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The Army Corps of Engineers would hold back more water in Georgia lakes as the governors of drought-stricken Georgia, Florida and Alabama work toward a water-sharing agreement, under a plan brokered by the Bush administration.
Residents in areas only now recovering from Hurricane Katrina were soaked by more than 8 inches of rain, leaving businesses sitting in waist-high water, closing schools and flooding streets.
A British private security team protecting members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened fire on a speeding vehicle after issuing warning shots Thursday, wounding four Iraqi civilians in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, the U.S. military said.
The Army Corps of Engineers sidestepped the governor's demand to stop draining reservoirs Wednesday, setting up a legal showdown between the federal government and state officials who blame the policy for intensifying a record drought.
The city is taking bids to demolish more than 1,800 hurricane-damaged properties, believed to be the last of those ruined by Katrina that are still standing but beyond repair.
The Army Corps of Engineers, which accidentally dumped sand filled with old military ordnance on Surf City's beach, now wants the town to help pay to remove it.
The Army Corps of Engineers doesn't necessarily need a new field office in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
One of 34 drainage pumps under investigation for possibly being faulty when they were installed before the start of last year's hurricane season had a minor problem during a test Thursday, the Army Corps of Engineers said.
Two Louisiana senators said Tuesday they have blocked Senate confirmation of the nominee to head of the Army Corps of Engineers to allow time for debate on his role in rebuilding hurricane-ravaged Louisiana.
The Army Corps of Engineers, rushing to meet President Bush's promise to protect New Orleans by the start of the 2006 hurricane season, installed defective flood-control pumps last year despite warnings from its own expert that the equipment would fail during a storm, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Mayor Ray Nagin announces a plan to rebuild the city with Legos. And the Army Corps of Engineers is thinking of a new slogan: "YOU try building things with government screwdrivers."
The Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to divert up to $1.3 billion for levee repairs from the Mississippi River's East Bank, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, to the West Bank, where tens of thousands of people have resettled.
Three top-ranking Army Corps of Engineers officials who led the agency's reconstruction work after Hurricane Katrina are stepping down, prompting critics to again question whether the Corps is able to protect the city from future disasters.
In just eight months, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has done years of work on the Katrina-battered ramparts around New Orleans.
Five people whose homes were flooded during Hurricane Katrina sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday, accusing the agency of ignoring repeated warnings that a navigation channel it built would turn into a "hurricane highway."
The government overpaid by 20 percent on a $39.5 million, no-bid Hurricane Katrina contract for portable classrooms because the Army Corps of Engineers passed up chances to negotiate a lower price, a federal audit says.
A particularly crafty sea lion is befuddling the Army Corps of Engineers, who have come to believe the 1,000-pound mammal is either from hell — or from Harvard.
A foundation problem — although not the one targeted by earlier studies — caused the 450-foot-long break in a floodwall and levee on New Orleans' western edge when Hurricane Katrina hit, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday.
The German shepherd trots from rock to rock, ears pricked upward and nose pointed towards the earth, intent on his mission. Several feet away, his handler, Sgt.
Did you ever think a time would come when people in this country's Southeast would be praying for a few more hurricanes? Unfortunately, the normally soggy Southeast is suffering from a very real two-year rainwater drought that could threaten drinking water supplies for metropolit …
LONDON (Reuters) - A British private security company is being sued in the United States over the death of a U.S. soldier hit by one of its convoys in Iraq, according to court documents.
Georgia's entire congressional delegation introduced legislation Tuesday intended to relieve drought conditions in the Atlanta area.
WASHINGTON ? Violence in Iraq?s Diyala River Valley has been slashed in half thanks to citizen volunteers, a coalition commander said today.?Currently in Diyala, we have 4,000 local citizens who have decided to reject al Qaeda and other extremist organizations as well as militia, …
"The situation here is a huge opportunity for the city and the nation," says Törnqvist, who says he can't imagine Holland turning its back on Amsterdam, or Italy giving up on Venice.
Once upon a time, Ted Kennedy could count on his daily dose of veneration. The right wing hated the Massachusetts Democrat, but progressives honored him as a defender of old-school liberalism.
Once upon a time, Ted Kennedy could count on his daily dose of veneration. The right wing hated the Massachusetts Democrat, but progressives honored him as a defender of old-school liberalism.In a remarkable turnaround, liberals are now heaping scorn on the 73-year-old senator.
A 1953 storm that killed 1,835 people forced the Netherlands to change the way disaster protection is done. The same can't be said of the U.S., where innovation has been stymied by pork-barrel politics. Part two of a three-part series.
One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted. Or worse.
SAMARRA — Paratroopers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, have been patrolling and operating in Samarra for more than one year and recently supported the Iraqi security forces in a clearing operation to rid the city of the al-Qaida presence terror …
BAGHDAD — Raw sewage is no longer inundating a neighborhood in east Baghdad.
Environmentalists, with the help of politicians and other government officials, have an agenda that has cost thousands of American lives.
New Orleans area emergency preparedness officials kept a watchful eye on the Caribbean Sea on Friday, while residents of the island nation of Jamaica prepared for a strong Category 4 Hurricane Dean to make landfall on Sunday morning.
Environmentalists, with the help of politicians and other government officials, have an agenda that has cost thousands of American lives.
The guy that is in charge of rebuilding the 35W bridge in MN was fired for his corrupt handling of the 'Big Dig' in Boston. You know the project, it was a little over a year ago it crushed a woman. J.
The most important thing to remember about the drowning of New Orleans is that it wasn't a natural disaster. It was a man-made disaster, created by lousy engineering, misplaced priorities and pork-barrel politics.
Once again, it's President Bush against just about everyone else.
ST. FRANCISVILLE — Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti can proceed with his prosecution of two New Orleans-area nursing home owners charged with negligent homicide in the deaths of 35 patients during Hurricane Katrina's floods, a judge ruled Wednesday.
In a new, elaborate training center in the Negev desert, Israeli troops — and someday, U.S.
The People and the Environment vs. The Developers. Sprawl. Blight. Environmental Exploitation. And ... ignoring the voice of the People.
WASHINGTON, July 5 — After a concerted lobbying effort by property developers, mine owners and farm groups, the Bush administration scaled back proposed guidelines for enforcing a key Supreme Court ruling governing protected wetlands and streams.
-- The government's repairs to New Orleans' hurricane-damaged levees may put the French Quarter in greater danger than it was before Hurricane Katrina, a weakness planners said couldn't be helped, at least for now.
The beach at Surf City, cited as a safety concern after World War I explosives were found there this winter, will reopen Friday.
WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service, May 9, 2007) - Continued vigilance against al Qaeda, improved governance and focused reconstruction are vital to continued success in Iraq's Anbar province, a top military official said today."Six months ago some people said that al Anba …
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