North Carolina passes lottery The Daily Tar Heel
It was an anxious scene as 48 NC Senators and a standing room only crowd awaited the final tally. Nearly two hours of debate and procedural protests in the Senate had finally come to a head.
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Bush nominates new Air Force Academy leader Reuters
President Bush on Tuesday nominated Lt. Gen. John Regni to become superintendent of the Air Force Academy, which has been rocked by sexual abuse and religious insensitivity scandals in recent years.
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US to Seek Terror Charges Los Angeles Times
Federal grand jury will be asked to indict at least three men in connection with an alleged plot to attack Southland sites. By Greg Krikorian, Times Staff Writer.
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Louisianna governor calls for evacuation of New Orleans MSN Money
Kathleen Blanco, governor of Louisianna, called on the city of New Orleans to evacuate as waters continued to rise. "We absolutely must evacuate the people in the dome and other shelters in the city,'' said on CNN. "It's a logistical nightmare."
Katrina's Wake of Destruction Spiegel Online
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New Orleans chaotic, Texas to get Katrina refugees Reuters
By Rick Wilking. NEW ORLEANS, Aug 31 (Reuters) - About 23,000 refugees stuck at the New Orleans Superdome arena after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city will be evacuated to Houston under plans announced on Wednesday, as looters and high water sowed chaos. A fleet of buses was to begin ferrying some 23,000 refugees from the storm-battered Superdome to shelter in the Houston Astrodome 350 miles (550 km) away. In New Orleans, engineers tried to plug a leaking levee that allowed lake water to flood into the city after Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast. Stranded people were running out of food and water and growing desperate as authorities sought ways to get them out.
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Americans are pouring in millions of dollars in donations for disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, rescue organizations said Wednesday. The Red Cross said it had so far raised $21 million, a figure comparable to the response for tsunami victims following the devastation in Asia earlier this year. Nearly $15 million of that has come from individual donations through its Web site, with the rest representing corporate contributions.
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Anti-War Protests Near Bush Ranch End Washington Post
As anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan's protest outside President Bush's ranch comes to an end, her supporters are embarking on a three-week bus tour of the country to continue rallying people against the war in Iraq.
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How to help with hurricane relief effort Lancaster Newspapers
It’s hard to read the paper or watch the news and not feel the tug on your heart. So it’s not surprising that everyone seems to want to help New Orleans and the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina and its ugly aftermath.
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Bush commemorates VJ Day KHON2
President Bush on Tuesday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II by stressing the importance of winning the War on Terror and drawing similarities between the wars then and now.
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New Orleans evacuation under way BBC News
The total evacuation of New Orleans is under way as conditions in the city battered by Hurricane Katrina worsen. Buses have been taking the most vulnerable to the Louisiana capital - others are being moved to Texas.
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Israeli, Pakistani Foreign Ministers Meet Guardian Unlimited
The foreign ministers of Israel and Pakistan, a Muslim country that has long taken a hard line against the Jewish state, met publicly for the first time Thursday, a diplomatic breakthrough that follows Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The meeting in Istanbul was at the initiative of Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, and was expected to be followed by confidence building measures, such as a relaxation of Pakistan's ban against travel to the Jewish state, an Israeli official said, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject.
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Mourners flock to funerals of victims of Iraq's deadliest disaster Mainichi Daily News
Thousands of people in Baghdad and its surroundings flocked on Thursday to the funerals of the nearly 1,000 Shiite pilgrims killed in a mass stampede during a religious procession. Iraq's Ministry of Interior announced Thursday that a total of 953 people had died and 815 were injured in the crush on a bridge in north Baghdad. But Health Ministry spokesman Qassim Yahya said 843 had been killed and 439 were injured. It was not immediately possible to reconcile the two tallies. Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari visited Kadhimiya hospital where many of the victims were taken. He was accompanied by the ministers of defense and health.
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New Orleans going under Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)
Editor’s note: Reporter CS Murphy prepared this report with information from Katherine Marks in Gulfport, Miss., The Associated Press and Bloomberg News Services.
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New Orleans Mayor Stays Cool in Crisis Washington Post
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Despair grips New Orleans Houston Chronicle
As a tired, hungry and frustrated crowd chanted "Help us! Help us! Help us!'' in front of the New Orleans Convention Center this morning, someone pulled back a filthy blanket to reveal a gray-haired man slumped dead in a lawn chair. All around, the 8,000 or so refugees in this uninhabitable city stretched in a long line across down Convention Center Boulelvard, demanding help from police and military who kept moving past.
Survivors evacuate New Orleans as looting rages Reuters.uk
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First evacuees arrive at Astrodome San Jose Mercury News
The first busloads of weary refugees from New Orleans arrived early today at Houston's Astrodome, where air conditioning, cots, food and showers awaited them.
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Louisiana School Shutdown Forces Students to Catch Bus to Texas Bloomberg
Schools in New Orleans and other storm-devastated areas are facing a shutdown that may last months. For some of the hundreds of thousands of stranded students, classes may soon resume more than 300 miles to the west.
