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FEMA, Remade Since Katrina, Faces Its First Big Test
AP - Mon Sep 1, 1:58 AM ETBATON ROUGE, La. - Three years after its name became a synonym for failure, the Federal Emergency Management Agency confronted Hurricane Gustav with new leadership, new equipment and a simple goal: prove that Katrina can never happen again.
» Full Story- Shelters Fill Across the South as Gustav Evacuees Wait AP - Sun Aug 31, 10:41 PM ET
From Baton Rouge to Memphis, thousands of Gulf Coast residents settled onto cots in school gyms and convention halls Sunday, passing the hours with cards, cell phones and the Weather Channel as Gustav churned toward home. - New Orleans Leaders Confident Police Won't Repeat 2005 Exodus AP - Sun Aug 31, 8:59 PM ET
New Orleans' police superintendent pledged Sunday that his officers would stay at their posts through Gustav, expressing confidence that the force would not repeat the desertions and breakdowns that scarred the department during Katrina. - Chicago Students to Skip First Day to Protest School Funding AP - Mon Sep 1, 5:25 AM ET
Hundreds of Chicago public school students plan to skip the first day of classes Tuesday and instead enroll, at least symbolically, at a wealthy suburban school, in a protest aimed at Illinois' stark funding gap between rich and poor districts. - NAACP Board Approves Contract for New President AP - Sun Aug 31, 6:00 PM ET
The NAACP board voted to approve a contract with its incoming president, Benjamin Jealous, a 35-year-old foundation executive who becomes the youngest leader in the venerable civil rights organization's 99-year history. - This Time, the Pets Evacuate Too AP - Sun Aug 31, 4:33 PM ET
Among the most haunting images of Katrina were the animals: dogs swimming in flooded streets, cats abandoned on rooftops, owners who refused rescue rather than leave them behind. For Gustav, Louisiana had a new answer — the pets came too. - Gulf Coast Utilities Stage Thousands of Repair Crews AP - Sun Aug 31, 5:32 PM ET
Utility companies staged an army of more than 10,000 linemen and tree-trimmers in Texas and northern Louisiana on Sunday, ready to move into Gustav's path as soon as the winds die down. - Western Governors Press Forest Service Over Firefighting Cuts AP - Mon Sep 1, 1:23 AM ET
Western governors are pressing the Forest Service to restore firefighting resources they say were quietly shifted away even as this summer's lightning siege blackened more than a million acres in California. - Nevada Governor Chides Forest Service Over Fire Response AP - Mon Sep 1, 1:23 AM ET
Nevada's governor accused the Forest Service of learning too slowly from past disasters as crews mopped up a range fire that threatened homes outside Reno, the latest flashpoint in a long feud over firefighting resources in the fast-growing West. - California's Siege of Fires Finally Eases — at a Cost AP - Fri Aug 29, 9:40 PM ET
California has finally contained the last of the more than 2,000 wildfires ignited by a freak June lightning storm, closing a siege that burned 1.4 million acres, destroyed hundreds of homes and kept fire crews on the line for two months.
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