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New Orleans: Gov. Bobby Jindal says members of the National Guard came under fire this morning in Ville Platte, La. "Sometime after midnight, somewhere between two and three criminals, we believe they were attempting to loot those supplies, actually...
Tags: Gustav, Louisiana, New Orleans, Gun Fire, Governer said
As Hurricane Gustav missed the Big Easy on Monday, the bustling Friends of New Orleans reception at Minneapolis ' First Avenue club had guests remembering why they were there in the first place: to keep raising funds for New Orleans' rebuilding efforts....
World oil prices held steady in Asian trade Thursday ahead of a weekly US energy stockpiles report expected to give clues about the state of American demand for crude, dealers said. Prices were little changed even though most US crude oil production in...
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About 275 nursing home patients from the Gulf Coast spent two days in Corsicana waiting for Hurricane Gustav to pass. The patients, all of whom are from nursing homes affiliated with Heritage Oaks in Corsicana, were evacuated from harm’s way and were...
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Portia Simpson Miller wants several eastern Jamaica communities to be declared disaster areas. Simpson Miller made the call after touring parishes affected by Tropical Storm Gustav, which lashed the island last week leaving at least 12 persons dead and...
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Laramie Siebert has gone around the world on assignments during nine years in the Kansas Army National Guard...Wednesday, the Kansan looked forward to his first disaster relief operation on American soil. Kansas is sending 600 guardsmen to help Gulf Coast...
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University of Louisiana System schools continued to ride out the remnants of Tropical Storm Gustav on Tuesday, as some housed students and staff from other campuses that were badly hit. Louisiana Tech University is housing about 100 students and staff...
Baton Rouge retailers scrambled Tuesday to restore an essential post-Gustav need — groceries — to the lives of their customers. And like their customers, they met with mixed results in finding sufficient electric power, manpower and stock after the hurricane.
Tags: gustav, storm, Baton Rouge, Bush, Renae Conley
New Orleans' mayor, faced with irate residents clamouring to return home, reluctantly allowed hurricane evacuees back, while President George W. Bush visited the state in a bid to burnish his administration reputation after its botched handling of Hurricane...
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Julia Kollewe guardian.co.uk , Wednesday September 03 2008 09:36 BST Oil prices fell below $108 a barrel today after the passing of Hurricane Gustav and as worries over the health of the global economy and the impact on energy demand revived. US crude...
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