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...area ambulance service," he says. Before he was dispatched to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Milam had never been called out of Alaska for a mission and had never done urban search-and-rescue work. But like thousands of other personnel, he was brought to Louisiana to do what the Coast Guard does best: improvise wildly...
...Indian tribes didn't come from gambling. But that line may be tested when the Senate Indian Affairs Committee--chaired by his old nemesis McCain--holds another hearing on the Abramoff scandal next week. Reed has not yet been called to testify, but the hearing will focus on the Louisiana Coushattas, whom Abramoff arranged to pay more than a million dollars to Reed for his services. Inconveniently, the tribe has no profitmaking ventures other than gambling...
...daughter. But soon thereafter, his best friend back in Kiln, Mississippi, Mark Haverty, was killed in a car accident; the driver, who police say was legally intoxicated, was Brett's brother Scott. A month after that, his sister Brandi was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting in Louisiana. Through it all, Favre managed to stay clean and to lead the Packers to their best season since 1966. Said Holmgren: "Given everything he's had to deal with, it's been an amazing year. I don't think there's anybody that I know who could have handled...
...last December’s devastating tsunami in Asia, University President Lawrence H. Summers announced that the University would match donations to 26 approved charities up to $100 per person. The effort raised over $500,000, with Harvard contributing $245,877 in matching funds. After Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi, the University again matched donations to eight charities up to $100 per person. All Harvard schools took in displaced students from Loyola and Tulane universities, with the College eventually accepting 36 undergraduates. When compared to the responses of other schools, Harvard’s generosity outpaces almost every...
...found it was “hard on the ankles and such.”He also helps organize Black Alumni Weekend, an annual celebration sponsored by the Office of the President and the Black Students Association.As a regional admissions officer, Evans has covered locales as diverse as Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Ontario, parts of Connecticut, Southern California, and Boston.Today, he oversees eastern Kansas, Springfield, Ill., suburban Washington, D.C., part of New York City, and Cambridge.Fitzsimmons lauds Evans in particular for his informative and engaging information sessions.“He is very funny, but imparts huge amounts of information...