Group Wants 9-11-Style Panel on Levees
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By CAIN BURDEAU  NEW ORLEANS - A group of residents called Monday for Congress to set up an independent, bipartisan panel similar to the Sept. 11 Commission to investigate why levees failed during Hurricane Katrina.
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By John Dickey, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Jun. 23--State officials briefed Yuba-Sutter business people Friday on the state's levee bond and flood-control measures.
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The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to divert up to $1.3 billion for levee repairs from the Mississippi River's East Bank, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, to the West Bank, where tens of thousands of people have resettled.
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After wrestling with the costs and design of the Sept. 11 memorial, planners face another dilemma &amp;#151; whether to charge admission to the museum honoring those who died at the World Trade Center.
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All U.S.-bound cargo would have to   be scanned for nuclear materials while still abroad under a   proposal that Democrats urged the Senate on Tuesday to pass to   protect American ports five years after the September 11   attacks.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 20  /PRNewswire/ -- Calling on Congress to secure a prime national asset before it is destroyed, a group of women leaders brought their case for saving coastal Louisiana to Capitol Hill today.
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A civil rights group has asked a judge to order the U.S. government to turn over information about the deaths of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison.
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WASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 commission closes down Saturday, but its members plan to continue testifying before Congress and traveling the country to try to get the government to improve homeland security...
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Pressure builds on the Bush Administration to release a post-9/11 reform document
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The chairman of the commission that investigated the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States says President Bush must pressure Congress to pass intelligence reform legislation.
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Board cites traffic, water concerns in deciding against Muslim sect's proposal.
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The Florida Coalition for  Preservation today asked U.S. Senator and Republican National  Committee (RNC) General  Chairman Mel Martinez  to protect American taxpayers from being forced to subsidize  irresponsible coastal overdevelopment along America's  barrier islands.
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A group of political leaders urged Gov. George Pataki on Sunday to designate a section of the city suffering from a prolonged power failure a disaster area, making it eligible for federal aid.
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New Yorkers are growing complacent   about safety and evacuation planning and training is the key to   the city combating another September 11-style attack or natural   disaster, experts said on Wednesday.
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Key lawmakers want to replace a White House privacy and civil liberties board created by Congress in 2004 with one that is more independent of the president. The idea is to make the board more like the one envisioned by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission.
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A watchdog group says the $14 billion blueprint for rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is a muddled wish-list of projects
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The CAIB report urged NASA to develop a way for astronauts during flight to inspect the orbiter and make emergency repairs to its insulation tiles and reinforced carbon-carbon panels.