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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>FEMA no longer provides ice in emergency situations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Megan Chuchmach of ABC.com reports that <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5828158&#038;page=1">new FEMA rules stipulate that states must provide their own ice in emergency situations</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>City&#8217;s wildfire clean-up exceeded estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/citys-wildfire-clean-up-exceeded-estimates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the October 2007 wildfires, the city of San Diego contracted with two companies for demolition and clean-up of homes destroyed in the fire.  <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080803-9999-lz1n3fires.html">Original estimates for the service was around $28,000 per home, but the final costs surpassed the original estimate by more than 68 percent</a> according to a watchdog report by Dana Wilkie, Brooke Williams and Danielle Cervantes of The <em>San Diego Union-Tribune</em>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese officials buy silence from grieving parents</title>
		<link>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/international/chinese-officials-buy-silence-from-grieving-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/world/asia/24quake.html?hp">Chinese officials are offering "hush money" to families who lost children in the May 12 earthquake</a>, reports Edward Wong of<em> The New York Times</em>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Companies were aware of toxicity issues with FEMA trailers</title>
		<link>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/health/companies-were-aware-of-toxicity-issues-with-fema-trailers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<em>CBS News</em>' Armen Keteyian reports that <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/08/cbsnews_investigates/main4243041.shtml?source=RSS&#38;attr=_4243041">Congress is investigating the manufacturers of the trailers used as emergency housing in the Gulf following Hurricane Katrina</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>$85 million in supplies meant for Katrina victims declared surplus</title>
		<link>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/85-million-in-supplies-meant-for-katrina-victims-declared-surplus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rescntr</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An investigation by CNN&#8217;s Abbie Boudreau and Scott Zamost discovered that FEMA gave away $85 million of new supplies meant for Hurricane Katrina victims . The items, ranging from clothes to cleaning supplies, sat in FEMA warehouses for two years before being declared federal surplus by the agency. The merchandise was then offered for free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting Willow Island</title>
		<link>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/workplace/revisiting-willow-island/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/workplace/revisiting-willow-island/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rescntr</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>The global food crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/the-global-food-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/the-global-food-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rescntr</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Gaps in Wisconsin tornado warning system identified</title>
		<link>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/gaps-in-wisconsin-tornado-warning-system-identified/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/car/gaps-in-wisconsin-tornado-warning-system-identified/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rescntr</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>&#8220;13 Seconds in August&#8221; details bridge collapes</title>
		<link>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/disasters/13-seconds-in-august-details-bridge-collapes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/disasters/13-seconds-in-august-details-bridge-collapes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rescntr</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>FEMA aid distribution uneven to victims of NY storms</title>
		<link>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/fema-aid-distribution-uneven-to-victims-of-ny-storms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/fema-aid-distribution-uneven-to-victims-of-ny-storms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rescntr</dc:creator>
		
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