Tuesday, August 29, 2006

National and International News-Tuesday

MIAMI (AP) - Officials in Florida's Broward and Miami-Dade counties say people who live in mobile homes or damaged residences should get out ahead of Tropical Storm Ernesto because such dwellings won't be safe. Forecasters say the storm could reach hurricane strength by the time it hits as early as tonight.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, who lost his job because of Hurricane Katrina, says a lack of candor about the federal response is his biggest regret. He tells N-B-C's "Today"show, "There was no plan." He also says he couldn't get the money authorized for proper catastrophic planning.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Prosecutors are promising to keep up the search for the killer of JonBenet Ramsey. Meanwhile, the aunt of the slain girl tells C-B-S she's not surprised that John Karr's public confession to being with JonBenet when she died didn't hold up. She says he could be "quite disturbed."

WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says the government needs more access to airline passenger information. In an article published today in the Washington Post, Chertoff says it's the only way to identify potential hijackers. He says you can't stop someone you don't know exists.

WESTPORT, N.Y. (AP) - State police investigators are working today to try to find the cause of a deadly Greyhound bus crash in northern New York. The Montreal-bound bus went off the Adirondack Northway and landed on its roof. The driver and four passengers were killed. I-87 remains closed in the area.

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