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Louisiana's Landrieu Calls for Resignation of FEMA Chief of Staff

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, New Orleans, Rep. Joseph Cao, Hurricanes, Ike, New Orelans, Gustav Louisiana, Katrina, CBS News, Fema, Mary Landrieu, Mardi Gras, Fema Trailers, Politics News
Georgianne Nienaber

The four-year anniversary of Katrina approaches in August. Life in New Orleans has not returned to pre-storm "normality," despite billions of federal dollars that never seem to reach the ground.

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The Trillion Dollar Wrong Thing

Larry Beinhart | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Government Bailout, Bush, Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Individual Mortgages, Infrastructure, National Health, Coastlines, Fed Emergency Loans, Alternative Energy, Ike, Katrina, Larry Beinhart, Federal Bank, Business News
Larry Beinhart

The Big Big Bailout, as it is, will be crowning glory of Bushianity. One, gigantic theft of from real Americans to enrich the ruling class. It's a hell of trick.

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Galveston Residents Return Home By The Thousands Amid Ike's Destruction

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 10.25.2008 | Green

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GALVESTON, Texas — Ten days after Hurricane Ike, this devastated beach town reopened to residents Wednesday with stern warnings about what still...

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The Ike Effect: Blowing Texas Blue

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.24.2008 | Living

Read More: George Bush, Red States, Politics, Houston, Texas Politics, Hurricane Ike, Blue States, Living, Fema, Mayor Bill White, Market Regulation, Breaking News, FEMA Points of Distribution, FEMA Meals Ready to Eat, Category 2 Hurricane, Fema Hurricanes, Electricity, Federal Aid to Ike Victims, Ike, FEMA MREs, Galveston, FEMA PODs, Living News
Elizabeth Gregory

Lots of Houstonians, spared the direct coastal hit, made the most of the forced slowdown in pace.

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Ike Uncovers Wreck Said To Be A Civil War Schooner On Alabama Coast

AP | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

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FORT MORGAN, Ala. — When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery _ a ragged shipwreck that archeologists say could be a...

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Ike's Texas Wake Is Grim

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 10.20.2008 | Green

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GALVESTON, Texas — Authorities laid out a plan Friday _ a week after Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas coast with 110-mph winds and relentle...

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Galveston "Isn't Ready" For Residents -- Water, Sewer And Power Days Away From Functioning

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 10.19.2008 | Green

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GALVESTON, Texas — There's a grocery store open for business on Galveston Island. Cell phone towers are connecting calls. More lights are coming...

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No FEMA Ice For Ike Survivors

ABC | MEGAN CHUCHMACH | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

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Hurricane survivors are being put at risk in Texas and other hot weather states because the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is no longer pr...

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Houston Still Without Power As Texas Struggles In Ike Recovery

AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green

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GALVESTON, Texas — Residents trying to get back to this hurricane-ravaged city Wednesday spent hours fuming in gridlocked traffic, only to be tu...

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FEMA Struggles To Provide Aid As Ike Survivors May Wait Weeks For Food, Water And Electricity

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 10.17.2008 | Green

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GALVESTON, Texas — About 250 people who withstood Hurricane Ike on a coastal sliver of land will be forced off it so crews can begin the recover...

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Entire Towns Disappear In Hurricane Ike's Wrath

ABC News | JIM BUNN and ASHLEY PHILLIPS | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

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As frustrations mount over delays in providing basic supplies to survivors of Hurricane Ike, the first glimpses of previously inaccessible areas revea...

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Sheltering Animals from the Storm

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pets, The Humane Society, Emergency, Ted Stevens, Louisiana, Gustav, Humane Society, Hanna, Texas, Tom Lantos, Christopher Shays, Animals, Frank Lautenberg, Disasters, Humane Society of the United States, Ike, Katrina, Hurricane, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Led by Senators Ted Stevens and Frank Lautenberg, and Reps. Tom Lantos and Chris Shays, the PETS Act set national policy on how to deal with animals in disasters in a post-Katrina environment.

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Ike Remnants Extend As Far As Midwest, Where They Are Blamed For 15 Deaths

AP | KANTELE FRANKO | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

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CINCINNATI — Midwest residents cleared debris from their yards Monday as crews worked to restore electricity to millions of customers left witho...

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Nearly 2,000 brought to safety in Texas

AP | CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN | Posted 10.15.2008 | Home

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GALVESTON, Texas — The death toll from Hurricane Ike rose to 25 across nine states Sunday, as rescuers said they had saved nearly 2,000 people f...

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Hurricane Ike Upon Us: Cuba, Haiti, Texas Need Help!

Richard Walden | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Campaigns, Philanthropy, Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, Cuba, Giving, Gulf Coast, Haiti, Politics News
Richard Walden

It's hard to pay attention unless you are living at ground zero.

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Ike Forces Gulf Coast Evacuations In Texas

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green

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HOUSTON — Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants Thursday as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the h...

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Hurricane Ike: Texas Evacuates Parts Of Gulf Coast

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green

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HOUSTON — Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants Thursday as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the h...

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Ike Spikes Gas Prices As The Hurricane Threatens Texas Refineries

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 10.12.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — Gasoline prices jumped to unprecedented levels in the wholesale markets Thursday as Hurricane Ike tore across the Gulf of Mexico, thr...

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Ike Sights Texas, Gains Strength After Devastating Cuba

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green

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HAVANA — Hurricane Ike grew stronger as it barreled across the warm, energizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday toward the Texas coast af...

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Ike Nears Gulf Coast As The Region Prepares For Yet Another Pounding

AP | MELINDA DESLATTE | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green

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BATON ROUGE, La. — The Gulf Coast watched anxiously as Hurricane Ike trudged toward areas still cleaning up after Gustav, with disasters pre-dec...

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MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

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Jerry Weinstein

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...

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Hanna Threatens Southeast, Ike Follows Close Behind

AP | JEFFREY COLLINS and MIKE BAKER | Posted 10.06.2008 | Green

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Tropical Storm Hanna cruised toward the Carolinas on Friday, forecast to hit land overnight and promising to deliver gusty ...

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Southeast braces for Hanna as Ike strengthens

AP | KEVIN MAURER | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green

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WILMINGTON, N.C. — Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna h...

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Off the Shelf

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain, Republican Party, Future of the Republican Party, Dwight Eisenhower, Ike, Neoconservatives, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

How can Republicans -- having failed so ignominiously at home and abroad over the past eight years -- recover? What can be done to save this party?

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