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Beyond an island of light downtown, most of Orleans Parish is still in the dark. Of the city's eight hospitals pre-Katrina, only two are open to serve a population that swells to 150,000 during the day. The public school system--destroyed by back-to-back hurricanes--is in limbo while the state considers a takeover and charter-school advocates vie for abandoned facilities. One lone public school for 500 students is set to open this week...
...business leaders in New Orleans created an economic development vehicle, GNO Inc., with a five-year goal of creating 30,000 jobs. They may make their goal quicker than that, but the jobs will be in Baton Rouge, or perhaps Houston and Atlanta, thanks to the hurricane. At a downtown job fair last week, Leo G. Doyle, a sales-training manager for UPS, said his company lost 30% of its work force after Katrina and was looking for drivers and package handlers. "We have a lot of good workers who have been displaced, a lot of good workers with loss...
With the numerous Vermont fans that made the trip to Cambridge screaming their approval, junior guard Jim Goffredo was able to answer. Just 2-of-7 from downtown at that point in the game, Goffredo connected when it counted, knocking down a trey from the corner to give Harvard the lead back for good...
...putting ketchup on your burger. Louis’ claims to have invented the hamburger in 1900 and believes that theirs are so good, ketchup can only ruin the flavor. For a less intense, yet just as historical hamburger, try The Yankee Doodle, in the middle of downtown New Haven...
...abound-was a way for Bush to draft off of Koizumi's triumph. It was also an opportunity to touch down on friendly turf before plunging into the chaos of an international economic summit in Busan, South Korea, a honeymooners' paradise now on lockdown by police massing on every downtown corner with riot shields and prods that look like spears. ?Prime Minister Koizumi is one of my best friends in the international community,? Bush said as the two made their third appearance before cameras during two hours of meetings, which were followed by a long lunch. Koizumi reciprocated, saying...