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Bush Poll Ratings Decline Over Iraq and Rising Gas Prices Voice of America
Several recent public opinion polls suggest that the violence in Iraq and rising fuel prices at home are taking a toll on President Bush's political approval ratings.
'We will stay on offensive' in Iraq, Bush tells troops San Diego Union Tribune
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US poverty rate rises to 12.7%: Census Xinhua
The US poverty rate rose to 12.7 percent of the population last year, the country's Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Overall, 37 million people were living in poverty, 1.1 million people more than in 2003.
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Littwin: An overwhelming dome-coming Rocky Mountain News
Every story is different. And every story is the same. Maybe that's what it means to be a refugee. They've come by the thousands here to the Astrodome - most taking with them little more than tales ...
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Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri and London Bomber Praise Attack Bloomberg
Ayman al-Zawahiri, top lieutenant to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, praised the July 7 attacks on London's transport system in a videotape that also featured a farewell message from one of the four suicide bombers.
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Explosions rock hurricane-hit city Scotsman
Massive explosions have rocked part of New Orleans, where recovery efforts are continuing after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina. At about 4.35am local time a series of explosions were reported along the riverfront a few miles south of the city's French Quarter. The cause of the blasts, and the extent of any possible damage, was not immediately known.
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Military due to move in to New Orleans CNN
A fearful Friday has arrived in lawless New Orleans, with police snipers stationed on the roof of their precinct, trying to protect it from the armed thugs roaming seemingly at will through the flood-ravaged city. The surreal scene comes amid wretched chaos, with incredible scenes of desperation for those people still marooned in the city more than three days after Hurricane Katrina struck a deadly and devastating blow.
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Hurricane Evacuations Continue, Ahead of Bush Tour Voice of America
By Greg Flakus. Desperation is turning to anger in New Orleans as tens of thousands of people left homeless by flooding from hurricane Katrina wait for rescue and relief teams to reach them. Help is on the way, but many people think it is coming far too slowly.
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World leaders offer sympathy, aid CNN International
LONDON, England (CNN) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged Friday to help hurricane-stricken areas of the US "in any way we can.". "The whole of this country feels for the people of the Gulf Coast of America" who have been hit "by what is a terrible, terrible natural tragedy," he said.
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Islamists fume as Pakistani PM defends Israel talks Reuters.uk
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz defended talks held with Israel a day earlier as Muslim clerics denounced the shift in policy in fiery sermons during Friday prayers, but planned street protests fell flat.
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Desperate survivors beg for help International Herald Tribune
Legions of desperate and hungry residents begged for help, corpses rotted along flooded sidewalks and bands of armed thugs thwarted fitful rescue efforts as Americans watched this city dissolve before their eyes on Friday. Facing blistering criticism for his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush said Friday that "the results are not acceptable" and pledged to bolster relief efforts.
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US gov't to order general sale of emergency crude Washington Post
The Bush administration will offer some 30 million barrels of crude oil from its emergency stockpile for sale, in addition to loaning 9.1 million barrels to specific refiners, to help stabilize the hurricane-hit oil market, Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said on Friday.
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The big disconnect on New Orleans CNN
Diverging views of a crumbling New Orleans emerged Thursday. The sanitized view came from federal officials at news conferences and television appearances.
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Guardsmen Arrive in New Orleans; Pace of Evacuations Is Stepped Up Los Angeles Times
The mayor hopes the last stranded residents will be out of the sodden city in five days. Bush tours the devastated area, and supplies are trucked in. By Scott Gold, Alan Zarembo and Stephen Braun, Times Staff Writers. National Guard troops arrived in this broken city Friday, rolling through floodwaters to aid thousands of frayed evacuees and confront snipers still moving freely through unguarded streets.
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Attack planners 'still at large' News24
London - In the two months since London was wracked by a series of bombings that killed 52 people, investigators have moved swiftly to identify and arrest those who carried out the attacks, but uncovering the networks that may have supported them has proven harder. Officially, Scotland Yard will not comment on the investigations, saying only that detectives are exploring all possibilities.
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Met by Despair, Not Violence Los Angeles Times
As they begin to patrol the chaotic city, troops are surprised by what they don't find. By Scott Gold, Times Staff Writer. NEW ORLEANS — Forty-four troops pressed together in their truck, swaying as one at every bump and turn like reeds in a river. As they plunged into the dark water engulfing the business district of New Orleans, their wake pushed the body of a woman onto the steps of the Superdome. The floodwater had ripped her pants down to her knees. She was facedown in the muck, a red ribbon still tied neatly around her graying hair.
The big disconnect on New Orleans CNN
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Bush to defend hurricane response BBC News
President George W Bush is preparing to address the US about the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. It comes amid mounting political pressure over the way he and the government have handled the crisis.
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Evacuation Finally Begins to Pick Up Guardian Unlimited
Planes, trains and buses delivered refugees to safety on Saturday as the evacuation of this ruined city finally appeared to pick up steam. Buses had evacuated most people ...
