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Anxiety Still Rampant in Hurricane Katrina Kids, Study Says

by Associated Press, Posted Aug 24th 2010 9:17AM

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu talks about the city's recovery and future in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 19. Credit: J. Scott Applewhite, AP
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still ...
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FEMA trailers might be causing health problems

by Angie Felton, Posted Nov 2nd 2007 2:01PM

It looks like a case tailor-made for Erin Brockovich: the air inside FEMA trailers issued to Hurricane Katrina survivors has high formaldehyde levels. Many trailer occupants, especially children, have been suffering from respiratory illnesses, ...
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Explaining 9/11 to a child

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Sep 10th 2007 8:14AM

Although my son is not even one year old, there will come a time when I need to sit down and explain to him what happened on 9/11 and why we have memorials, why we remember. At least I think I'll need to. By that time, perhaps, I'll have sorted ...
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Pitt and Jolie to help hurricane ravaged New Orleans

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 2nd 2006 6:00AM

After all of the hullabaloo that followed the Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt camp for most of the winter and spring months, not much has been heard from the duo since the birth of their daughter, Shilo. But just recently the pair have announced plans to ...
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Rescue dog saves lucky boy

by Heather Craven, Posted May 18th 2006 3:00PM

Ryan Rambo has to be one of the luckiest children around these days. Not only did he survive Hurricane Katrina last fall, he also survived a near drowning weekend last Sunday in the cold mountain rivers of Colorado. The nine -year-old was on a ...
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Brad Pitt: "We can rebuild New Orleans"

by Karen Walrond, Posted Apr 22nd 2006 2:07PM

From People.com:  Even though Brad Pitt may be awaiting the birth of his child in Namibia with his partner, Angelina Jolie, and their children, don't believe that he's sitting idle -- he's focussed on rebuilding New Orleans back home. Pitt, who ...
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Last missing child from Hurricane Katrina reunited with her family

by Karen Walrond, Posted Mar 23rd 2006 10:02AM

How's this for a feel-good story:  BBC.com is reporting that four-year-old Cortez Stewart, the last child waiting to be returned to her family after Hurricane Katrina, was reunited with her mother last week, six months after the disaster. Little ...
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New Orleans schools experience Katrina rebirth

by Karen Walrond, Posted Mar 7th 2006 12:01PM

From CNN.com:  the New Orleans school system has historically been one of the worst  in the United States -- buildings were dilapidated, kids were scoring low on standardized tests, money was disappearing.  Things seemed hopeless. ...
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