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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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FLINT, Mich., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Tuesday appointed Michael Brown to run the city of Flint until it gets its financial house in order.
16-pound baby born in Texas
LONGVIEW, Texas, July 11 (UPI) -- 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: Fake lawyer collected $1,200
NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 20 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said they arrested a man who collected $1,200 from a client while pretending to be a lawyer.
Brown: Katrina facts given without context
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- 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.
DENVER, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- 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.
WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- Former FEMA Director Michael Brown has accused President Obama of a delayed response to the Louisiana oil spill to stop offshore drilling.
DENBIGH, Wales, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- 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.
PORT HURON, Mich., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Golf balls covered with racist symbols have triggered a dispute among residents of a Port Huron, Mich. neighborhood, officials say.
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UPI) -- 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.
NEW YORK, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- The lawyers who represented two New York panhandlers in a class-action suit have been awarded more than $300,000 in legal fees.
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