Rebuilding: Back to Big Easy faces return challenges
Residents along Prytania Street clear brush as repair crews fix power lines while looters are investigated. Guarded homes and wary business owners brace for a slow recovery after Katrina. State figures show 140000 structures damaged beyond repair and 22 million tons of debris. Louisiana Governor Blanco urges federal aid as officials parse looting cases and rising death tolls.
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New Orleans
Prytania Street
Taylor Livingston
Germaine Kassa
Louisiana
Mike McDaniel
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
New York City
South Louisiana
Kathleen Blanco
Warren Riley
Riley
Debate over intelligent design met with sharp pushback
Intelligent design advocates led by Bill Harris and Greg Lassey criticize Nobel laureates who urged teaching evolution as foundational. The dispute references court rulings, Bush remarks, a Dover trial, and ongoing battles in several states over how to present controversial origins theories in schools.
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Intelligent Design Advocates
Bill Harris
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Greg Lassey
U.S. Supreme Court
Earth
Bush
Pennsylvania
Dover Area
Wiesel
Foun
John Calvert
Lake Quivira
Intelligent Design Network
Calvert
Case
Officials urge early flu vaccines with limited early doses
Health officials advise the public to get vaccines early while a limited U S supply ranges from 89 to 97 million doses. KDHE targets 65 plus residents, at risk groups, young children, pregnant women, health workers and household contacts for early vaccination. FluMist offered for healthy nonpregnant ages 5 to 49. Vaccination costs 15 dollars, pneumonia shot 20 dollars at MAM clinic, which plans 1000 vaccinations but has only limited adult doses.
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Watson
U.S
KDHE
KCHE
Schmitt
United Methodist
MAM Clinic
DeLay to appear in Texas court on October 21
Rep Tom DeLay was ordered to appear in a Texas courtroom October 21 to face a conspiracy charge tied to corporate donations used to back Texas legislative candidates. He remains a "very powerful adviser" to GOP leadership as he fights indictment. DeLay said prosecutors misled him about the case after a voluntary meeting.
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Washington
Tom DeLay
Texas
House
GOP
Ron Bonjean
Dennis Hastert
R-N
DeLay
Travis County
Ronnie Earle
City weighs fluoridation as water plan moves forward
City commissioners review fluoridation changes amid two pressure zones and 17 wells. Study funds approved with United Methodist Health Ministry Fund and Kansas Department of Health and Environment. capital cost about 70800 and annual chemical cost near 25000. Public concerns on alcohol at zoo fundraiser noted as 2006 event approved. ABC Pregnancy Care Center seeks move to new location. planning commission advised rejection for residential area.
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Mahnken
Fuller
United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Health Ministry
Janie Perkins
Perkins
ABC Pregnancy Care Center
Dawn Thiel
Commission
City Commission
ABC
Thiel
W. Laurel St
N. Main St
Planning Commission
Doll challenges Moran in tough campaign bid
Doll, 48, a former teacher and assistant Emporia State basketball coach, grew up in Ingalls. He frames the race as a heavy task with extensive outreach and emphasizes energy policy, urging ethanol production and envisioning ethanol plants in every county. His family helped found a Cimarron-based company operating feedlots and grain elevators.
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Doll
Ingalls
Emporia State University
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Gctelegram.com
Colleen Sternberger
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Moran
L&l Floor Covering Inc
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Garden City
Lifloorcovering.com
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