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| Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:00:00 EST Katrina boosts jobless claims |
| The effects of Hurricane Katrina are beginning to show up in economic data. First-time claims for unemployment insurance rose 71,000 in the week ending September 10, according to the Labor Department. Many of the claims were Katrina-related. For example, most of the 2,412 claims in Alabama were in the trade and services industries and were storm-related. In Texas, the state with the most claims, hurricane evacuees made the bulk of the 5,613 claims. |
| Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:00:00 EST U.N. sets weakened reform plan |
| UNITED NATIONS–The diplomats parsing words and ideas here negotiated right up to their deadline, but what they got for their feverish efforts was not a hoped-for breakthrough on reforming the frequently maligned world body but rather–as one ambassador here put it–a "watered-down document." |
| Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:00:00 EST Getting through the storm |
| After state and local officials spent the weekend preparing for its arrival, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on August 29. U.S. News documents what the officials were doing as the storm hit and as New Orleans began to flood. |
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