Katrina figures earn Courage award
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Houston Mayor Bill White and Doris Voitier, the head of schools in St. Bernard Parish, La., were named Monday as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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FEMA has truly learned the lessons of Katrina. Even its handling of the media has improved dramatically. For example, as the California wildfires raged Tuesday, Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson , the deputy administrator, had a 1 p.m. news briefing.
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By Kate White  Dunbar city department heads were recognized for their efforts to avert a potential disaster last week when water and natural gas lines nearly required the city to evacuate.
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Teri Hatcher, Kate Winslet and Charlize Theron have taken it off, taken it all off, for a cause. These Hollywood celebrities, and dozens of others, have given the clothes off their backs to help provide relief to the countless victims following the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami that rocked southern Asia.
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By Jane Mcbride, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Sep. 24--Alice and Bobby Vaughan are hospitable kind of people who've always thought that if misfortune put pilgrims in their path, they'd take them in.   They never expected to be the ones seeking refuge.
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The highest honor bestowed on an American citizen, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was awarded Tuesday to three key individuals involved in the liberation of Iraq, prompting
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Hurricane Katrina is becoming a potent political symbol for 2008 White House hopefuls, two years after ravaging New Orleans and blemishing President George W. Bush&#39;s record.
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Their confidence shaken by Katrina, most Americans don't believe the nation is ready for another major disaster, a new AP-Ipsos poll finds.
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By Vicki L. Friedman, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 12--SUFFOLK -- Andrew Cospelich packed a few bags a year ago for a trip to Alabama, never dreaming it would be the last time he would set foot in his house.   But home was Gulfport, Miss., devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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The sweat and donations from religious groups are bringing hope and new homes to many residents in this tiny community, still struggling two years after Hurricane Katrina left much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in ruins.
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By MICHELLE ROBERTS  NEW ORLEANS - Two nursing home owners who were arrested after 34 of their patients died in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are suing the government, saying federal, state and local officials they failed to evacuate vulnerable citizens as the storm approached.
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LONG BEACH, Mississippi  - President George W. Bush faced new pressure to jump-start the recovery from Hurricane Katrina on Thursday as he toured the Gulf Coast region hit by the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.
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Celebrities across the globe were mobilizing to help relief efforts in countries affected by the deadly earthquake and tsunamis in southern Asia and eastern Africa.
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 24--GULFPORT -- Compared with storm recovery she deemed "a joke" in New Orleans, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said Mississippi should be praised.
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A church that wanted to do something special for Hurricane Katrina victims gave a $75,000 house, free and clear, to a couple who said they were left homeless by the storm. But the couple turned around and sold the place without ever moving in, and went back to New Orleans.
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Volunteers and emergency staff are recognised for their rescue work during the floods across England.
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Britain&#39;s Olympic heroes have been honoured in the New Year&#39;s Honours List, with four-time rowing gold medallist Matthew Pinsent knighted and middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes made a dame.