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• New Orleans wonders if rebuilt levees will hold
It's scary, man," said Robert Russell, a 63-year-old plumber whose house in Gentilly Woods is close to floodwalls on the Industrial Canal that are so suspect the Army Corps of Engineers is buffering them with large baskets filled with sand.
• Stocks stumble after record drop in incomes
NEW YORK - Stocks tumbled Friday after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending slowed. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 125 points, while a disappointing ...
• China lights Paralympics torch
The flame will travel on Friday to ancient capital Xian, now the modern capital of northwestern Shaanxi province, before heading to southern industrial hub Shenzhen in coastal Guangzhou province on Saturday.
• August 2008 - Posts
Ted Stevens , the grand-daddy of Alaskan politics, has a wary relationship with the new Republican VP pick -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin . When Palin was running for governor in 2006, she ousted long time Alaska fixture Frank Murkowski in a hard fought ...
• 20 killed in chemical plant blasts in China
Thousands die each year in China from fires, explosions and other industrial accidents often blamed on insufficient safety equipment and workers ignoring safety rules.