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Spiritual-Care Course Trains Chaplains, Others For The Next Disaster
The Hartford CourantThe three mass-casualty disasters in the Northeast this past year — Sandy, Newtown and Boston — brought attention and the nation's sympathies not only to the victims, but also to the many people who came to their aid: particularly police, fire...Tags: Boston Marathon, September 11, 2001 Attacks, American Red Cross, Hartford Seminary, Seminaries
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New Britain Lands Almost $1 Million To Modernize Fire Department Fleet
The Hartford CourantLadder 3, an outmoded firetruck that dates to 1982, is headed for retirement next year thanks to a nearly $1 million federal grant. City taxpayers will put up just $240,000 to buy a modern $1.2 million tower truck capable of raising firefighters and...Tags: Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Elizabeth Esty, Southington, Torrington, New Milford
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Heart association commends Bon Secours
All three Bon Secours hospitals in Hampton Roads — Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News, Maryview in Portsmouth and DePaul in Norfolk — have earned the American Heart Association's "Mission: Lifeline" recognition for heart attack care....
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Social Media, Nursing, Diseases and Illnesses, General Practitioners
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FEMA chief: No excuse for not being prepared
Craig Fugate has one overriding message for all Florida residents, now that the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is underway: "The price of living in paradise is to get prepared and quit using excuses." "Complacency is just a dumb excuse people use to say...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Natural Disasters, Hurricanes, Miami-Dade County
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Nelson to Scott: Coax Florida Republicans to back off furloughs
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott took a shot at President Obama yesterday about the federal sequestration forcing some furloughs of National Guardsmen as the hurricane season ramps up. Today, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is shooting back with a letter...Tags: Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Career and Workplace, Budget Control Act of 2011, Bill Nelson
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Death toll rises to 13 in Oklahoma storms
The death toll in the storms that battered the Oklahoma City area late last week has risen to 13, including four children, authorities said Sunday. The chief medical examiner's office said the storm claimed the lives of nine adults and four children....
Tags: Tornadoes, Natural Disasters
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Flood insurance: Changes in the federal program taking effect
Michael McMann has lived in his Margate home more than 22 years. About half of that time he's had flood insurance. And though he currently maintains the $355 yearly coverage for his 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home, with no mortgage, McMann admits he's thought...Tags: Mortgages, Palm Beach County, Floods, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Insurance
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Des Plaines flood victim gets donated van from church
To the casual observer, it's just a 1992 Dodge Caravan. But sitting in the driver's seat late last week outside Trinity Lutheran Church in Des Plaines, Sheree Brussa saw much more. It's the ability to transport her son, Joseph, 6, to his numerous...
Tags: Human Interest, Cerebral Palsy, Dodge, Personal Income
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FEMA will help with Powerhouse firefighting costs
The federal government has pledged to reimburse up to 75% of the costs associated with fighting the Powerhouse fire in the Santa Clarita area, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced. State officials requested FEMA’s help over the...
Tags: Fires, American Red Cross
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Sequester budget cuts a concern in hurricane season
Andrea is coming. Then Barry, Chantal and Dorian. If national weather forecasters are right, 13 to 20 named tropical storms will brew up over the warm Atlantic this year in what's expected to be an "active or extremely active" season. Of those, seven to...
Tags: Government Debt, Weather Warnings, Meteorological Disasters, Executive Branch, Budget Control Act of 2011
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IRS aside, political passions take a summer break
HONEA PATH, S.C. (AP) — Four years after the summer of rage that fueled the tea party movement, the political circuit is much quieter — even in Republican bastions like this. It's not clear whether conservatives who rallied against President...
Tags: Public Finance, PATH, Barack Obama, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Immigration
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How to survive a zombie apocalypse
chrisc@herald-mail.comZombies. Giant super-storms. Runaway climate change. Alien invasions. Sneak attacks by invading enemy nations. Thrilling stuff of end-of-life-as-we-know-it science fiction books and movies. But as recent news coverage reminds us — Superstorm...Tags: Terrorism, Science and Technology, Solar Storms (2012), Anthrax, Meteorological Disasters
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