ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Federal Emergency Management Agency has set up a Web site for companies that can offer goods and services like food, water or shelter for hurricane victims.Company officials can visit...
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Following a record amount of June-July tropical cyclone activity and an active August in which Hurricane Katrina caused the greatest economic loss ever inflicted by a hurricane on the United States, we are continuing the bad news by predicting above-average activity for...
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A week of special guests meeting on-line where all can watch and anyone can register to ask questions and participate. Topics include paper ballots, real recounts, proportional representation, being a voting...
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Paul Chenoweth never leaves home without his digital camera or video camera. A graduate student at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., he shoots video and photos around town and posts them to his...
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that "for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, there will be 12 to 15 tropical storms, with seven to nine becoming hurricanes, of which three to five could become major hurricanes." With a forecast like...
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Yet another tropical depression (#9), forecasted to become storm Irene, forms in the Atlantic Thursday. It's still too early to forecast, but people all along the east coast should keep an eye on the projected path of this anticipated hurricane. It may stay over water and be...
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JACKSONVILLE - Bankrupt supermarket giant Winn-Dixie announced Tuesday that it will close 35 percent of its stores and reduce its workforce by 28 percent under its proposed Chapter 11 reorganization plan.
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Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's decision to retire unleashed a bipartisan wave of praise Friday on Capitol Hill that quickly gave way to jostling over her potential successor and the future of...
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Evacuation shelters have been designated, lane reversals have been practiced and resources have been counted - all signs that South Carolina is ready for an active hurricane season, officials said Friday.Gov. Mark Sanford met with state agency heads Friday to talk about...
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CANADYS, S.C - Want to get back to nature? Take a 12-mile canoe trip to a treehouse in a wildlife refuge. Forget about electricity and running water. Refresh in a quiet, pristine setting.
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Kids may not like the peas and carrots served up by the nation’s school
lunch program, but many of the country’s leading food companies enjoy
the billions of dollars in sales that bring those vegetables to their
plates. Behind the overcooked vegetables and steam-table...
According to a report released yesterday, 25.6 million pounds of
antibiotics are mixed with farm animals’ food every year -- almost all
of it concentrated in just 23 states, mainly in the Mid-Atlantic and
the South.
Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics used in the US...
JE McNeil, who heads the Centre for Conscience and War in Washington
DC, a Christian group whose members also staff the GI Rights Hotline,
said many troops she spoke with had been lied to by recruiters. "I had
an 18-year-old who was told he did not have to serve in...