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• Saturday Morning Open Thread: Eclectic Collection Edition

  
  ePluribus Media — Authority: 485
  Heres an eclectic collection of items to start the day, courtesy of Google News : The man behind the netbook craze , by Michael V. Copeland, Senior Writer @ Fortune.   The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery , by Geeta Anand of the Wall Street Journal.   Court: Army Corps of Engineers liable for Katrina flooding ...
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• Court Rules US Army Corps Helped Caused Hurricane Katrina Flooding

  
  Daily Contributor — Authority: 552
  A federal court ruled Friday, November 20, that the negligence of the US Army Corps of Engineers resulted to the failure of levees to stop flooding brought about by hurricane Katrina in 2005. US District Judge Stanwood Duval wrote on his ruling, “The Corps’ lassitude and failure to fulfill its duties ...
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• A Week-Ending Chop Suey

  
  Mike The Actuary's Musings Actuarial Musings — Authority: 126
  Between travel and work I haven’t had much time to do much recreational reading or writing.  But to clear out the inbox right quick, I give you: Chop Suey: Over in Europe, Business Insurance mentions that the increased capital requirements for insurers proposed under Solvency II standards could have the side ...
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• Asian carp may have breached electrical barrier

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 655
  The Detroit Free Press reports that there is evidence that the invasive Asian carp may have already breached an electrical barrier set up in a shipping canal in Chicago in order to keep the incredibly aggressive species from reaching the Great Lakes, where they would likely destroy the ecosystem and cause the ...
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• Its Official!!! Reports Confirm U.S. Army Was At Fault For Katrina

  
  iHipHop — Authority: 152
  ..................This is crazy according to the L.A. Times, a federal judge said late Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had displayed “gross negligence” in failing to maintain a navigation channel — resulting in levee breaches that flooded large swaths of greater New Orleans. A ruling that could ...
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• The Real Crime of Katrina

  
  (d)N0t Dream Not Of Today a gonzo blog covering policy, technology and punk rock from San Francisco, California. — Authority: 126
  It’s very difficult to calculate exactly how incompetent and negligent our government is, but US District Judge Stanwood R. Duvall thinks he has the answer: $719,000 . That is the amount he awarded a small group of Hurricane Katrina flood victims last Wednesday who sued the Army Corps Of Engineers, citing its ...
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• Army Corps Monumental Neglignence to Blame for Katrina Flooding: Judge

  
  Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — Authority: 154
  Filed under: News In a ruling that vindicates New Orleans residents long ignored complaints, and opens the door to lawsuits and settlements that could amount to billions of dollars, a federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of engineers failure to maintain the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), a ...
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• In New Orleans, Elation Over Katrina Liability Ruling

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  “We’re glad we finally got a federal judge to agree with us,” said Robert Green Sr., a resident.
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• Picking up the Pieces–Massive Ruling for Katrina Victims

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  More little resonant treats from the disastrous Bush administration: a ruling was just made by Judge Stanwood Duval which accuses the Army Corps of Engineers of neglicence for its shameful mismanagement of the Hurricane Katrina flooding. It’s a well-supported idea that much of the damage and lives lost in New ...
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• Odds and ends for 11/19

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 436
  Good news, bad news: The good news: The S&P 500 is sitting on a ton of cash . The bad news: The cash came from being overleveraged and from failure to invest in existing business and/or growth, which will lead to bad future news on both revenues and employment. It’s OK if you’re a Republican: The Obama ...
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• Judging Army: Corps of Engineers Held Liable For Some Floods in New Orleans After Katrina

  
  Latest entries from dotcommonsense.blog-city.com — Authority: 137
  Abandoned Gingerbread House Lower Ninth Ward, N. O.The good news is that no bodies seem to have been found here.  Picture was uploaded in February 2009.  Still abandoned all that time or ? Picture allowed via Creative Commons license. No s Related Entries: Race War Killings in Post Katrina New Orleans Went ...
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• Delaware deepening twice challenged in Court by Citizen Environmental Organizations

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 603
  Trenton, NJ - Five environmental organizations filed twice today to challenge the Army Corps proposed Delaware River deepening project - the organizations filed their own independent legal challenge in New Jersey Federal District Court and filed to intervene in the legal action brought against the deepening project ...
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• U.S. Judge Finds Army Engineers Liable for Katrina Damage

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 729
  More than four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a federal judge has ruled in favor of four plaintiffs from the vicinity of the city’s 9th Ward, finding that the Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for some of the damage incurred by the storm and awarding each plaintiff more than $700,000. ...
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• A Hurricane Of Class Action Lawsuits

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 437
  The federal government could be liable up to an unbelievable $500 billion, reports the New York Times’ Campbell Robertson, after Federal Judge Stanwood R. Duval ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers did not maintain a navigation channel, leading to Hurricane Katrina flooding. The ruling is in response to a ...
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• Court Rules Katrina Damage Due To MR-GO Channel

  
  A Blog For All — Authority: 510
  The US government is going to be on the hook for billions based on a court ruling that came down finding that the flooding in vast portions of New Orleans was the result of the Army Corps of Engineers negligently maintaining Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MR-GO), a navigation channel. U.S. District Judge Stanwood ...
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• Judge Finds Government At Fault For Levees Breaking During Katrina

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 613
  From The L.A. Times In a ruling that could leave the government open to billions of dollars in claims from Hurricane Katrina victims, a federal judge said late Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had displayed “gross negligence” in failing to maintain a navigation channel — resulting in levee ...
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• Judge: Corps’ Negligence Caused Katrina Flooding

  
  Joejolly's Weblog — Authority: 134
  Judge: Army Corps’ failure to maintain navigation channel led to massive flooding by Katrina abc NEWS By CAIN BURDEAU Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS November 18, 2009 (AP) A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to ...
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• MR-GO: Judge Duval finds Corps’ mismanagement flooded lower 9th in New Orleans following Katrina

  
  slabbed — Authority: 478
  With the world watching what the spinmasters of the insurance industry called the great New Orleans Flood ,  the preventable disaster delivered  a horror beyond words. “Judge Duval exposed 40 years of the Army Corps of Engineers’ gross malfeasance with regard to the operation and maintenance of the MR-GO,” ...
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• Poor canal maintenance led to Katrina flooding

  
  Homeland Stupidity — Authority: 515
  The flooding which nearly wiped the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish, La., off the map after Hurricane Katrina was caused by the Army Corps of Engineers failing to maintain a navigation channel through the city, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. District court judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. ...
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• X-Flex Bomb-proof Wallpaper Could Save Your Life

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 529
  X-flex bomb-proof wallpaper is one of the most incredible inventions I’ve seen. Imagine a kevlar-type wallpaper that makes rooms and buildings, nearly indestructible. X-Flex is a new kind of wallpaper: one that’s quite possibly stronger than the wall it’s on. Invented by Berry Plastics in partnership with the ...
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