disasters
Hospital ruins stir Katrina memories and call to battle
July 19, 2011The windowless ruins of Charity Hospital stand today as both a haunting reminder of horrors past and a call to arms for those joining the battle for a restored health care system.
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Six years after Katrina, unions determined to rebuild their communities
July 15, 2011As a reporter in this city, you can't help but hear the stories about Hurricane Katrina - even six years after the disaster.
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China’s green power plan
June 30, 2011The energy's always greener on the other side...of the world, that is. Particularly, in China.
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Thousands evacuate Minot, “We’re trying to help”
June 22, 2011The worst flood in four decades has hit Minot, N.D. Water from the Souris River is predicted to begin pouring over dikes, which led authorities to order the evacuation of 12,000 people there,
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Blown-up levee destroys black community
June 21, 2011A small African-American town is suffering after the Army Corps of Engineers decided to blow holes in a levee in eastern Missouri.
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