After Rita relief effort shifts to damage assessment
Evacuees return home as gridlock eases on I-45 into Houston while crews assess Rita damage across Louisiana and Oklahoma. Rescue missions, debris and flooded towns persist. Gov Blanco seeks 34 billion in federal aid as President Bush expresses support.
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New Orleans
Rita
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Tracy Savage
Vermilion Parish
Abbeville
Kirk Frith
Frith
Bayou
Cameron Parish
Texas
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Hackberry
Cameron
Kathleen Blanco
Blanco
Baton Rouge
Bush
Palacios Greeter Finds Joy in Work and Family
Courtesy: Greeting and a smile define Palacio who maps life between his Wal Mart shifts and home with wife Helen. The couple, aging together, enjoy fishing when possible and note one fifth of marriages end in divorce within ten years. Palacio recalls past truck driving and road work while Hoff praises his energy. He works evenings and weekends, relies on extra income in a sluggish economy, and reads a lot while his wife fishes.
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Palacio
Helen
Wal-Mart
Hoff
Whimmydiddle crafts fair draws big crowd in Scott City
Vendors praised turnout at Whimmydiddle with about 175 sellers this year, down from 200 last year due to fuel costs and Hurricane Rita. Chair Kim Kite noted Alpha Omega sorority has run the event since 1979 and raises funds for St. Jude, local scholarships, eyeglasses, and transportation for medical visits.
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Hullet
Cheryl Perry
Scott City
Alpha Omega Sorority
Kim Kite
Kite
St. Jude’s
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Trial links al-Qaida plot to Sept 11 meeting tapes
The trial centered on suspected al-Qaida leader Yarkas and two co defendants. Moroccan Driss Chebli was acquitted of murder but jailed six years for collabo rating with a terrorist group. Ghasoub al Abrash Ghalyoun was acquitted on Sept 11 charges despite indictments over video footage of World Trade Center and other sites in 1997.
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World Trade Center
Yarkas
Atta
Hamburg
Baltasar Garzon
al-Qaida
U.S
Ghalyoun
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