Posts Tagged ‘after’

Vermilion 380 oil rig leaking after Gulf blast: Coast Guard

Oil appeared to be leaking into the snakebit Gulf of Mexico from a rig that exploded Thursday and hurled a dozen workers into the drink.

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‘Day of mourning in St. Lucia’ after soccer star killed

A St. Lucia soccer star’s jubilant victory celebration was cut short by a deadly .45-caliber bullet, fired execution-style into his car Monday on a dark Brooklyn street.

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Earl threatens US Coast after hitting Caribbean (AP)

Hurricane Earl is seen moving west-northwest in the Caribbean, in this National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image taken and released on August 30, 2010. Hurricane Earl strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm on Monday after lashing the northeast Caribbean islands, and was expected to swipe the U.S. East Coast in the next few days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.  REUTERS/NOAA/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP – Hurricane Earl, now a powerful Category 4 storm, barreled toward the U.S. coast early Tuesday after battering tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and winds that damaged homes and toppled power lines.


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Obama heralds New Orleans’ revival after storm (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – Five years after the ravaging storm, President Barack Obama celebrated New Orleans’s revival from Hurricane Katrina on Sunday and pledged common purpose with residents in the continuing struggle to protect and rebuild the Gulf Coast. Obama declared to those who dedicated themselves to their city’s recovery: “Because of you, New Orleans is coming back.”


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Memories of chaos, rebirth 5 years after Katrina (AP)

Meredith Guy,5, of Metairie, looks into a  'Katrina casket ,' where people placed notes and items, after an Ecumenical 'funeral service' for Hurricane Katrina at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Chalmette, La., one day before the fifth anniversary of the storm, which took over 1,000 lives and devastated the region, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – Two strangers shared an umbrella and a somber embrace Sunday as they scanned 163 names on a marble wall honoring those who died in Louisiana’s coastal St. Bernard Parish when Hurricane Katrina wracked the region.


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Evacuees find new life, home in NYC after Katrina

The horrors of Hurricane Katrina forced them to come to New York – but five years later, many evacuees are staying here by choice.

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Cleavage-loving judge quits after porn is found on computer

A cleavage-crazed criminal court judge – who fathered a son with a young Legal Aid lawyer – quit after officials found a massive porn stash on his work computer, sources said Thursday.

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