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NEWS ABOUT: Southeast

Southeast stories: 7 news summaries

 Eight Dead in Southeast Floods 


Sep 22, 09 10:34 AM CDT
(AP) - Washed-out roads and flooded interstate highways around Atlanta added to the misery today after days of torrential rain in the Southeast that claimed at least eight lives, including a 15-year-old boy whose body was found in the Chattooga River. Authorities urged people who don't need to drive to stay home,... More »

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Southeast • Atlanta • Georgia • flood • flooding • rain

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Southern Cheaters Call on God—but Which God?

Sanford used God-talk in confession; Spitzer, McGreevey didn't

Jul 2, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Sanford's liberal use of religious rhetoric in confessing his affair prompts Gustav Niebuhr to observe that whether Sanford is pandering or actually penitent, he is very much in the tradition of Southern politicians caught in scandal. Bill Clinton, David Vitter, and John Edwards all applied an ample dose of... More »

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Southeast • Christianity • religion • affair • scripture • cheating • political scandal • conservatism • Mark Sanford

Water Runs Out In Tenn. Town

Drought forces Orme to borrow from nearby town's hydrant

Nov 2, 07 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the Southeast drought’s effects on Orme, Tenn., are a sign of things to come, folks in Atlanta should start scheduling their showers. The rural home to 145 people has run completely dry, and what water gets trucked in can be used only between 6 and 9 pm. This... More »

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Southeast • Atlanta • drought • water • Alabama • Tennessee • emergency funding • Orme

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Water

Sunbelt lusts for Great Lakes' water,
but eight states vow to keep it

Oct 28, 07 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - You'd think the warm weather and easy living would make the West and South leave Frostbelters alone. But no, they want what that frost is made from: water. As drought and development strain limited local water resources, the Sunbelt wants to tap some of the billions of gallons of Great... More »

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California • Texas • Wisconsin • Southeast • West • Midwest • Chicago • water • New York • New Mexico • Michigan • Lake Superior • Lake Ontario • Lake Erie • Lake Michigan • Illinois • natural resources • Lake Huron

Drought-weary Georgia Wants Help From Feds

Reservoirs nearly dry; governor asks Bush to declare disaster area

Oct 20, 07 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - With water supplies dwindling because of a severe drought, Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency today and asked President Bush to declare the northern part of the state a disaster area, the AP reports. The state wants permission to skirt EPA rules governing reservoir levels to deal with the... More »

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Southeast • drought • Georgia • water restrictions

Heat Wave Claims 49 Lives

Triple-digit temperatures take
toll in Midwest, Southeast

Aug 19, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The heat wave sweeping across the Midwest and Southeast has claimed at least 49 lives over the past week. Officials in Alabama and Memphis reported the 10 most recent deaths on Saturday, mostly elderly citizens. The weather forecast for next week predicts some relief from the triple digit-temperatures that has... More »

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weather • elderly • Southeast • Midwest • global warming • temperature • heat wave

Utilities May Profit From Ruling

Some corporations may profit off tighter greenhouse gas regulations

Apr 3, 07 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some utility  companies may actually benefit financially from the Supreme Court ruling forcing the EPA to crack down on greenhouse gas emissions, the Wall Street Journal reports.  While it will cost them millions in the short-term to meet new requirements, utilities in government-regulated markets—mostly in the Southeast, Great... More »

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climate change • environment • politics • Texas • utility companies • pollution • greenhouse gases • Northeast • Southeast • Great Plains • West • Midwest • US Supreme Court • utilities

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