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Political storms breakout: Disasters, defined by lawOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The Stafford Act of 1988 shored up the presidential disaster declaration process and spelled out how FEMA should react. However, its definitions of "emergency" and "majo...
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Illinois notebook: Davis looks to impress basketball coachesOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A week into the practice season for the Illinois basketball team, freshman forward Mike Davis earned the "most improved'' label, said coach Bruce Weber. As you rec...
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National budget for 10.24.07Oct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - GateHouse News Service National Budget NASCAR PAGE: Debuting Thursday on the news service is our weekly NASCAR page. The page includes a column/cent...
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Political storms: New England a mixed bag when it comes to disaster fundingOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - In 1999, Hurricane Floyd lashed Massachusetts and the rest of the East Coast, tearing up trees and dumping buckets of rain across the commonwealth. Wind damage was wi...
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Beckett vs. Francis promises to be better than Beckett vs. SabathiaOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Josh Beckett knows the drill, and that's pretty obvious. He's 3-0, 1.17 in the playoffs, and even earned the MVP award for the ALCS, but as he prepared to take the big s...
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Political storms: Database for localizationOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - NOTE: Database updated 10/31/07. Here is a link to a database that offers detailed information of disaster requests, organized by state, and how they fared. Did the pres...
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Big Play? Considine was thereOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - For a brief moment, Sean Considine looked like the hero. More on that later. In the final seconds, in the final analysis, he was the one player no one wanted to be...
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Postal workers protest processing moveOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Dozens of postal workers stood outside the Downtown post office processing center on Monday afternoon to protest what one worker called "an ill-advised decision" on the ...
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Political notebook: Reynolds supports SCHIP, but not Democrats' versionOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Of all the political press releases that flew through cyberspace last week, none came from Rep. Thomas Reynolds' office heralding his veto of the federal health insuranc...
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Wise to the Word: ChimichurriOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Chimichurri (chee mee CHOOR ee) Chimichurri is a condiment as common in Argentina as ketchup is in the United States. Reminiscent of Italian pesto, chimi...