Daily News For September 8, 2005

09 Sep, 2005 by John Hawkins

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Hurricane Katrina

Congress Approves $51.8 Billion In Katrina Aid

Officials Prepare 25,000 Body Bags

Retreating Waters Reveal Katrina’s Horrors. Seniors Die In Beds; Troops Find Beaten Bodies In Convention Centre’s Freezer

Over The Five Years Of President Bush’s Administration, Louisiana Has Received Far More Money For Corps Civil Works Projects Than Any Other State, About $1.9 Billion; California Was A Distant Second With Less Than $1.4 Billion

New Orleans Begins Confiscating Firearms as Water Recedes (Free NYT Reg Req)

Barbour Pushes Mississippi ‘Renaissance’

CBS Poll: The American People Aren’t Happy With Anybody’s Response To The Hurricane

Pew Poll: The Racial Split Over Katrina

Boys’ Lemonade Stand Raises $1,000. 9-Year-Old Twins Launch Business To Aid Survivors

Columns

Bobby Jindal: In Katrina’s Wake, Red Tape Too Often Trumped Common Sense

The Economist: Tentative Steps Down The Road To Democracy

Ken Burris: FEMA Has Met Hurricane Katrina Head On

John Hinderaker: Replacing Rehnquist Before O’connor Makes Matters Tougher On The Bush Administration And Guarantees A Showdown With Liberal Interest Groups

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