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| Terrorist target?
Web threat cited Alaska pipeline; how vulnerable is it?
NCHORAGE, Alaska -- The trans-Alaska pipeline looks like it would be an easy target for terrorists intent on destroying valuable American asset, but those responsible for its safekeeping say looks can be deceiving. AThe 800-mile pipeline -- which |
| Rebuffed at home, Danish Muslims sought support abroad
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- As leaders of the world's 57 Muslim nations gathered for a summit meeting in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in December, issues like religious extremism dominated the official agenda. But much of the talk was of a wholly different issue: |
| Power to the people
In New Orleans, fed-up homeowners reconnect illegally
NEW ORLEANS -- Tired of waiting in the dark for the lights to come back on, Walter Vine took matters into his own hands: He unscrewed his electricity meter and rigged it to bring power into his flooddamaged home. Vine, a building contractor, |
| 80 percent of city's blacks might not return, study says
WASHINGTON -- New Orleans could lose as much as 80 percent of its black population if its most damaged neighborhoods are not rebuilt and if there is not significant government assistance to help poor people return, a detailed analysis by Brown |
| Lights out
Only 34 percent of the homes and businesses in New Orleans are currently drawing electricity, even though power has been restored to 90 percent of the city. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN NEW Houses and ORLEANS businesses drawing Mississippi electricity |
Insight Stories
- Tale gets new endingWriting program's devoted fans kept Bush from killing it
- 'Fair trade' coffee drinkers buy on moral grounds
- Teaching teachers
- Mosul makes slow progress toward peaceAs Iraqis take control, violence diminishes, but major problems remain
- Question now is, who runs Hamas?
