MIKE BROWN DIRECTOR FEMA, EXPLAINS
FEMA director Michael Brown answers questions about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans at a new conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on September 7, 2005. (UPI Photo/James Terry)
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Tuesday appointed Michael Brown to run the city of Flint until it gets its financial house in order.
Staffers at a Texas hospital said a 16-pound baby born recently is the largest ever born at the hospital and maybe in the entire state.
Police in Florida said they arrested a man who collected $1,200 from a client while pretending to be a lawyer.
Information U.S. officials provided about its Hurricane Katrina response didn't give the whole story, the ex-chief of the emergency management team said.
The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says he still bristles when blamed for the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
Former FEMA Director Michael Brown has accused President Obama of a delayed response to the Louisiana oil spill to stop offshore drilling.
Welsh police said they followed a trail of tinsel to a thief who took a Christmas tree and numerous decorations from a garden center's children's grotto.
Golf balls covered with racist symbols have triggered a dispute among residents of a Port Huron, Mich. neighborhood, officials say.
Thirty or so years ago, the phrase "China Syndrome" was the battle cry of the more radical elements opposing nuclear power. Today, the disastrous earthquake in China's Sichuan province yields a newer meaning to that phrase.
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