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Even as the insurance industry is expected to pay out as much as $25 billion to cover claims from Hurricane Katrina, tens of thousands of homeowners and small businesses in areas hard-hit by the storm may end up footing their own rebuilding costs because they don't have federal flood insurance. In Mississippi, as few as one in five homes and businesses in the areas most at risk for flooding held flood-insurance policies as of June 30, while just less than half of such properties in Louisiana were covered, according to data from the federal National Flood Insurance Program. In New...

The war in Iraq is racing ahead of Jan Lang's good intentions. In 2003, around the time President Bush declared major combat operations to be over, Mrs. Lang and a group of military mothers pledged to provide a handmade, personalized quilt for the next of kin of every U.S. serviceman and woman killed in Iraq. It seemed like a manageable task when the death toll stood around 250. --Snip-- But she vows to keep quilting, inspired by those moments when a quilt reaches its intended recipient just when it's needed the most. Betsy Beard of Chapel Hill, N.C., got hers...

<p>Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- A State Supreme Court judge ordered New York City officials to process and release 560 people arrested during protests against the Republican National Convention after lawyers said they had been in custody at least 36 hours since their arrests, the Associated Press reported.</p>

Leftists are plastering the street with stickers and other trash. What do you say to a 'community clean up drive'. I will be doing my part to help keep the city clean after the protest is over.

No good details from FNC, just speculation. Rare Sunday press conf.

Judge Patricia Wald Judge Patricia Wald, a graduate of Connecticut College (B.A. 1948) and Yale Law School (LL.B. 1951), was admitted to the Bar in 1952. She served, among other positions, as a law clerk to Judge Jerome N. Frank of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals and as Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs in the Department of Justice prior to being appointed to the bench in 1979. Judge Wald served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1979 until 1999, serving as Chief Judge of the Court from 1986 to...

Not an "Alert". Say it may be related to an earlier scare related to the 'extensive renovations' that are in progress... Fox making an effort not to panic anyone so probably nothing here...

You might not think so from listening to me, but I like to be liked. Not only that, I like my country to be liked around the world and it isn't. I wish President Bush would try to make this country less hated. He could do it if he set his mind to it. To begin with, we should change our attitude toward the United Nations. There has to be some power in the world superior to our own - for our own sake. Iraq isn't our problem. It's the world's problem. When the president spoke at the United Nations,...

No more details, now saying that power out for 15min and they are restoring it as we speak.

Emergency personnel, fire units and a hazardous-materials crew are on the scene of the accident. Details on the number of people on the train and potential injuries weren't immediately available, MSNBC said.

On medical evacuation mission, all 6 aboard dead.

FIRST -- Let me point out that this is the most disgusting display of anit-american liberal electro-propaganda that I have ever seen, I actually posted it because in the back and forth discussion between the liberal bed-wetters, and the more rational conservative voices I found a link to the greatest internet-movie that I have ever seen! Check out a few seconds of the GNN movie (Trust me, that is all you will be able to stomach). FROM SLASHDOT POST "The Guerrilla News Network has made a great 11 minute movie, culled from over 20 hours of footage from different channels....

...to voice your displeasure over the wimpy plans that they have proposed. Check out the form... Why do they care if you are a Union member or Govt worker? And what does it matter what race you are? Hmmm.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday banned F. Lee Bailey from practicing law before the justices, a formality for the attorney who has already been disbarred in two states. Bailey, who defended O.J. Simpson and other high-profile clients, was accused of mishandling stock owned by a drug defendant. The Supreme Court refused in May to review a Florida Supreme Court decision that barred Bailey from practicing law in that state. Bailey also lost his law license in Massachusetts after a review of the Florida decision. AP-ES-06-24-02 1141EDT

WASHINGTON – Prosecutors do not have to turn over more evidence to defendants considering guilty pleas, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. Full story available at WP.

NYC on Alert for Emergency Vehicle Car BombsN E W   Y O R K, June 20 — Police and fire officials in New York are being warned that terrorists may be trying to acquire surplus or replica emergency vehicles to use as car bombs that could be planted near government buildings or landmarks without drawing attention. A law enforcement source confirmed a report in The New York Daily News today that officials were alerted to the plot when two unidentified Middle Eastern men tried to buy a replica ambulance at a northern New Jersey shop that builds copies of...

Yes to air Fox News, in response to comments by CNN's Turner By Ha'aretz Service Yes satellite television will begin broadcasting the Fox News channel Thursday, in light of remarks made by CNN founder Ted Turner, equating IDF actions with terrorism, Israel Radio reported. Even before Turner's comments, Israel's cable and satellite companies had received numerous letters from viewers requesting that the Fox News station be added to the viewing package, because they consider its coverage of the Middle East more balanced than CNN's, the radio said. Yes had submitted the request to air Fox News to the Cable and...

<p>ZURICH, Switzerland -- An American claims lawyer who helped to force Swiss banks into a $1.25 billion settlement for Nazi victims had to abandon a news conference because of a hostile crowd.</p> <p>Edward Fagan had to make his retreat on Monday after announcing to reporters that he would file a multi-billion suit against top Swiss and U.S. banks for propping up South Africa's former apartheid regime.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON -- The lack of terrorism insurance for U.S. businesses has become a "significant threat to the economy," according to a new congressional report.</p> <p>Protracted problems with obtaining adequate and affordable terrorism insurance has halted some large real estate projects, diverted funds from other investments and left many U.S. businesses and buildings under- and uninsured, according to a report conducted by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee released Friday.</p>