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Katrina ruling could bring new deluge of lawsuits (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2005 file photo, residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of  Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.  The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge rules that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool, File)AP - A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.





US Army Corps at fault for New Orleans levee failures: judge (AFP/Getty Images/File)

Two new exhaust pipes at the US Army Corp's of Engineers 17th St. Canal Outfall Canal in New Orleans, blast out water out of the lower lying areas of New Orleans and back into Lake Pontchartrain, in 2007. The deadly levee failures which led to the flooding of New Orleans during 2005's Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge ruled.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP/Getty Images/File - The deadly levee failures that led to the 2005 flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge has ruled.





U.S. government liable for some Katrina damage: judge (Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was negligent in maintaining a key navigational channel in New Orleans and was liable for some damage caused by massive flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.


East Coast storm begins to move out to sea (AP)

A motorist drives through flood waters along Park Blvd. during severe weather, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Wildwood, N.J. AP Photo/Sean Fitzgerald)AP - A powerful storm born from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida began moving out to sea Friday after raking the East Coast for three days, leaving behind it a trail of flooding, damaged buildings, eroded beaches and at least six deaths.





Dolphin stranded in Ala. after Tropical Storm Ida (AP) AP - An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin is being treated for dehydration and pneumonia after it was found stranded following Tropical Storm Ida's brush with the Alabama coast.


House speaker wants federal money to tackle blight (AP) AP - Federal recovery money that remains unused since hurricanes Katrina and Rita should be spent on blight remediation and infrastructure repairs in New Orleans, House Speaker Jim Tucker said Thursday.


Ask AP: Soldier in Uzbekistan, solar panel safety (AP)

File - U.S. Army soldier walks past a Humvee vehicle at the Khanabad base, Uzbekistan, in this May 28, 2002 file photo. A question about military casualties in Uzbekistan is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column called 'Ask AP.'   (AP Photo/Bagila Bukharbaeva, File)AP - A lot of the sunniest parts of the U.S. — like Florida and the Gulf Coast — are also prime hurricane country.





The nation's weather (AP) AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida were expected to continue pushing up the East Coast and leave more wet weather over the Mid-Atlantic and New England on Friday.


Mississippi sees "catastrophic" crop losses (Reuters) Reuters - Rain from Tropical Storm Ida further slowed the cotton, soybean and sweet potato harvest in Mississippi, where crop losses were devastating even before the storm hit, a state agriculture official said on Thursday.


Ida further slows harvest for Southern farmers (AP)

A car passes by a rain-soaked cotton field in rural Henry County, Ala. late Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. The wind and rain from Tropical Storm Ida has compounded the misery for Southern farmers who were already coping with a delayed harvest season. (AP Photo/The Dothan Eagle, Jay Hare)AP - Tropical Storm Ida may not have done much damage when it hit the Gulf Coast this week, but its wind and rain compounded the misery for Southern farmers already coping with a wet, difficult harvest season.





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