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Wind-whipped fires sear Southern California: One person dies in blaze in San Diego County; Malibu evacuated

Georgia's governor declares drought emergency

Son of Indian immigrants is new La. governor: Bobby Jindal becomes state's first nonwhite leader since Reconstruction -- he's also the youngest governor in the nation

Are Our Kids the Sickest Generation? -- "More kids are getting diagnosed with bipolar, ADHD, allergies, and asthma [...] Some attribute this increase to improved diagnosing, others to over-diagnosing. Still others view the sick-kid trend as the proverbial canary in the coalmine: More children are getting sick because they are fragile and affected by an increasingly industrialized world."

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[simianpower.livejournal.com]

Georgia's so bad that people are putting buckets in their showers to catch for use as clothes-washing water or for plant-watering. It's pretty grim down there. People aren't acting like it yet, but everyone seems to know about it. Go figure.