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Storm gives a tax break
(From The Times-Picayune) Taxpayers and business owners facing fallen trees and broken windows have one less worry to deal with for a while: The Internal Revenue Service is extending tax filing deadlines for people affected by Hurricane Gustav.
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(From The Times-Picayune) Taxpayers and business owners facing fallen trees and broken windows have one less worry to deal with for a while: The Internal Revenue Service is extending tax filing deadlines for people affected by Hurricane Gustav.
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Hurricane Gustav leaves Port Fourchon crippled
(From The Times-Picayune) Three days after Hurricane Gustav made landfall, more than 95% of Gulf of Mexico oil production is still shuttered and a key hub for the offshore petroleum industry remains without power.
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(From The Times-Picayune) Three days after Hurricane Gustav made landfall, more than 95% of Gulf of Mexico oil production is still shuttered and a key hub for the offshore petroleum industry remains without power.
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LDWF begins assessing damage to coast
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La. delegation hails McCain's vice presidential pick
(From The Times Picayune) MINNEAPOLIS -- The Louisiana delegation to the Republican National Convention arrived in the Twin Cities worried about Hurricane Gustav. They left blown away by Hurricane Sarah.
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(From The Times Picayune) MINNEAPOLIS -- The Louisiana delegation to the Republican National Convention arrived in the Twin Cities worried about Hurricane Gustav. They left blown away by Hurricane Sarah.
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Lots of People get Power Overnight
Orleans Parish leads the area in power restoration, as only 35 percent, or 49,836 customers remained without power on Friday morning.
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Orleans Parish leads the area in power restoration, as only 35 percent, or 49,836 customers remained without power on Friday morning.
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Greenspan: Don't use Fed as a "magical piggy bank"
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Troubled by the Bear Stearns debacle, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is advocating a new way of dealing with government bailouts of companies whose sudden collapse could wreak havoc on the country's economic and financial stability.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Troubled by the Bear Stearns debacle, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is advocating a new way of dealing with government bailouts of companies whose sudden collapse could wreak havoc on the country's economic and financial stability.
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8½-foot gator killed in neighborhood
MONROE, La. (AP) _ An authorized Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries nuisance hunter shot and killed an 8½-foot alligator crawling through a Monroe neighborhood.Stacy McDaniel says she's never seen one in her neighborhood before.McDaniel says the nuisance hunter and his partner arrived Wednesday with a long bamboo stick and some plastic cord. She says they didn't look prepared for an alligator that size.John Hanks of the Monroe LDWF office says high water probably forced the alligator from its natural habitat and into the neighborhood.
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MONROE, La. (AP) _ An authorized Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries nuisance hunter shot and killed an 8½-foot alligator crawling through a Monroe neighborhood.Stacy McDaniel says she's never seen one in her neighborhood before.McDaniel says the nuisance hunter and his partner arrived Wednesday with a long bamboo stick and some plastic cord. She says they didn't look prepared for an alligator that size.John Hanks of the Monroe LDWF office says high water probably forced the alligator from its natural habitat and into the neighborhood.
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Beware of Gustav scams, feds say
(From The Times-Picayune) WASHINGTON -- Federal officials are warning consumers about Internet scams related to fake charities seeking donations for victims of Hurricane Gustav.
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(From The Times-Picayune) WASHINGTON -- Federal officials are warning consumers about Internet scams related to fake charities seeking donations for victims of Hurricane Gustav.
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Gustav's effects span the state
(From The Times-Picayune) BATON ROUGE -- Much of the post-storm focus has been on what Hurricane Gustav did not do, particularly in New Orleans, where the flood protection system passed its first significant test since failing so spectacularly three years ago.
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(From The Times-Picayune) BATON ROUGE -- Much of the post-storm focus has been on what Hurricane Gustav did not do, particularly in New Orleans, where the flood protection system passed its first significant test since failing so spectacularly three years ago.
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Cleanup begins in Goodwood
(From WAFB) Residents are not wasting any time picking up tree limbs and loose debris that's scattered all over their yards during this storm. In the Goodwood neighborhood, the damage was so bad in some parts that some folks are having to move.
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(From WAFB) Residents are not wasting any time picking up tree limbs and loose debris that's scattered all over their yards during this storm. In the Goodwood neighborhood, the damage was so bad in some parts that some folks are having to move.
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