New Orleans housing complex demo halted
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Demolition of three public housing complexes, slated to start this weekend, was halted Friday amid complaints about the scarcity of housing for the poor after Hurricane Katrina.
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A judge halts an operation that allegedly billed small businesses and nonprofits for "free" trials of Web site services.
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Protesters and police scuffle in New Orleans at a city hall meeting over a plan to demolish public housing.
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By MIKE DUNNE  Environmental groups want the state Department of Environmental Quality to hold a public hearing on the closure plan for the shut- down Chef Menteur Construction and Demolition Landfill in eastern New Orleans.
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By Eric Ferreri, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 24--DURHAM -- In a lawsuit, a Durham man is disputing a January decision by county commissioners that blocked a townhouse development off Farrington Road.
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The federal government said Wednesday it will demolish some of the largest public housing projects in New Orleans, using the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to help improve poor, crime-ridden neighborhoods.
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The preseason game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz scheduled for Thursday night at San Diego was canceled because of the devastation caused by wind-whipped fires that forced at least 346,000 homes in San Diego County to be evacuated.
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DALHOUSIE, NB (CP) - Five of six roadblocks put up by protesters upset over the closure of local hospital beds in northern New Brunswick were taken down Wednesday.
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LA CONCHITA, Calif.  - Rescuers called off search  and recovery efforts on Thursday at the site of a mudslide that  killed 10 people when it hit a seaside California town and  urged residents to leave in case of another collapse.
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Fall Professional Developers Conference cancelled due to timing concerns.
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A federal judge in New Orleans on Wednesday dismissed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the failure of the city's levee system during Hurricane Katrina's floods in 2005.
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A National Basketball Association pre-season clash between the Boston Celtics and New Jersey Nets was halted at halftime on Friday because of a wet, slippery floor.
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The Bush administration announced a new initiative, available to people who have taken out all types of mortgages, that will put the foreclosure process on hold for 30 days.
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By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer  TIPP CITY -- Property owners whose proposal to build housing just west of Interstate 75 was shot down by the city hope a new development concept gets a more "friendly" response.
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A White House meeting planned for Friday about the future of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has been canceled after The Associated Press reported the Bush administration was "nearing a decision" to close the center.
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The Utah Jazz's exhibition game in Russia next month was canceled by the NBA on Friday because of security concerns.
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By Stephen Wall, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 14--GRAND TERRACE -- Plans for the city's first senior-housing  complex and new senior center will be delayed at least six months because of a  successful legal challenge to the project.