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Huffington: Obama's Katrina about to slam down on land
There's a Category 5 storm about to make landfall, and the president and the officials in charge of preparing for the approaching disaster don't seem to be particularly worried. Sound familiar? ~ Ariana... 
Obama's growing New Orleans controversy
One of today's front page Now Public stories, on Obama's Town Hall in New Orleans (see it at: http://my.nowpublic.com/world/barack-obamas-town-hall-new-orleans-little-more-gumbo-run?) rightly...
created by smkovalinsky | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago
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Strained by Katrina, a Hospital Faced Deadly Choices
Katrina will, I am sure, show itself as a real blight in American history - but as this story shows, will it also show that patients were euthanised by the very people who are writing and passing laws that will negate most civil law suits?"Anna Pou, defended herself on... 
Jessie Pullins reunited with his dog JJ four years after Katrina
Jessie Pullins was heartbroken when he couldn't take his dog JJ with him when he was evacuated during Hurricane Katrina, but four years later they are back together.""I made adequate provisions in the back part of my house in elevated area, and when I left I though I would be... 
Resident opens health clinic in eastern New Orleans
" When his 17-month-old daughter fell ill to a severe ear infection one night two months ago, eastern New Orleans resident Gregory Davis faced two unappealing choices: drive her to a hospital downtown or one in Slidell, both far away. Davis took her downtown and decided he... 
Nuevo New Orleans: Latino Immigrants Remake the Crescent City
BY PETER HOLDERNESS[the story was originally published in March 2008 for Immigration Here & There, a Medill School of Journalism project - to the photo essay, "Portraits of Atletico, Louisiana"]Fernando Saucedo crossed the U.S.-Mexico border on July 4, 2005, headed for...
President Bush: The Ultimate Exit Interview
George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, gave his 47th and final news conference today in what he called "...the ultimate exit interview...". " A retiring President George W. Bush, delivering the... 
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago
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Will Yellowstone Eruption Be Obama’s Katrina?
With earthquake swarms rattling Yellowstone National Park, seismologists speculating about whether a mega-eruption is imminent and Wyoming residents raising tough questions about the danger of such an event in... 
Second costliest hurricane season ends
This year's hurricane season was pretty relentless, striking the United States and Cuba as if on redial, setting at least five weather records for persistence and repeatedly striking the same areas. As... 
CNN Heroes honored in Hollywood
St. Bernard Project co-founder Liz McCartney has been selected as CNN's "Hero of the Year", on their Thanksgiving special hosted by Anderson Cooper and taped earlier this week.McCartney left a lucrative career in... Bush: Liberator of Millions (In His Own Mind)
George W. Bush, in "excerpts of a recent interview released by the White House Friday", said he wants to be known as "somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace", who didn't compromise his values, who "helped individuals.""WASHINGTON (AFP) — George W.... 
Massive cleanup continues long after Hurricane Ike
"Hurricane Ike produced a staggering amount of debris, and it may take months for Galveston, Houston and coastal parishes in Louisiana to dispose of what some say is record destruction waste."This is newsworthy because people should know what is happening regarding recovering...
Galveston Island's poor, homeless wonder where they'll live
"Advocates for Galveston’s low-income and homeless population say those struggling before the storm — the indigent, working poor, homeless, elderly and disabled — will have the hardest time rebuilding their lives because Ike wiped out not only their homes, but the... Biden, Obama helped keep 'Bridge to Nowhere' alive
"By Drew Griffin and Kathleen JohnstonCNN Special Investigations UnitDEWEY BEACH, Delaware (CNN) -- Although Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden routinely mocks his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, for her onetime support of the infamous "Bridge... 
Top Ten Hagee-isms
I just don't think that enough attention has been paid to McCain's endorsement seeking strategy from Rev. Hagee and Rev. Parsley, especially when you add up how many weeks we saw Rev. Wright on TV. So to be fair,... 
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