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...over the devastated parish, families are trying to decide whether to stay or move on. "At first, people think they're going to fix their homes," says councilwoman Judy Hoffmeister, shaking her head as she watches a friend, Calvin Melerine, 66, shovel mud from his two-story home and ditch one piece of furniture after another. "They come in with U-Hauls, and they're lucky if they leave with a garbage bag full," she says. At her house around the block, Hoffmeister plans to rescue some bronzed baby shoes, but she turns away in tears at the door after...
...understand how hard it is to be a well-dressed Harvard female. If a fat man was constantly telling me that I was bad at math and science, then I too would have no choice but to sport a Hillary Clinton-style head band to class in a last ditch effort to be taken seriously...
...yelling, 'It's armored, it's armored,'" says Mark, who was shooting across the trunk of the BMW. Surette continued firing until he passed out from loss of blood, while Yeager, unable to see the attackers, blasted away pointlessly at a barricade before running to take cover in a ditch on the opposite side of the road. In the rear car, Ahmelman was slumped against the window. Hunt, bleeding to death from a wound to his femoral artery, lay on the ground beside the vehicle while Johnson tried to treat him. Harris, in the armored Mercedes, tried to drive closer...
...terrorist attack - could give all of us a nasty taste of what oil dependency really means. Just a few weeks ago, George W. Bush suggested Americans might need to think about how much oil they use. When this President starts talking about conservation, you know it's time to ditch...
Love the outdoors but hate to sleep there? For camping-wary adventurers, hut hiking allows you to ditch the bulky sleeping bag and clunky camp stoves. Accommodations can range from simple yurts to posh lodges, but even the most rustic have cozy beds. Many also serve great food, making the wilderness seem a little less wild. --By Lisa McLaughlin...