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...given that federal control would not in itself mean any additional troops and would prohibit the guard under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 from acting as policemen. And she thought the request had a political motive. It would allow Washington to come in and claim credit for a relief operation that was finally beginning to show progress...
...more this year than in 2003. And although planes are full, there are too many seats on offer, and ticket prices are actually too low for most airlines to make money. Bankruptcy has only delayed the pain. Washington has helped prop up failing airlines with government loans or pension relief for the oldest and least-reformed airlines. Oil, predicts Vaughn Cordle, head of the analytical firm AirlineForecasts, "will do to the industry what bankruptcy hasn't been able to--put some airlines out of business once and for all and consolidate many of the others...
...SHARE OUR STRENGTH 800-969-4767; strength.org Windows of Hope, started by New York City chef Tom Valenti immediately after 9/11, has teamed with the hunger-fighting group SOS to organize a national "dine out" on Sept. 27. Most of the funds will be used for immediate relief, with a portion devoted to helping storm-ravaged restaurants in the Gulf...
...this page last week, we pointed out ways to aid the Katrina relief effort through groups like the Red Cross. So far, Americans have donated at least $670 million, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, far outpacing the levels of giving after both 9/11 and the Asian tsunami. At right, you will find a few more suggestions for helping...
...bands their first shot. "We're trying to provide an opportunity for Irish groups," McGuinness says. "You don't have to be Irish, but it helps. We do have one Scottish group." Besides the trip to El Salvador last year, Bono and Ali found time for seven weeks of relief work in Ethiopia, and Mullen tries to stay tapped in to the roots: "All the neighbors knew my mother, and I try to drop in on them occasionally, just to keep my foot in." Celebrity, however, does have its inconveniences. "When you go into a shop...