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Gov. Kathleen Blanco has asked for more time to deliver documents to congressional committees concerning her office's role in Hurricane Katrina preparations and emergency response to the storm. The delay would mean it could be December before internal documents reflecting what was going on behind the scenes during key days are be made public. "They have asked for the kitchen sink, which is OK," said Blanco executive counsel Terry Ryder. "But given the fact that we are dealing with Katrina and Rita right now, we have asked for 90 days more." Hurricane Katrina brought widespread devastation to the New Orleans...

NAPLES, Fla. - While applauding state and local efforts to deal with the onslaught of Hurricane Wilma, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush took the opportunity Monday to blast what he said were Louisiana's failed attempts to deal with Katrina. Bush said that unlike Louisiana, Florida organized local efforts to bring people to shelters and to transport evacuees. "In Florida, we consider it a high priority and it's a bottom-up system," Bush said Monday at the Collier County emergency response offices. "In Louisiana, it was left for the federal government to fill the void, and you can see the consequences." Bush is...