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    Judge: Feds Liable for Katrina Flooding

    As related in this NPR story, a New Orleans federal district judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers so poorly maintained a shipping channel at the mouth of the Mississippi that it basically caused flooding in New Orleans. Judge Stanwood Duval awarded $720,000 to four individuals and a business.

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