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The Arkema Inc. chemical plant is flooded from Tropical Storm Harvey, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Crosby, Texas.
 
  Two explosions reported at Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, near Houston in Texas  
  A mandatory evacuation within a 1.5-mile radius of the plant was already in effect.  
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  Volunteers Elizabeth Duran and Dana Jamieson helping to sort clothes at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Lafayette, La.  which is being used as a shelter for residents who have been displaced by flood waters on Aug. 28, 2017.   Watch out for Hurricane Harvey donation scams. Disasters bring out the crooks.
In every natural disaster, thousands of fake URLs are registered to scam the unwary into donating to criminals
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  Princess Diana in London in March 1996.   Diana: Lost Princess of Wales haunts Americans 20 years after death
Why did Americans love Princess Diana, and still love her 20 years after her death?
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  Best Buy apologizes for overpriced water sold at a store near storm-ravaged Houston.   Best Buy says $42 bottled water near Houston was a 'big mistake'
Best Buy apologizes for $42 bottled water
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  Indian villagers stay in temporary shelters along  National Highway 34 after their houses were flooded in the state of West Bengal on Aug. 22, 2017.   As Houston copes with catastrophic flooding, more than 1,000 die in India monsoon
Heavy rains paralyzed India, Bangladesh and Nepal, triggering landslides and destroying houses, schools and hospitals.
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  Volunteers and first responders in Lafayette, La., on Aug. 28, 2017.   5 things you need to know Thursday
The biggest news to start your day.
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  Volunteer rescue residents from flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey.   Charting Hurricane Harvey's jaw-dropping size and destruction
A graphical look at Hurricane Harvey's massive size and the the destruction it has wrought.
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  Pastor Joel Osteen  of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, speaks to thousands during a Night of Hope with Joel and Victoria at Palace of Auburn Hills, in Auburn Hills, Mich., on Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/Detroit Free Press    In a storm, 'the church' is bigger than Joel Osteen's building
More attention should be paid to what "the church" — the people of God — does outside those buildings to rescue, feed, clothe, shelter and more.
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  A woman holds a sign declaring one nation of immigrants, during a rally in favor of DACA and immigration reform on Aug. 15, 2017, at the White House in Washington. The protesters want to preserve the Obama administration program known as Deferred Act   Federal judge blocks Texas' tough 'sanctuary cities' law
The law, SB 4, had been cheered by President Donald Trump's administration but decried by immigrants' rights groups.
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  Maria Sharapova needed three sets and 2 hours, 19 minutes, but she's into the third round in New York.   Maria Sharapova rallies to beat Timea Babos and reach third round at U.S. Open
Unseeded Maria Sharapova continued to make the most of her U.S. Open wildcard, rallying for a three-set win over Timea Babos to reach the third round
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In this photo provided by Beulah Johnson, evacuees sit in the bleachers at the Bowers Civic Center in Port Arthur, Texas, on Aug. 30, 2017, after floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey inundated the facility overnight. Authorities said it's not

In this photo provided by Beulah Johnson, evacuees sit in the bleachers at the Bowers Civic Center in Port Arthur, Texas, on Aug. 30, 2017, after floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey inundated the facility overnight. Authorities said it's not
 
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