Heads Up: 8.24.06

newsbutton-5.jpgOne year after Katrina, a skyscraper, and other things, grow in Mobile. WSC (subsc req'd)

If terror strikes DC, West Virginia disaster planners want to be ready for the evacuees. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Decline of marriage, Part 1: The 24-hour Vegas wedding chapel is no more. NPR

Decline of marriage, Part 2: States debate making "living in sin" a thing of the past. Christian Science Monitor

Nearly 40 percent of TX lawmakers have ties to school districts. San Antonio Express-News

MD commuter gets to blow up a bridge. WaPo

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