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Disasters

President Bush's remarks while touring Biloxi

Facing sharp criticism of the federal response, President Bush toured the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast, where he says the damage is "worse than imaginable."

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National Guardsmen pour into Louisiana; Bush admits the relief effort has fallen short

More than four days after Hurricane Katrina struck, the National Guard arrived in force Friday with food, water and weapons, churning through the floodwaters in a vast truck convoy that was met with both catcalls and cries of "Thank you, Jesus!" from the suffering multitudes.

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How has the disaster affected you?

Members of Minnesota Public Radio's Public Insight Journalism network share their thoughts on the Hurricane Katrina situation.

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Pain at the pump

The price of gas in Minnesota has risen above $3 a gallon in some places. And Hurricane Katrina may create fuel shortages. President Bush has called on the public to conserve gasoline. Midmorning examines the impact of the increasing costs at the pumps.

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U of M to admit students from colleges damaged by Katrina

Officials at the University of Minnesota say college students whose schools have closed because of Hurricane Katrina can take classes at the U. The Twin Cities campus is scheduled to start classes in less than a week. The emergency policy would allow students to attend provided they are academically qualified. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked with Wayne Sigler, director of admissions at the University of Minnesota.

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Congress prepares to send emergency aid to disaster zone

The Bush administration intends to seek more than $10 billion to cover immediate relief needs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, congressional officials said Thursday, and lawmakers made plans to approve the request by the weekend.

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Fights and gunfire break out as New Orleans slips into anarchy

Fights and fires broke out, corpses lay out in the open, and rescue helicopters and law enforcement officers were shot at as flood-stricken New Orleans descended into anarchy Thursday. "This is a desperate SOS," the mayor said.

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Doctors plead for help as hospitals run out of food, power; 'please help us,' one tells AP

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.

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Some 25,000 Louisiana refugees headed to San Antonio

After opening the Astrodome in Houston to hurricane refugees, the state of Texas has agreed to take in 25,000 more evacuees from Louisiana and house them in San Antonio, the governor's office said Thursday.

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