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...hour after the troops rise at 7 a.m. for a breakfast of MREs and Propel Fortified Water, Reall gives them their mission: a "windshield survey," from their vehicles, of Westlake, a small community northwest of Lake Charles. "We don't want you getting out unless you come across a significantly collapsed structure that looks like it might have somebody in it," Reall says. Primarily, the team will log significant areas of damage. Dr. Randy Marriott gives a medical briefing. In addition to the usual hazards-such as the power lines-rescuers are told to watch out for pit vipers...
...Capitol Hill, both parties are trying their best to harness the massive Katrina rebuilding effort to propel their own ideological agendas. Democrats view this as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to try to reduce poverty and racial inequality, touting more investment in public school construction and housing vouchers. At the same time, they are showing a renewed spirit in fighting the President's proposed Medicaid cuts and a slew of G.O.P. tax reductions that were on the verge of passage. But conservatives could see at least some of their handiwork in the Administration's initial proposals for job-training...
DIED. JAIME CARDINAL SIN, 76, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila who used his moral authority to propel the "people power" revolts in the Philippines that peacefully brought down the presidencies of Ferdinand Marcos and, more recently, Joseph Estrada; of renal failure; in Manila. After Marcos called for and won a snap election in 1986 that was widely suspected to be fraudulent, Sin took to the airwaves, rallying the country of devout Catholics to join a military faction that had mutinied against Marcos. After a three-day standoff, Marcos fled. Sin stepped in again to help oust the corrupt Estrada...
...says Stoute--who previously paired music icons with Reebok, Hewlett-Packard and McDonald's to help juice up their brands. He says he now plans to "create urgency" around body soufflés and foot butters. A new Carol's Daughter ad campaign featuring Jada Pinkett Smith has helped propel online and catalog orders up 300% and 500%, respectively, over last year, says Price. Next: an expanded men's line and 12 new retail stores across the country, including a Harlem flagship opening in August. --By Coco Masters
Should it come away victorious against Maryland, the Crimson will face either Tennessee or Boston University in the second round on Saturday. A weekend sweep would propel Harvard to the Sweet 16, which will be held at the University of Georgia...