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FEMA director arrives in BR Monday, August 29, 2005 FEMA Director Mike Brown arrived at the state Office of Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge shortly before 11 a.m. and joined a conference call with Gov. Kathleen Blanco and other federal and state officials. Brown will hold a press briefing with Blanco at 3:30 p.m., although state officials could also provide more information after a noon conference call with local officials who are tracking the storm damage. Researchers watching the storm from Baton Rouge have gotten reports of 6 feet of water at Jackson Barracks in the Lower 9th Ward, as...

AL ASAD, Iraq (Aug. 6, 2005) -- The 1st Battalion of the 109th (Mechanized) Infantry, a U.S. Army National Guard unit from Scranton, Pa., arrived here recently to continue the force protection mission Marines from Provisional Security Battalion carried out for the last six months. “Everybody is motivated and prepared to do their mission,” said Sgt. 1st Class George Long, a rifle platoon sergeant from Harlan, Ky. “All the training we completed prepared us for this and everyone’s performing exemplary.” According to Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Urban, battalion sergeant major from Waymart, Pa., the unit comes here after intense...

Protester on indecent exposure charge arrives at court naked 17.02.05 1.00pm An environmental protester charged with indecent exposure arrived for his appearance at Auckland District Court today naked. Simon Oosterman, 24, a computer technician, was charged during the Auckland Naked Bike Ride last Sunday, an event he organised to protest against society's dependence on the car. After Oosterman was stopped by police, the rest of the riders covered up the lower parts of their bodies to avoid arrest. Today, Oosterman and three supporters, two males and a female, stood outside the couthouse naked and bearing a banner that read: "Stop...

<p>I don't know how many of you read this story in "The Post", or heard about on the local news, but The Straphangers Campaign has just released its annual "State of the Subways" report.</p> <p>According to this article, the report "ranks each line based on what a $2 ride is really worth...based on Transit Authority data from the last six months of 2003."</p>

Rev. Al Sharpton arrives at the annual Independence Day 'White Party' hosted by Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs at the PlayStation 2 Estate in Bridgehampton, N.Y., Sunday, July 4, 2004. To commemorate the significance of the Fourth of July, Combs stressed the importance of voting in this year's election.

'Boosting' arrives in Triad malls 3-23-04 By Russ Rizzo Staff Writer News & Record GREENSBORO -- A national epidemic known as "boosting" has reached the Triad, and investigators think they have just scratched the surface of its devastation for retailers. Boosting, or organized shoplifting, is blamed for a significant portion of the more than $10 billion in merchandise stolen from the nation's retail stores each year. It involves skilled and organized groups of thieves who work together to lift thousands of dollars in goods at a single take. That's what police believe is behind the $40,000 in stolen merchandise officers...

<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Scores of Californians took the once-in-a-lifetime shot to run for governor Saturday in the state's unprecedented recall election as Democrats successfully whittled their own field to one major backup candidate in case Gov. Gray Davis is ousted.</p>