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Tropical Storm Ike Forms In Tropical Atlantic Waters; Top Sustained ... - Chicago Tribune
miami (ap) _ forecasters say tropical storm ike has formed in tropical atlantic waters. the ninth tropical storm of the season has maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. at 5 p.m. edt, the storm was located about 1,400 miles east of the leeward islands ...
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Miami U., Earlham, Local Media To Create Regional News Service
miami university in oxford, earlham college in richmond, ind., and local media, including the business courier , will partner to create a regional news service for southwest ohio and east-central indiana.
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Local News In Brief Sept. 5
martina lee, 23, studies artwork at the institute of american indian art’s first exhibit of the semester, ‘iaia art in,’ at its opening thursday in the primitive edge gallery. fifty-nine students and faculty members produced artwork together using paints, brushes, drawing pads, beads and poetry.
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Three Supporting Players In An Alleged Medicare Fraud Empire Pleaded ... - Miami Herald
a trio of supporting players in a local medicare racket have pleaded guilty to charges of fleecing millions from the federal health insurance program. the group -- a physician, a clinic administrator and a money launderer -- admitted in separate plea ...
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Mosque's Prayer Is For A Leader - Miami Herald
thirty years ago, a few university students opened a mosque in a former baptist church near the miami-dade-broward line. the muslim community was slim and the operation was barebones, limited to occasional prayer services. today, with a thousand-plus ...
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Local News Briefs
kronenwetter -- charles soukup is resigning from the kronenwetter village board before his first term as trustee is over.
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Have You Prepared Meals At A Miami Valley 'make-n-take' Kitchen?
have you prepared meals at any of the "make-n-take" kitchens in the miami valley — places such as entree vous, dream dinners or main dish? if so, we?d like to hear about your experiences for a story we're writing for the dayton daily news life section. send an email to food and dining reporter mark fisher at mfisher@daytondailynews.com.
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Rodriguez Wants More Speed From Defense - Chicago Tribune
ann arbor, mich. - even the most passionate of michigan fans might have expected the wolverines' offense to struggle at times in its debut, but the defense? the unit expected to keep michigan in games while the offense learned new coach rich ...
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Hurricane Gustav Insured Damage Losses May Approach $10 Billion - Bloomberg
sept. 1 (bloomberg) -- hurricane gustav may trigger insurance claims as high as $10 billion, according to firms that specialize in catastrophes, making it potentially the fourth- highest total among storms that hit the u.s. the hurricane weakened as ...
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Local Duo To Jazz Up The Sheldon
siue graduate and trombonist jim owens joined brett stamps, director of the jazz studies program at siue, to record a cd entitled "bad to the bone" that was recently released. the duo will perform selections from their cd during a cd release concert at 7:30 p.m. on sept. 9 at the sheldon concert hall in st. louis.
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Venezuelan-americans To Hear Ros-lehtinen
u.s. rep. ileana ros-lehtinen will speak to a local venezuelan-american activist group friday as part of a congressional candidate speaker series. the organization, independent venezuelan american citizens, works to encourage more venezuelan expatriates to participate in local elections.
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Three Die In New Orleans Evacuation As Gustav Nears - News.com.au
a new tropical depression has formed in the central atlantic today, as category-two hurricane gustav plowed into the us gulf coast near new orleans and tropical storm hanna threatened to strengthen into a hurricane near the bahamas. the us national ...
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Gustav Slams La. Coastline West Of New Orleans - San Diego Union-tribune
new orleans – a weakened hurricane gustav slammed into the heart of louisiana's fishing and oil industry monday, avoiding a direct hit on flood-prone new orleans and boosting hope that the city would avoid catastrophic flooding. a hardened few ...
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News
a powerful hurricane and two tropical storms threaten to wreak more destruction in the northeastern caribbean and the united states as the death toll in haiti from tropical storm hanna rose to 136.
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a powerful hurricane and two tropical storms on thursday threaten to wreak more destruction in the waterlogged caribbean and southeastern united states in the coming days.
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Gustav Loses Steam After Bulldozing Southern Louisiana - Dallas Morning News
new orleans - hurricane gustav slammed into the heart of louisiana's fishing and oil industry with 110 mph winds monday, delivering only a glancing blow to new orleans that raised hopes the city would escape the kind of catastrophic flooding brought ...
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Hurricane Hannah Forms; Warnings Issued For Bahamas - Ksdk
miami (ap) -- the national hurricane center has upgraded hanna to a hurricane as it brings waves, rain and blustery winds to the turks and caicos. hurricane warnings were issued for the island chain and the central and southeastern bahamas on monday ...
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Miami-dade Transit Fare Hike Tries To Save Bus Routes
trying to save a failing transit system without pricing passengers out of public transportation, a sharply divided miami-dade commission agreed tuesday to hike fares 33 percent.
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'american Airlines Living Your Dream' Profiles Miami Business Leader James A. Champion
james a. champion, the head of a high-powered miami-based human resources consulting and management firm will share the secrets of his success on "american airlines living your dream," a radio series which airs each month on the michael baisden show.
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Hanna Could Make An Impact On The Carolinas - Star News Online
miami (ap) _ tropical storm hanna, the eighth named storm in the atlantic hurricane season, is strengthening about 100 miles from the bahamas. long-term projections show the storm could come ashore along the border of georgia and south carolina late ...
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