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Study: Global Warming to Blame

WASHINGTON – The number of hurricanes in the most powerful categories — like Katrina and Andrew — has increased sharply over the past few decades, according to a new analysis sure to stir debate over whether global warming is worsening these deadly storms. While studies have not found an overall …

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Raising Financially Savvy Kids

The responsibility rests on parents’ shoulders. Here’s some concrete advice. Most parents would just do about anything to ensure that their children have the skills to succeed in life. They help out with homework; tirelessly haul the little buggers to a slew of after-school programs; and enthusiastically embrace “teaching moments” …

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Marooned Doctors Beg for Help

NEW ORLEANS – Doctors at two desperately crippled hospitals in New Orleans called The Associated Press Thursday morning pleading for rescue, saying they were nearly out of food and power and had been forced to move patients to higher floors to escape looters. “We have been trying to call the …

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