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Red Cross: FBI Conducts Own Katrina Probe
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 12:00:13
AP - The FBI is looking into allegations of theft and other wrongdoing by American Red Cross volunteers who distributed relief supplies after Hurricane Katrina.
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FEMA Re-Bids $3.6B in Katrina Contracts
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 12:00:13
AP - The Bush administration on Friday awarded up to $3.6 billion in temporary hurricane-victim housing contracts to small and minority-owned firms, saying it was shifting the money from four large companies that had not competed for the work.
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Judge Won't Delay New Orleans Election
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 12:00:14
AP - A federal judge whose own home was flooded after Hurricane Katrina has rejected pleas to delay the city's April 22 elections, saying he shared residents' "burning desire for completeness."
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New Orleans Awaits Guidance on Flood Zones
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 06:00:18
| AP - Audrey Celistan desperately wants to return to New Orleans and rebuild the three-bedroom brick house she lived in for 42 years before Hurricane Katrina drowned it in more than 10 feet of muddy water. Lucky for her, Celistan has homeowner's and flood insurance. Even better, the checks arrived in January. |
Postal Processing Resumes in New Orleans
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 09:00:14
AP - For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the Postal Service began processing mail Monday in New Orleans, a move officials say should eliminate delivery times of a week or more for cross-town mail.
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Study Raises More Concerns About Levees
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 12:00:16
| AP - A new study raises another possible threat to rebuilding efforts in Louisiana: Active geologic faults are causing levees, flood walls, bridges and homes to sink. |
FEMA Report Details Repeated Failures
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 12:00:16
AP - An internal FEMA review of its flawed response to Hurricane Katrina identifies many of the same failures and fixes that the disaster response agency pledged to reform a year ago, documents show.
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Postal Processing Resumes in New Orleans
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 12:00:16
AP - For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the Postal Service began processing mail Monday in New Orleans, a move officials say should eliminate delivery times of a week or more for cross-town mail.
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Red Cross: FBI Conducts Own Katrina Probe
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 12:00:16
AP - The FBI is looking into allegations of theft and other wrongdoing by American Red Cross volunteers who distributed relief supplies after Hurricane Katrina.
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FEMA Re-Bids $3.6B in Katrina Contracts
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 12:00:16
AP - The Bush administration on Friday awarded up to $3.6 billion in temporary hurricane-victim housing contracts to small and minority-owned firms, saying it was shifting the money from four large companies that had not competed for the work.
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Navy Warship Forged by American Tragedies
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 03:00:12
| AP - With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious assault ship USS New York has already made history twice. It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center, and it survived Hurricane Katrina. |
Red Cross Gives Up Control of Katrina Aid
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 03:00:12
AP - Criticized for its Katrina response, the American Red Cross will overhaul the way it handles future disasters by relinquishing control over some aid dollars and cracking down internally on waste and abuse.
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FEMA Report Details Repeated Failures
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 03:00:12
AP - An internal FEMA review of its flawed response to Hurricane Katrina identifies many of the same failures and fixes that the disaster response agency pledged to reform a year ago, documents show.
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Postal Processing Resumes in New Orleans
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 03:00:12
AP - For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the Postal Service began processing mail Monday in New Orleans, a move officials say should eliminate delivery times of a week or more for cross-town mail.
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Red Cross: FBI Conducts Own Katrina Probe
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 03:00:12
AP - The FBI is looking into allegations of theft and other wrongdoing by American Red Cross volunteers who distributed relief supplies after Hurricane Katrina.
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FEMA Re-Bids $3.6B in Katrina Contracts
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 03:00:12
AP - The Bush administration on Friday awarded up to $3.6 billion in temporary hurricane-victim housing contracts to small and minority-owned firms, saying it was shifting the money from four large companies that had not competed for the work.
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Iraq War, Hurricane Bill to Exceed $100B
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 06:00:13
AP - The price tag for must-pass legislation to pay for the war in Iraq and additional hurricane relief is expected to pass $100 billion after action by a Senate panel Tuesday.
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Highlights of Two FEMA Disaster Reports
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 06:00:13
| AP - A comparison of some conclusions reached in a Feb. 13 internal FEMA analysis that examines its failings during Hurricane Katrina, and a March 2005 report for the agency by consultants Mitre Corp. |
FEMA's Katrina Report Details Failures
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 06:00:13
AP - An internal FEMA report that calls for urgent reform after Hurricane Katrina outlines old failures the disaster response agency was warned about five months before the storm struck.
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New Navy Ship Being Built With WTC Steel
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 06:00:13
AP - With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious assault ship USS New York has already made history - twice. It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center, and it survived Hurricane Katrina.
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Red Cross to Overhaul Disaster Response
(AP) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 06:00:13
AP - Criticized for its Katrina response, the American Red Cross will overhaul the way it handles future disasters by sharing its aid dollars with other groups and cracking down internally on waste and abuse.
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Trailer trouble chills New Orleans-FEMA relations
(Reuters) (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 04-03-2006 at 09:00:13
| Reuters - Relations between New Orleans and
the U.S. agency in charge of funding Hurricane Katrina
rebuilding hit a new low on Monday when the city demanded
Washington replace a federal team for "disrespecting" citizens. |
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