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U.S. / NEWS Mon May 26, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Worst twister season in a a decade The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch about 6 p.m. for 45 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, but canceled the alert five hours later as the storms began to ease. Slide show•Twisted mess View images of th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 6, 2006 @ 8:36am neoform

USA Today -- At least two months before the IRS mistakenly began paying an estimated $200 million in fraudulent or erroneous 2006 tax season refunds, the agency was warned about potentially “catastrophic” problems in a new computer being developed to avert such a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 15, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Local crabbers were stunned Wednesday after a decision by the Department of Fish and Game left open to commercial and recreational fishermen much of the traditional Dungeness ground in the ocean outside the Golden Gate. With their season set to begin T.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Aug 19, 2007 @ 1:50pm neoform

MSNBC -- After a season of chasing, Southern California is again the team being chased. And that’s just the way coach Pete Carroll and the Trojans like it. For the third time in the past four years, USC begins the college football season No. 1 in The Assoc.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 9:28am neoform

FOX News -- Weeks into a wildfire season that has already burned parts of Catalina Island, Los Angeles and Lake Tahoe, swaths of California's flammable national forests are some days protected by nothing more than luck. On any given day, about 40 of 271 U.S. Fores.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 1, 2007 @ 10:15pm neoform

CNN -- Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico and set sail for Florida on Friday -- the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season. Barry is the second named storm of the year, after Subtropical Storm Andrea made its debut May 9. In an 8 p.m. ET.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 31, 2007 @ 4:37pm neoform

USA Today -- By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press MIAMI — Most people along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts haven't made hurricane survival plans, despite pleas from emergency officials for residents to prepare before the season starts, according to a poll released Thursda.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 30, 2007 @ 1:45pm neoform

USA Today -- The government has found few shortcomings in state disaster plans as it finishes preparing for Friday's start of what forecasters say will be an unusually active hurricane season, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Paulison said Tuesd.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri May 25, 2007 @ 12:37pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- MEMORIAL DAY weekend is nearly here, marking the official opening of the summer driving season. In Congress, that means it's silly season for oil-company bashers, as lawmakers pandering to motorists scramble to look like they're doing something about high.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

USA Today -- Federal weather forecasters Tuesday predicted a busy hurricane season this year, with as many as 10 hurricanes, up to half of them with major destructive force. After their nearly identical prediction last year fizzled, weather officials joined with em.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 22, 2007 @ 2:03pm neoform

FOX News -- Government forecasters called for a busier than normal hurricane season Tuesday. National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms, with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes. The forecast follows that of two other lea.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 22, 2007 @ 2:02pm neoform

CNN -- Government forecasters called for a busier than normal hurricane season Tuesday. National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 13 to 17 tropical storms, with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes. The forecast follows that of two other lea.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 3, 2007 @ 11:10pm neoform

FOX News -- The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season should be "very active," with nine hurricanes and a good chance that at least one major hurricane will hit the U.S. coast, a top researcher said Tuesday. Forecaster William Gray said he expects 17 named storms in all.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 3, 2007 @ 6:15pm neoform

CBS News -- The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season should be "very active," with nine hurricanes and a good chance that at least one major hurricane will hit the U.S. coast, a top researcher said Tuesday. Forecaster William Gray of Colorado State University said he ex.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 6:39pm neoform

SF Gate -- State officials today took their penultimate Sierra snow survey for the season, and the news was grim. The snow pack, an essential part of California's water supply, is far below normal, ranging from 55 percent of the average in the north to 40 percent.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 12:24am neoform

Washington Post -- The head of the Army Corps of Engineers said yesterday that vibration problems with pumps at three major drainage canals in New Orleans will be fixed within seven weeks, before the hurricane season opens. "By the end of April, we will have those pump.. Read More