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Twenty feared dead as rescue boat capsizes in India floods (AFP)

yahoo.com     1 hr ago   5 related          

PATNA, India (AFP) - At least 20 people were feared dead after an overloaded rescue boat capsized in flood-hit eastern India, where hundreds of thousands of people are marooned, officials said Saturday. The boat with a...                    

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Alabama governor in talks to avoid local bankruptcy (Reuters)

yahoo.com     11 hrs ago   25 related          

By Melinda Dickinson 24 minutes ago BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's governor and Wall Street lenders bargained on Friday ahead of the expiration of a stand-still pact in a bid to avert a bankruptcy filing on...                    

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FEMA sends Gustav alerts

gcn.com     9 hrs ago   1 related          

With Hurricane Gustav set to make landfall somewhere along the Gulf Coast early next week, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are using digital subscription management services to let residents in six states...                    

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Will September be stormy for stocks?

msn.com     7 hrs ago   12 related          

Despite a 172-point loss, the Dow finishes August with a small gain but now faces September, typically the year's weakest month. Few tech stocks are unaffected by Dell's big sell-off. Oil ends flat as Hurricane Gustav...                    

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Hurricane-resistant sentinel set up by NOAA

gcn.com     10 hrs ago   1 related          

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last week dedicated the first of four massive hurricane-hardened stations to measure storm tides off the Gulf coast of Mississippi. The 25-foot-tall NOAA Sentinel went...                    

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floridatoday.com: In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a technician closely watches the progress of shuttle Atlantis as it is lowered alongside the external fuel tank in high bay 3. NASA is watching two storms as it resumes assembly of Atlantis for an October launch. floridatoday.com

NASA closes 2 centers ahead of Gustav

floridatoday.com     7 hrs ago   1 related          

By Todd Halvorson • FLORIDA TODAY • August 29, 2008 NASA's shuttle main engine test center closed down today in advance of Gulf-bound Hurricane Gustav and its external tank manufacturing plant in New Orleans will follow...                    

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Red Cross to Raise Money with WVU Gift Baskets

statejournal.com     8 hrs ago   1 related          

Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 ; 05:27 PM Updated Friday, August 29, 2008 ; 06:11 PM The gift baskets include WVU football tickets. Story by Dani Brake CLARKSBURG -- West Virginia University football tickets are hard to...                    

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(CSRwire) Abbott Fund to Build First Pediatric HIV/AIDS Clinic in Tanzania

csrwire.com     11 hrs ago   3 related          

Joint Effort with Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Will Improve Access to Health Care for Children with HIV/AIDS (CSRwire) WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Abbott Fund joined representatives from the U.S. government,...                    

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New Orleans marks 3rd anniversary of Katrina

kwch.com     3 hrs ago   17 related          

Associated Press - August 29, 2008 10:03 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - With another hurricane possibly on the way, New Orleans has marked the third anniversary of the moment the levees broke, leading to the deaths of about...                    

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Katrina survivors are leaving

usatoday.com     8 hrs ago          

VIDEO: GUSTAV SET TO BATTER CUBA, ENTER GULF OF MEXICO NEW ORLEANS — No matter where Hurricane Gustav makes its North American landfall, Clara Rita Barthelemy, 61, plans to be far away from New Orleans. In the Central...                    

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