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Katrina survivors mired in taxes and red tape The dunking booth is always the most popular attraction at the Broadmoor Fest, a neighborhood carnival held every year since Hurricane Katrina to celebrate the survival of one of the Crescent City's low-lying, flood-ravaged districts. At recent fairs FEMA officials were favorite targets in the booth Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Policing report targets red tape The time wasted on red tape could put 3,000 more officers on streets, a police reform report says. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Red tape 'hampering victims' Victims of violent crime are hampered in making compensation claims by excessive red tape, MPs say. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Scientists Think Like a Hurricane to Beat the Next Katrina When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in late August 2005 and the levees around the city broke, flooding the city and killing hundreds, Ed Link was as surprised as everyone else. He shouldn't have been. As one of the nation's foremost hurricane experts, Link, a professor at the Univ Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Scientists Think Like a Hurricane to Beat the Next Katrina When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in late August 2005 and the levees around the city broke, flooding the city and killing hundreds, Ed Link was as surprised as everyone else. He shouldn't have been. As one of the nation's foremost hurricane experts, Link, a professor at the Univ Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Charges dismissed against police in post-Katrina shootings - CNN Charges dismissed against police in post-Katrina shootingsCNN - 35 minutes agoNEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- A judge Wednesday dismissed all charges against six police officers and a former officer who'd been accused of shooting unarmed civilians -- two of them fatally -- Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Securing cyberspace against war, terror and red tape DHS's Greg Garcia in the hot seat Interview In September 2006, the US Secretary of Homeland Security appointed Greg Garcia assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications. With oversight for the National Cyber Security Division, the Office of Emergency Communications and the National Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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NIN Dazzles With Lasers, LEDs and Stealth Screens A vast wall of swirling static dances appears on a giant screen as Trent Reznor and his band launch into their song, "Only." Initially obscured by this sea of visual white noise, the Nine Inch Nails front man intermittently appears to push through the particles of snow with his hands and body, Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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NIN Dazzles With Lasers, LEDs and Stealth Screens A vast wall of swirling static dances appears on a giant screen as Trent Reznor and his band launch into their song, "Only." Initially obscured by this sea of visual white noise, the Nine Inch Nails front man intermittently appears to push through the particles of snow with his hands and body, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Displaced by Katrina and edged out of FEMA trailer parks - Los Angeles Times KCBY.com 11Displaced by Katrina and edged out of FEMA trailer parksLos Angeles Times - 13 hours agoTim Mueller / AP ON THE MOVE: Renaissance Village trailer park resident Derrick Williams, right, and friend Larry Jackson haul items to the trash as Williams prepares to m Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Dell's new backup system includes both hardware and software Dell is putting together hardware and software for backup and recovery in one system, with integrated software, for small and medium-size businesses.The need for large-scale backups is growing as organizations p Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Madrid crash: Survivors' stories - BBC News Times OnlineMadrid crash: Survivors' storiesBBC News - 1 hour agoThere were only 19 survivors of Wednesday's air crash at Madrid's Barajas Airport which claimed the lives of 153 people. Here a survivor and others at the scene give their astonishing account of the last f Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Survivors recall horror of Bangkok blaze as mourners pray - AFP guardian.co.ukSurvivors recall horror of Bangkok blaze as mourners prayAFP - 30 minutes agoBANGKOK (AFP) - Mourning relatives and shocked survivors on Friday offered prayers and recalled the horror of a New Year fire at a packed Bangkok club, as police tried to piece t Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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McCain Slams Federal Response to Katrina - ABC News Javno.hrMcCain Slams Federal Response to KatrinaABC News - 1 hour agoBY RON CLAIBORNE Under a sweltering spring sun, Sen John McCain, R-Ariz., strolled a desolate thoroughfare today in this city's still-devastated Ninth Ward.McCain Criticizes Katrina Response as â Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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NEW: Experts predict cyclone survivors will face long-term food ... - CNN Calcutta TelegraphNEW: Experts predict cyclone survivors will face long-term food ...CNN - 13 hours agoYANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- Myanmar's rice-growing heartland has been devastated by Cyclone Nargis, threatening long-term food shortages for survivors, experts sai Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Hopes Fading in Search for Survivors of China Quake - New York Times Hopes Fading in Search for Survivors of China QuakeNew York Times - 6 hours agoBy ANDREW JACOBS and EDWARD WONG CHENGDU, China - On television, the miraculous survivor stories have begun to fade, replaced by reruns of dramatic rescues.China declares 3 days of nat'l mour Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Myanmar monks a vital lifeline for cyclone survivors - AFP Canada.comMyanmar monks a vital lifeline for cyclone survivorsAFP - 6 hours agoYANGON (AFP) - A Buddhist monk in his maroon robe silently guards boxes of noodles, while another monk tries to plot an aid route to cyclone survivors using satellite print-outs of Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Tape measure: X-rays detected from Scotch tape
(AP) AP - Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter: Scotch tape. It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Clintons May Avoid Criticism by Paying Taxes Hillary and Bill Clinton "got rich in the seven years since they left the White House, and by paying plenty of taxes and giving a large chunk to charity, they may avoid the criticism expected with the release of such detailed financial information," Bloomberg reports. "The Clintons, Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Schwarzenegger on taxes, immigration and more - Los Angeles Times San Diego Union TribuneSchwarzenegger on taxes, immigration and moreLos Angeles Times - 5 hours agoThe governor chats with The Times about his newly announced budget revisions, immigration reform, redistricting and “Ugly Betty.Schwarzenegger says he respects court Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |