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23 hrs ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Ky. delivers report on last season's costly storms

A report released Thursday on last season's ice and wind storms says Kentucky's utilities should not spend billions of dollars burying electrical transmission lines to prevent future mass outages.

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Yesterday | The Courier-Journal

Ice storm, wind storm cost more than $1.2 billion

January's ice storm and the wind storm a few months earlier did more than $1.2 billion in damage in Kentucky, the Public Service Commission says in a new report.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Hurricane, Weather

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Chain Leader

Earnings Up, Sales Down at Jack in the Box

Jack in the Box Inc. reports fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 earnings; issues guidance for fiscal year 2010.

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Houston Chronicle

Ike victims claim pressure to leave trailers

Alida and Tom Duggan are fighting contractors, their insurance company and the bank in a struggle to rebuild their home in Bayou Vista, destroyed by Hurricane Ike.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Hurricane, Weather, Bayou Vista, TX, Houston Metro, Galveston Metro, Galveston, TX

Wed Nov 18, 2009

WQMF-FM Louisville

Wind/Ice Storm Costs Exceed $1 Billion

Kentucky is still picking up the tab for mother nature's fury during the wind and ice storms.

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The Herald Democrat

Hundreds ticketed over Ike-damaged dike d0641 BC-TX-Ike-Dike 11-17 0254

Nearly 400 tickets have been issued to people who can't seem to stay away from a Hurricane Ike-damaged dike in Texas City.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Weather, Galveston Metro, Texas City, TX

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Cincypost.Com

Ice Storm, High Winds Cost Kentucky $1.2B

A state official says remnants from a hurricane last fall and a massive ice storm earlier this year caused more than $1.2 billion in damages in Kentucky.

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KBTX-TV Bryan

HUD Rejects Texas' Latest Hurricane Recovery Plan

Texas has 45 days to rework its plan to spend the second round of $1.7 billion in Hurricane Ike federal recovery funds after the Department of Housing and Urban Development said the state did not provide enough chances for residents to comment on using disaster money on housing and infrastructure.

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Hotel News Resource

Hotwire Reveals Hotel Rate Report for November 2009

Hotwire.com , a leading discount travel site, today announced the results of the November 2009 Hotwire Hotel Rate Report.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Galveston County Daily News

Few in county able to buy FEMA mobile homes

Fifteen months ago, Paul Ray and Donna Heinrich had a view of the water from the porch of their house in Gilchrist.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Home Listing, Home, Gilchrist, TX, Hitchcock, TX, Hurricane, Weather, Galveston County, TX

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Galveston County Daily News

Hard times arrive for some island businesses

In the months after Hurricane Ike, cleanup and rebuilding booms helped fill restaurants and hotels and put buyers in stores, shielding the island's economy from a population plunge and a national recession.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Weather, Galveston, TX

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Orange Leader

FEMA home program nearing completion

Southeast Texans displaced by Hurricane Ike who are still living in federally-provided mobile home units have just four months to find alternative housing.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Hurricane, Weather, Orange County, TX

Fri Nov 13, 2009

KHOU-TV Houston

Alternative Galveston housing proposal released

The Galveston Alliance of Island Neighborhoods has released its own plan for rebuilding the city's public housing.

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Related Topix: Galveston, TX, Hurricane, Weather, University of Texas Medical Branch

Thu Nov 12, 2009

PilotOnline.com

Emergency price-gouging rules in effect

The state law preventing price gouging kicked in Wednesday night when Gov. Timothy M. Kaine declared a state of emergency during the storm.

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ClipSyndicate

Hurricane Briefing for November 12, 2009

The tree population on Galveston Island took a big hit from Hurricane Ike. The winds destroyed many, but the storm surge also brought in too much saltwater, killing many trees long after the storms landfall.

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KHOU-TV Houston

Group to offer own housing strategy

A group opposed to plans to rebuild public housing demolished after Hurricane Ike is forming its own redevelopment strategy.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

KWTX

Central Texas Woman Slain; Hurricane Ike Refugee Charged

A man who had relocated to Central Texas after Hurricane Ike was in the Hill County Jail Monday, charged in the murder of a Valley Mills woman.

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Related Topix: Texas, Hurricane, Weather, Hill County, TX, Valley Mills, TX, Itasca, TX

Tue Nov 10, 2009

KHOU-TV Houston

Galveston yet to spend funds from year-old tax

One year after island voters approved the 20-year extension of the half-cent 4B sales tax, the city council has yet to spend any of the funds.

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Waco Tribune-Herald

Police News: Man charged in slaying is Hurricane Ike transplant

The man arrested Saturday in the shooting death of a Valley Mills woman in Hill County is a Bay City, Texas, transient who had relocated to Central Texas in advance of Hurricane Ike.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Hurricane, Weather, Hill County, TX, Valley Mills, TX

Mon Nov 09, 2009

KHOU-TV Houston

Archdiocese to tear down some Galveston, Bolivar buildings

HOUSTON Hurricane Ike hit our area more than one year ago, but the impact has prompted the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to make big changes.

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