithecine Woman Spotted on Alabama Beach!

Orange Beach, Alabama (Digital Dementia News Services) - A living australopithecine woman has been spotted on the beaches of Alabama. The startling discovery was made during the break time of a conference of...

Levis 0.000501 Jeans Provoke Controversy

San Francisco (Digital Dementia News Services)  – Levi Strauss, maker of the immensely popular “Levi 501” jeans is in massive retreat after conservative religious groups denounced its latest line...

Biloxi tries to preserve its history (AP)

" BILOXI, Miss. - As Carla Beaugez steers the Biloxi Tour Train down a beachfront highway, her husband's recorded voice blares over a loudspeaker for the benefit of two tourists from Tennessee. "The Grand Casino on your left," the recording says, "is reported to be the...

Pro-choice People in the south, we need your help! July 15-22

The last Mississippi clinic is threatened this month!Thanks to the constant chipping away of reproductive rights, only one family planning clinic that performs abortions remains in Mississippi. During the week of...

Missing Person - Conrad Nix Miller

Missing after Katrina - Conrad Nix "Nicki" Miller - was in homeless shelters in Biloxi.  Brother of Sean O'Brien and the late Sheila Ray O'Brien - any news of him, PLEASE contact ReginaObrien@bellsouth.net - THANK YOU

New Orleans’ Displaced Struggle for Housing, Jobs, Neighborhoods

New Orleans’ Displaced Struggle for Housing, Jobs, Neighborhoods by Michelle Chen. The management of Forest Park Apartments in the Algiers district told all tenants to vacate their apartments by October 17,...

PluggedIn: Technology that took on a hurricane

NEW YORK (Reuters) - While big media covered the mass destruction brought by Hurricane Katrina with helicopter images and satellite weather maps, blogs have been telling stories with similar force, but on a much more personal level. Linking to the Internet's global computer...

Hurricane tab to be costliest U.S. relief effort

WASHINGTON - The era of big government is back. President Bush is presiding over what is sure to be the most expensive government relief and reconstruction operation in U.S. history. With estimates of the federal tab ranging up to $200 billion for rebuilding New Orleans and...

Bush Says Federal Funds Will Pay Bulk of Hurricane Recovery

Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush will tell the nation tonight that the federal government will work closely with local officials to rebuild cities demolished by Hurricane Katrina and pay most of the cost of infrastructure repairs. ``The work that has begun...

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