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UNO Renovation Money Redirected to Student Services
Press ReleaseLSU System President and Interim University of New Orleans Chancellor John Lombardi, concurring with a recommendation from UNO Provost Joe King, has redirected the spending of more than $200,000 in federal hurricane relief money planned for use in...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Natural Disasters, Environmental Pollution, Meteorological Disasters, Louisiana State University
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Animal Rehab Centers Still Working After Oil Spill
ABC26 NewsA baby sea turtle escaped from the jaws of a shark, only to get stuck in oil spilled from BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico. A young dolphin apparently was attacked by his mother, then swam into oil. The animals are among thousands rescued since more...Tags: Physical Therapists, Fashion Shows, Davis (Yolo, California), WGNO, Health Treatments
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Rescuing oiled birds: Poignant, but is it futile?
ABC26 NewsRescuers gently washing the goo from pelicans make for some of the few hopeful images from the disaster on the Gulf of Mexico, yet some scientists contend those efforts are good for little more than warming hearts. Critics call bird-washing a wasteful...Tags: Davis (Yolo, California), California, Animals, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology
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Sea Turtles Fight Oil In Lower Algiers
ABC26 News30 sea turtles are getting a new lease on life. They're being nursed back to health in lower Algiers. ABC26 News Reporter Vanessa Bolano sat in as one was getting its checkup. "This is LA 94." "The turtle is normally dark in color, that's not oil. These...Tags: Wildlife, Natural Resources, Conservation, Animals, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Ed Blakely Blasts New Orleans
ABC26 NewsSome harsh words from New Orleans' former recovery czar. Ed Blakely calls residents lazy and unsophisticated in an interview with the University of California's television station. Blakely says, "Everyone's a racist, it's a part of something we have...Tags: Television Stations, Riots, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Racism, Social Issues
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With Sugar Bowl Teams Set, Businesses Hope For Winning Sales
ABC26 NewsWith the teams set for the 2010 Sugar Bowl, businesses in the French Quarter and CBD are hoping the teams' fans will show up and spend big. The University of Florida Gators will take on the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. "Cincinnati Bearcat fans...Tags: University of Florida, Sports, Football, Colleges and Universities, Tim Tebow
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New Orleanians Fuming Over Controversial Statements From Former Recovery Czar
ABC26 NewsMany New Orleanians are fuming at criticism from former recovery czar Ed Blakely, who told a California interviewer that New Orleans residents are lazy and racist. ABC26 News reporter Jon Huffman gauges the reaction. Blakely spent three years in town...Tags: California, The New York Times, Education
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What Will The Health Effects Be for Humans?
ABC26 NewsWith a huge and unpredictable oil slick drifting in the Gulf of Mexico, state and federal authorities are preparing to deal with a variety of hazards to human health if and when the full brunt of the toxic mess washes ashore. The list of potential...Tags: Skin Rash, Health, Air Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Seafood
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Deep-sea ice crystals stymie Gulf oil leak fix
ABC26 NewsA novel but risky attempt to use a 100-ton steel-and-concrete box to cover a deepwater oil well gushing toxic crude into the Gulf of Mexico was aborted Saturday after ice crystals encased it, an ominous development as thick blobs of tar began washing up...Tags: Environmental Pollution, BP Plc, Mobile, Science and Technology, Employees
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Tulane Makes List of Top Party Schools
Staff reporterThe nation's top party schools, according to Princeton Review's 2009 survey of 122,000 students. 1. Penn State University, State College, Pa. 2. University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 3. University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss. 4. University of...Tags: Iowa, Iowa City, Bloomington (Monroe, Indiana), Gainesville, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Make it Float: A New Type of Home Debuts in New Orleans
ABC26 NewsBrad Pitt's "Make it Right" group has a new idea: make it float. We all remember the images of flood water as high as rooftops here after Katrina, but if it floods here again, the new home from the "Make it Right" foundation will be head and shoulders...Tags: Homes, Disasters and Accidents, University of California, Los Angeles, Technology, Brad Pitt
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Witness: BP Took 'Shortcuts' Before Well Blowout
ABC26 NewsSenior managers complained oil giant BP was "taking shortcuts" by replacing heavy drilling fluid with saltwater in the well that blew out, triggering the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to witness statements obtained by The Associated...Tags: Berkeley (Alameda, California), Environmental Pollution, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Science and Technology, Barack Obama
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