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Louisiana

Weekly Review

by Paul Ford,

Lost Souls in Hell, 1875. Emergency officials in Louisiana requested 25,000 body bags for victims of Hurricane Katrina, and a total evacuation of New Orleans was ordered. Much of the…

Lost Souls in Hell, 1875. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina the United States declared disasters in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Taken together, the 90,000-square-mile disaster area would be…

Weekly Review

by Paul Ford,

Lost Souls in Hell, 1875. Pat Robertson called for the United States to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez; Robertson then lied about calling for the assassination (“‘take him out’,” he…

The swarm

by Duncan Murrell,

An eruption in the French Quarter

Weekly Review

by Paul Ford,

Lost Souls in Hell, 1875. In New Delhi, India, children and adults carrying both lit candles and hydrogen-filled balloons marched to mark the World Day Against Child Labor. At least…

Readings

by Deborah Luster,

Readings

by Deborah Luster,

Readings

by Deborah Luster,

Weekly Review

by Roger D. Hodge,

Thai health officials confirmed that avian flu has probably begun to spread from person to person. Influenza experts were begging drug companies to begin manufacturing enough vaccine to prevent a…

No joy in Sorrento

by Pat Jordan,

A baseball myth strikes out

Weekly Review

by Roger D. Hodge,

Chechen militants took more than 1,000 children and adults hostage at a school in southern Russia, though the Russian government lied at first and claimed that there were only 354…

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