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Wails of Grief Mark Beslan Anniversary Guardian Unlimited
Wails from grief-stricken residents of this southern Russian town interrupted a moment of silence Saturday, a year to the day that hundreds died in a hail of gunfire and explosions at the horrific end to a school hostage crisis.
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Draining could take months CNN
A helicopter drops sandbags Friday as part of efforts to repair a broken levee in New Orleans. It will take nearly three months to drain some parts of New Orleans, a US Army general said Friday. Gen. Robert Crear, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, estimated Friday that some flooded neighborhoods will be pumped dry in 36 days but that it will be at least 80 days before the last section of the city is dry.
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CSI probe on threat video Melbourne Herald Sun
FORENSIC analysts have begun "pulling to bits" the chilling videotaped suicide message London bomber Mohammed Sidique Khan left behind. Investigators were analysing in minute detail the tape broadcast to the world this week, Chatham House international security expert Dr Paul Cornish said.
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IRVING, Texas -- To aid in continued efforts to provide food and shelter to people affected by Hurricane Katrina's devastation, Nokia (NYSE:NOK) has made a donation of $1 million to the American Red Cross. The Red Cross has placed priority on meeting the most urgent and critical needs of emergency shelter, food and water.
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Convention Center Evacuation Begins Guardian Unlimited
A fleet of air-conditioned buses rolled up to the city's devastated convention center Saturday to begin evacuating an estimated 25,000 people who have been waiting for days amid the stench of garbage and rotting corpses. Thousands of people began pushing and dragging their belongings up the street to more than a dozen buses, the mood more numb than jubilant.
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Gas Kills 3 Crewmen on Ship Los Angeles Times
Sewage bursts from a pipe during repair on a cruise liner at the Port of LA Twenty others are injured, but no passengers are hurt.
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Hospital evacuations to proceed CNN
Evacuations at some New Orleans hospitals were expected to proceed Saturday, while conditions at the city's largest public hospital were reported to be deteriorating further. As of Friday night, more than 200 patients remained at Charity Hospital, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta reported.
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Scientists forecast more US Atlantic hurricanes Xinhua
The Hurricane Katrina, which has caused huge disaster in New Orleans, is not the last one in this blustering season, and more storms, including six hurricanes,will hit US Atlantic coast over the next two months, scientists forecast on Friday. Five named storms, including four hurricanes, are expected to occur in September, with three named storms including two hurricanes in October, according to the forecast. The net tropical cyclone activity will go far beyond the average levels.
Hurricane season yet to peak Sun-Sentinel.com
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300 US airmen bound from Iraq, Afghan to Louisiana Reuters
The US military will send home from Iraq and Afghanistan more than 300 Air Force airmen based at an installation in Mississippi battered by Hurricane Katrina to to allow them to assist their families, officials said on Saturday. The airmen, both active-duty airmen and reservists, will end their deployments early and return to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, to help their families and aid in base recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Air Force said in a statement released in Qatar. They will not be participating in the broader relief effort in the region, officials said.
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From State Dept., Advice for Muslim Convention New York Times
American Muslims met with Under Secretary of State Karen P. Hughes on Friday at an Islamic convention here to offer advice and assistance as she began an initiative to improve the the flagging image of the United States among Muslims overseas.
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US Chief Justice Rehnquist dies at 80 World Peace Herald
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died yesterday at his home in Arlington, with his three children at his side. He was 80. "The chief justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his duties on the court until a precipitous decline in his health the last couple of days," Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.
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New Orleans Superdome Emptied; 7,000 New Troops Sent Bloomberg
The New Orleans Superdome was emptied and officials said they expect to finish moving 25,000 people at the city's convention center since Hurricane Katrina hit by the end of the day. An additional 7,000 U.S. military personnel were deployed to the area. "The Superdome has been evacuated,'' Lieutenant Kevin Cowan of the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness said in an interview.
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Donations and promises of assistance continue to pour in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
As desperation in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities grows, St. Louis companies are stepping up their donations and their response to the crisis. The Metropolitan Association of Philanthropy here said Friday that its corporate members and corporate foundations had pledged $12.2 million in cash grants and employee matching funds to relief agencies. When in-kind and noncorporate contributions are included, the total aid pledged comes to nearly $27.3 million.
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Hurricane Maria Forms Over Open Atlantic Washington Post
Maria intensified and developed into the season's fifth hurricane on Sunday, growing stronger over warm water in the open Atlantic. At 5 am EDT, the storm had maximum sustained wind of 75 mph _ only 1 mph higher than the threshold for hurricane status _ and was centered 605 miles east-southeast of Bermuda.
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Team Bush spins the crisis New York Daily News
The White House worked furiously yesterday to try to convince skeptics it had a grip on unrest in New Orleans and make the case that the federal response to Hurricane Katrina finally pressing forward with a monumental recovery effort. Amid the furor over the failure to quickly help those suffering in the aftermath, Bush committed 7,000 more active-duty soldiers and Marines to help hasten evacuations and restore order, starting with New Orleans.
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Bush Faces Tricky Choice Washington Post
The White House, along with the rest of the country, has known for months that President Bush was likely to have the chance to name a new chief justice.
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