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Oil Gains on Concern Storm Damage May Strain U.S. Fuel Supplies (Bloomberg.com)
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose for a second day on concern hurricane damage and the need to make gasoline may prevent U.S. refiners from producing enough winter fuels.

AIA offering free damage assessments (Mississippi Business Journal)
BILOXI Architects from across Mississippi and the U.S. are assisting victims of Hurricane Katrina by donating their time and expertise to perform free damage assessments for home and small business owners who request them.

ABCUSA: ABC of South Churches Sustain Limited Hurricane Damage (Worldwide Faith News)
American Baptist News Service (Valley Forge, Pa. 10/7/05)--In the aftermath of Hurricane Rita--now that the waters have receded, essential services largely have been restored, and many people have returned to their homes-staff of the American Baptist Churches of the South (ABCOTS) have assessed conditions affecting the region's churches and parishioners.

Massive damage nixes early signs of hope for Beau Rivage casino (USA Today)
When Hurricane Katrina finished pounding Biloxi, it appeared the Beau Rivage hotel-casino had escaped serious damage. But the chairman of MGM Mirage, the company that owns the $800 million property, predicts it will be the single-biggest loss of any of the casinos lining Mississippi's coast.

Elder Bush Wraps Up Tour of Gulf Damage (AP via Yahoo! News)
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 --