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"The Army Corps of Engineers has spent about $4 billion so far of the $14 billion set aside by Congress to repair and upgrade the metropolitan area's hundreds of miles of levees by 2011. Some outside experts said the leak could mean that billions more will be needed and that some of the work already completed may need to be redone."
Friday, May 23, 2008
Leaky Levee Stirs Doubts in New Orleans - AOL News
Leaky Levee Stirs Doubts in New Orleans - AOL News:
Monday, May 19, 2008
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Astana invited into Giro lineup - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports
Astana invited into Giro lineup - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports:
"Giro d’Italia organizers have invited the Astana team to compete in the race, reversing an earlier decision to ban it because of doping scandals.
Astana officials confirmed Saturday they are hurrying to get elite American rider Levi Leipheimer from California to Palermo, Sicily, for the start of the three-week race next Saturday.....Alberto Contador, winner of the 2007 Tour de France, will also be at the starting line for Astana."
Monday, April 28, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Contador defies toothache to win Basque race - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports
Contador defies toothache to win Basque race - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports: "
Severe toothache could not prevent Spaniard Alberto Contador from taking an emphatic overall victory in the Tour of the Basque Country on Saturday.
Victorious in the opening stage on Monday, the 2007 Tour de France winner clinched Saturday’s final stage, a hilly time trial in Orio, to confirm his week-long lead.
Second behind the Astana rider on the stage was Cadel Evans"
Monday, April 14, 2008
Reinforcing history | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/13/2008
Reinforcing history | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/13/2008:
"The opening of the new $103 million Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center tomorrow is nearly the culmination of a 14-year plan to relocate the hub of tourist activity well away from the battle lines of the defining North-South clash of 160,000 men, and to restore Cemetery Ridge to the way it looked that summer 145 years ago."
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