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Elder Bush Wraps Up Tour of Gulf Damage (ABC News)
Elder Bush Wraps Up Tour of Hurricane-Ravaged Gulf Coast, Says Damage Reminds Him of Tsunami

BellSouth to take $100M charge for Hurricane Katrina damage (Picayune Item)
ATLANTA (AP) - BellSouth Corp., the dominant local telephone provider in nine Southeastern states, said Thursday that damage to its properties and equipment from Hurricane Katrina will cause it to record a $100 million after-tax charge in the third quarter.

9 charged with filing false hurricane damage claims (Kansas City Star)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - (KRT) - Nine Florida women were arrested Friday on charges they bilked the Federal Emergency Management Agency by filing false damage claims after Hurricane Frances last year.

FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH WRAPS UP TOUR OF HURRICANE-RAVAGED GULF COAST (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
Former President George H.W. Bush , left, speaks with members of the the Alabama National Guard during a tour of Cameron, La., Sunday. (AP Photo) CAMERON, La. (AP) - Former President George H.W. Bush wrapped up a tour of the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast on Sunday with a helicopter trip over parts of Texas and Louisiana, saying the damage reminded him of last year's Asian tsunami.

Two New Orleans Hospitals Declared 'Unsalvageable' Because of Damage From Hurricane Katrina (Medical News Today)
Officials for Charity and University hospitals in New Orleans on Wednesday declared the facilities "unsalvageable" because of health hazards and a combined $445 million in damage sustained from Hurricane Katrina, the Washington Times reports (Harper, Washington Times , 10/6). Donald Smithburg -- CEO of the Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division , which oversees the hospitals --