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• Rise of China tops 9/11 as most-read story of decade

  
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  Los Angeles (US), Dec.8 (ANI): The rise of China as an economic superpower has been declared the most read news story of the past decade, surpassing the Iraq War and the 9/11 terror strikes on the United States, according to an analysis by a US-based media tracking group. According to The Global Language Monitor, [...]
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  Michael Brown Joins Faculty of University of Denver Law School; Associate Dean Says School Was Attracted by Browns "Extensive Experience in Arabian Horsemanship"
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• Why You Will Need a Resilient Workforce in Today’s Economy

  
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  MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi extended the resilience concept to business continuity initiatives in his 2005 book The Resilient Enterprise. Dr. Sheffi analyzed how disruptions can adversely affect the operations of corporations and how investments in resilience can give a business a competitive advantage over entities ...
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• Bye bye, hurricane season

  
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  More like this next year would be nice. The Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with barely a whimper: Not a single hurricane came ashore in the United States. Since June, when the season began, just nine named storms developed. Only three of them became hurricanes, and those stayed out at sea or weakened ...
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• BREAKING THE BAKERS WINDOW:

  
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  Destroyed US town a model of eco-living as it rebuilds (Emmanuel Dunand – Sat Dec 5, 2009, AFP) On the evening of May 4, 2007, a category-five tornado swept through the rural midwestern town of Greensburg, killing nine people and obliterating 95 percent of the urban landscape, including the school, the hospital ...
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• Responsible & Irresponsible Reporting In Action – Past, Present & Future of Journalism

  
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  A democratic press comprises of a group of socially responsible journalists who ensure objectivity and neutrality in news reporting through thick and thin. This article is part I of a series that examines the values that frame news reporting during natural disasters, wars, elections, political upheavals, and analyzes ...
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• US liable for Katrina damages

  
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  I have predicted for years that governments may be liable for damages that will occur when the predictable effects of climate change overwhelm existing infrastructure. Last month,  the Eastern District of Louisiana held the US government liable for $719,698 to owners of four homes flooded by Hurricane Katrina, ...
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• Professor Brownie: Disgraced Bush official to teach Patriot Act law class

  
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  Michael Brown, the disgraced head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency during Hurricane Katrina, lives in Boulder now and, four years after the epic disaster, is apparently ready to dip back into the world of law and government. Brown pitched a class on the Patriot Act to the University of Denver law school ...
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• Rich Rodriguez compares Michigans struggles to Hurricane Katrina

  
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  University of Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguezs team lost seven of their final eight games and missed out on a bowl for a second straight year. Add that to an August report and subsequent investigation that the second-year coach and his staff had a habit of exceeding NCAA time restrictions on practices and ...
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• RichRod: UM’s Adversity Is Like Hurricane Katrina

  
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  Rich Rodriguez gave a speech in suburban Detroit last night that included him comparing the woes of Michigan football to Hurricane Katrina : ( Thanks for that ) Note: There is a poll within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. It’s really kind of ironic that the New ...
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• Time Magazine Ignores a Key Story in "The Decade From Hell"

  
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  The cover story for the current issue of Time magazine (dated December 7, 2009) tells us that we are experiencing probably the worst decade in modern American history . Time recites a litany of dreadful events that have marked the years 2000-2010, but it goes relatively easy on the guy who occupied the White ...
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• Rich Rodriguez: NCAA Investigation A Lot Like Hurricane Katrina [College Football]

  
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  "Its really kind of ironic that the New Orleans Saints overcame the hurricane a few years back....Weve had a few hurricanes of our own . We had a big hurricane in August....but dont tell me this team is a failure." [ Freep / Detroit4Lyfe ]
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• When the Floodwaters Rose

  
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  By Sumayyah Meehan, MMNS Middle East Correspondent This past week, just prior to the Eid al Adha holidays, the Gulf regions of the Middle East saw exceptional rainfall that caused massive flooding, death and destruction. Nowhere was the rain more violent than in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ...
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• Orleans-Area Residents Vindicated by Katrina Ruling

  
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  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575763,00.html New Orleans-Area Residents Vindicated by Katrina Ruling Against Army Corps of Engineers Thursday, November 19, 2009 NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans-area residents have been "vindicated" after a historic ruling that found the Army Corps of Engineers negligent in failing ...
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• Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office: Steven Seagal a Real-Life Badass Lawman

  
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  Filed under: News , Profiles In this yet latest spin of celeb reality TV, B-list actor Steven Seagal shows off his license to kick butt as a Jefferson Parrish (JP) Louisiana officer. Youll get to see the martial arts master-"Under Siege," "Born to Raise Hell" and "Out for Justice" at his finest in his ...
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• Anderson Cooper’s Ratings Plummet

  
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  I’m sure I’ll see dumber stories as the day wears on but Business Insider ’s “Anderson Cooper’s Ratings Plummet” is the early morning leader. Anderson Cooper is fading in the ratings. The respected CNN anchor has seen his numbers slip significantly through the past year. His 10 p.m. show, ...
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• Lib Fantasy From Newsweek.com: Gore Elected in 2000, No 9/11 Attacks or Katrina Disaster

  
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  Newsweek.com on Tuesday offered a bizarre, liberal fantasy that posited what would happen if Al Gore won the 2000 election. Writer David Rakoff composed the supposedly satirical article, which features Gore averting the 9/11 terrorist attacks: "An August 2001 Daily Intelligence Briefing warns, Bin Ladin [sic] ...
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• Modernist Houses In New Orleans

  
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  By David Gura Over the weekend, I read an article by Fred A. Bernstein, who writes the "Cultured Traveler" column for The New York Times , about Brad Pitts plan to commission and build 150 houses in the Lower Ninth Ward, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. According to Bernstein, "so far, just 15 of them ...
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• Brad Pitt’s Gifts to New Orleans

  
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  I will concede that Ive been a Brad Pitt fan for years - at least since he played Louis in An Interview With the Vampire or starred in Legends of the Fall (see the photo at right) . But he has proven that he is much more than a pretty face and beautiful body. He has spoken out for LGBT equality and marriage ...
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• Do the ‘Brad Pitt Houses’ Help New Orleans?

  
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  Does Brad Pitt’s housing development project in New Orleans’ Katrina-ravished Ninth Ward represent a much-needed boost to the neighborhood, no matter from whence it came? Or do his efforts amount to yet another example of a Hollywood do-gooder’s personal crusade ... (continued) READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related ...
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