Climbers experience personal war of adventure vs. life imperilment
                   
signonsandiego.com     May 13, 2008            

Lou Kasischke has a gentle voice and a kind face. He'll be among the survivors featured tonight on “Storm Over Everest,” a PBS “Frontline” documentary by David Breashears about the ferocious blizzard that killed eight people on the world's highest mountain. A noted filmmaker and mountaineer,... [read full story]                    


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Gulf Coast residents flee deadly Gustav

cnn.com     17 mins ago   248 related          

Lousiana coastal parishes begin mandatory evacuations on Saturday Storm could reach Gulf Coast late Monday or Tuesday, as a Category 3 or 4 "As we pray for the best, we're going to prepare for the worst," the governor...                    

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Obama: Let's hope lessons of Katrina were learned

wtop.com     24 mins ago   1,347 related          

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, with his vice presidential running mate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., right, and their wives Michelle Obama, and Jill Biden have breakfast at Yankee Kitchen...                    

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Obama: Let's hope lessons of Katrina were learned

washingtonpost.com     31 mins ago   13 related          

BOARDMAN, Ohio -- Barack Obama expressed hope Saturday that the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina three years ago would help to protect the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Gustav this time. His running mate, Joe Biden,...                    

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Both Tulane hospitals open, high-risk patients transferred

neworleanscitybusiness.com     43 mins ago          

NEW ORLEANS - Tulane Medical Center, which includes the downtown campus and the Tulane-Lakeside Hospital in Jefferson Parish, has implemented the first phase of the medical center's hurricane plans. As Gustav prepares to...                    

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