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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk. Read More

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - It was Asia's answer to Hurricane Katrina. Packing winds upwards of 120 mph, Cyclone Nargis became one of Asia's deadliest storms by hitting land at one of the lowest points in Myanmar and setting off a storm surge that reached 25 miles inland. Read More

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Lingering fears about formaldehyde fumes inside federally issued trailers and the impending hurricane season have Mayor Ray Nagin pushing to empty thousands of the structures, intended as temporary housing after Katrina. Read More

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers can be held liable for flood damage caused by a ``hurricane highway,'' a navigation channel that is believed to have funneled Hurricane Katrina's storm surge into the city, a federal judge ruled Friday. Read More

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Bishop J. Douglas Wiley has just a tent for a church and a fraction of his congregants, more than 2 1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina. Read More

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