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...century, which are still as carefully preserved and nurtured as the town's air of Old South gentility. But beginning this week St. Francisville finds itself at the center of a media storm, playing host to a controversial trial over the deaths of 35 nursing home residents in the wake of Katrina, and the town's sense of decorum and good manners will be put to the test...
...Among the countless images of suffering that lay in Katrina's wake, flooded St. Rita's nursing home in the New Orleans suburb of St. Bernard Parish, was one of the most harrowing. The owners of the nursing home, Salvador and Mabel Mangano - 67 and 65, respectively - quickly came to be seen as villains in the tragedy for choosing not to evacuate their residents, and now they face charges of negligent homicide. The trial was moved to this town on the banks of the Mississippi River north of Baton Rouge after defense lawyers claimed their clients couldn...
...warning recently that some of the biggest mainland Chinese banks that trade on the Hong Kong exchange - including the Bank of China - were also exposed. In early August a spokesman for the BOC had said its first-half losses tied to subprime investments were "minimal." But in the wake of the nasty BNP Paribas surprise half a world away, investors everywhere were understandably - and increasingly - skeptical. Did top management at any financial institution anywhere really know the extent of the damage? Did regulators...
...several conversations with Bush earlier this year about leaving. He wanted to time his departure just right - not an easy task in a year when the President's job approval rating has been at historic lows. But Rove did manage to exit on a relatively high note - in the wake of Congress' passage of the sweeping new electronic surveillance law that the White House had wanted and most Democrats had opposed...
...have seemed like wildest science fiction, and to our grandchildren it will probably seem quaint and slow-moving. Four nights of my week in the clouds I spend on planes, two of them on flights that last more than 15 hours. At dead of night, near the Himalayas, I wake up and enjoy a lunch made up of the cookies and sandwiches I stashed away in my carry-on bag while sitting in an airline lounge some continents ago. My laptop, I realize, is in a left-luggage office in one country, my suitcase is in a hotel storage closet...