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Tropical Storm Lee

Tropical Storm Lee Hammers Gulf Coast, Poses Threats of Inland Flooding

Tropical Storm Lee hammered the Gulf Coast with torrential rainfall and tidal surges this weekend and the spinoff tornado headed to the northeast from south Louisiana to Mississippi. It pounded almost 14 inches of rain in New Orleans swamping the coastlines and flooding at least 11 southern parishes including Barataria, Acadia, Jefferson, Plaquemines, Livingston, St. John and St. Tammany, said the officials.

New Orleans Levees Holding as Tropical Storm Lee Bears Down on Coast

Tropical Storm Lee
Tropical Storm Lee is moving at a crawl, slowly slipping onto southern Louisiana's coast Sunday morning as New Orleans hunkers down in heavy rainfall, hoping levees that breached in Hurricane Katrina in 2005 hold. The National Hurricane Center said Lee's center is about 125 miles west-southwest of New Orleans Sunday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour at around 8 a.m. EDT. Winds are gradually weakening from the storm, but that's the least of the threat from Lee. U...
Tropical Storm Lee

Tropical Storm Lee Threatens Massive Flooding in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi

The rain keeps falling in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Lee pushes closer, and it's likely only going to get worse.The slow-moving storm is expected to bring massive flooding to some areas Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi this Labor Day weekend.Lee is spawning tornado warnings, evacuation and knocking out power in New Orleans and southern Louisiana on Saturday.
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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Battled Diseases Over the Years: Major Accomplishments [PHOTOS]

Steve Jobs' decision to step down as chief executive of Apple, marking an end to his 14-year reign at the consumer electronics giant he co-founded in a garage, signals that his disease, which was kept in check for more than seven years, may be advancing beyond doctors' ability to control it, experts say.
Apple's Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs' Health: The Recent History

Steve Jobs co-founder of Apple (AAPL), a visionary, and the driving force behind one of the United States' premiere and most trail-blazing companies in the modern/postmodern era, has had several medical leaves.
Rev. Martin Luther King Memorial

Martin Luther King Memorial Unveiled; Dedication Sunday

The Rev. Martin Luther King memorial opened to the public Monday on the National Mall in Washington. The memorial will be formally dedicated on Sunday Aug. 28 on the 48th anniversary of King's I Have a Dream speech. President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at the dedication.
U.S. Job Market

Unemployment Rate Rises in 28 States in July as Companies Adopt Cautious Stance

The unemployment rate rose in more than half of the nation's states in July, as the slowdown in economic growth prompted companies to take a wait-and-see stance regarding new hires. The major period of lay-offs appears to be over, but the hiring has not resumed en masse, which has kept the nation's unemployment rate stubbornly high at 9.1 percent,

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