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Friday, 08 December 2006
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 AP - The state's insurer of last resort decided Thursday to delay a vote on whether to increase its homeowners rates an average of 55 percent, following requests from lawmakers to wait until after a special legislative session next month.
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Thursday, 07 December 2006
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Reuters - Fraud involving payments supposed to
help victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita likely exceeds
earlier estimates of $1 billion and only a tiny fraction of the
money has been recovered, according to a U.S. government report
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Wednesday, 06 December 2006
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AP - A coalition of scientists, environmentalists and politicians on Tuesday told the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close a shipping channel that scientists say contributed to the devastating deluge of parts of eastern New Orleans, including the Lower Ninth Ward. |
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Monday, 04 December 2006
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AP - Workers demolishing damaged houses found a body thought to be that of a Hurricane Katrina victim, authorities said. |
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Friday, 01 December 2006
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 Reuters - A judge has ordered the Bush
administration to restore housing-relief payments it revoked in
a "Kafkaesque" process for thousands of Gulf Coast residents
displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Saturday, 25 November 2006
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Wednesday, 22 November 2006
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Reuters - Looking at his
metal-sided trailer home parked on a scrubby, storm-ravaged
lot, hurricane survivor Larry Bridevaux decided to lift his
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Tuesday, 21 November 2006
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AP - The winds whipped up to 130 mph, snapping pine trees like pick-up sticks and blowing houses into oblivion. A surge of water, 21 feet high at its crest, engulfing victims as they desperately scurried for higher ground. |
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Saturday, 18 November 2006
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AP - A late El Nino this year confounded hurricane forecasters' predictions for the Atlantic storm season, which turned out to be much quieter than normal, hurricane expert William Gray's team said Friday. |
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Friday, 17 November 2006
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AP - Hurricane Sergio weakened to a Category 1 hurricane Thursday, soaking areas of Mexico's Pacific coast with rain, but posing no immediate threat to land. |
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Thursday, 16 November 2006
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