New Orleans Prepares Evacuation Drills as Gustav Threat Looms
On the eve of Katrina's third anniversary, New Orleans braces for Gustav with plans to evacuate people and hospitals. Officials place 3,000 National Guard on standby and may implement a mandatory citywide evacuation within 60 hours if a Category 3 hurricane nears. Government and residents stock supplies while transport options shift to buses and trains.
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Texas
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Chalmette
Fuselier
Gulf of Mexico
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Ray Nagin
Denver
Bobby Jindal
National Guard
Superdome
Jerry Sneed
Lowe's
Louisiana
Reginald Lee
Metairie
Caribbean
Gustav lashes Haiti killing twenty three and threatens Gulf
Hurricane Gustav weakened to a tropical storm over Haiti after a deadly pass with 23 reported dead. The storm dumped heavy rains on the deforested south causing landslides, with eight buried including a mother and six children. Residents boarded up in Cayman Islands and Gulf coast states eyed potential landfall from Texas to Florida.
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Caribbean
Cuba
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Cayman Islands
Texas
Florida Panhandle
Gulf
Rebecca Waddington
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Mass ballot push to decriminalize minor marijuana offenses
The Massachusetts measure to decriminalize small marijuana possessions is fueled largely by George Soros who provided $400000 of the $429000 raised by the campaign. The group needed about $315000 to collect over 100000 signatures for ballot placement.
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Boston
Massachusetts
George Soros
Soros
Committee For Sensible Marijuana Policy
Associated Press
Biden balances Beltway role with Delaware roots
The profile contrasts Senate Foreign Relations chair Joseph R. Biden Jr. with a gentler, local persona. It highlights his family ties, Scranton to Wilmington roots, avoidance of the Washington elite life, and personal ties to community members like J D Howell, including Biden's 1988 aneurysm and a 2003 gesture after Howell faced lymphoma.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Delaware
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Richard M. Nixon
White House
Ted Kaufman
Beltway
Jill
J.D. Howell
Mill Creek
Wilmington
Howell
Dead Sea Scrolls begin online digitization project
Israeli authorities announced a five year effort to photograph the Dead Sea Scrolls with infrared cameras using American space technology. The digital archive will be accessible to scientists and the public, aiming to preserve the 2000-year-old Hebrew Bible manuscripts for centuries.
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Jerusalem
Israeli Antiquities Authority
Antiquities Authority
Pnina Shor
Shor
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