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U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 8:06am neoform

CNN -- An organization that accredits zoos says the San Francisco Zoo had an "impressive" response to a tiger escape on Christmas Day but could have done more initially, according to a report the zoo released Tuesday. A Siberian tiger got out of its enclosure on.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- For decades, Seattle has led the nation in 911 medical response with a strategy of basic life-support services by firefighters trained as emergency medical technicians, advanced care by paramedics when needed, and citizen participation in lifesaving. T.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 29, 2008 @ 8:05am neoform

SF Gate -- Coast Guard officials who boarded the Cosco Busan to determine how much oil had spilled into the San Francisco Bay had trouble communicating with the Chinese-speaking crew - and ultimately had to use drawings and hand gestures. The new detail, containe.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 21, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Thanks to an overwhelming response from Good Samaritans after the San Francisco Bay oil spill, volunteers are needed this weekend to clean only a few beaches in Marin County, while expert decontamination crews work on harder-to-reach rocky areas around An.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 12, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein lambasted the oil-spill response effort of the past week, saying Sunday that it revealed a disturbing lack of readiness for disasters in the Bay Area - and that the full weight of the federal government will now be brought into a rig.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 15, 2007 @ 8:44pm neoform

CNN -- In response to a letter Michael Moore wrote about CNN's reporting on his documentary "SiCKO," a CNN spokesperson released the following statement: "It's ironic that someone who has made a career out of holding powerful interests accountable is so sensi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 16, 2007 @ 9:38am neoform

USA Today -- —The government has fixed most of the problems that undermined its response to Hurricane Katrina, even though an updated federal disaster plan is not completed, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief R. David Paulison told lawmakers Tuesday. At a H.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 9, 2007 @ 11:11am neoform

Boston Globe -- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says the war in Iraq has exposed holes in domestic disaster response like the one currently under way in tornado-ravaged Kansas. The governor said about half the state's National Guard trucks are in Iraq, equipment that would be.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jan 21, 2007 @ 12:58am neoform

MSNBC -- Political storm clouds gathered again over the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina as former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown said party politics influenced decisions on whether to take federal control of Louisian.. Read More