AP - BROKEN PROMISE: FEMA will not reopen four of its multimillion-dollar, no-bid contracts for Hurricane Katrina work.

AP - Pressed by Congress, the American Red Cross said Friday it is investigating claims that volunteers engaged in widespread theft in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

AP - FEMA has broken its promise to reopen four multimillion-dollar no-bid contracts for Hurricane Katrina work, including three that federal auditors say wasted significant amounts of money.

AP - Randy Walker swears he would have died from his diabetes after Hurricane Katrina had a sheriff not seized two FEMA trucks filled with ice and distributed it to residents, many of whom had to keep their insulin cold.

Reuters - People in Houston welcomed tens of thousands of New Orleans evacuees in the days after Hurricane Katrina but now sound as if they would like to see the newcomers go home, according to a poll published on Friday.

AP - Former first lady Barbara Bush gave relief money to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund on the condition that it be spent to buy educational software from her son Neil's company.

AP - The floodwaters are long gone from Dorothy Williams' house, but there is one reminder of Hurricane Katrina she cannot seem to get rid of — the water-damaged car in front of her home.

AP - Young Hurricane Katrina refugees living in Texas scored considerably worse on a statewide standardized exam than Texas children, and thousands of them could be held back.

AP - Young Hurricane Katrina refugees living in Texas scored considerably worse on a statewide standardized exam than Texas children, and thousands of them could be held back.

AP - The floodwaters are long gone from Dorothy Williams' house, but there is one reminder of Hurricane Katrina she cannot seem to get rid of — the water-damaged car in front of her house.

AFP - Housing is a top priority for Hurricane Katrina victims now, but social ties with family and friends will play an increasing role in the struggle to recover, according to two Japanese disaster experts.

Reuters - Insured property losses from hurricanes in Florida and the Gulf Coast are likely to be 40 percent higher for at least the next five years, a leading consultant said on Thursday in one of the most forward-looking studies in the industry.

AP - Lauren Jackson helped Australia finish off a dominating run in the Commonwealth Games. The Seattle Storm forward had 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead Australia to a 77-39 win Thursday over New Zealand for the gold medal.

AFP - The New York Times apologized to readers over a profile it ran on a supposed Hurricane Katrina victim who ended up being arrested for welfare fraud.

The last child to be reunited with her family after the hurricane is reunited with her mother.

AP - A couple who got conflicting reports from an engineering firm about how one of their homes was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing State Farm Insurance Co. of manipulating those reports to deny their claim.

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Gulfport, MS (AHN) - Authorities say two construction workers assigned with the Marines perished while working on a demolition project in the wake zone of Katrina and Wilma at Grand Casino in Gulfport. The duo was pumping water out of a section of the casino...

AP - When 4-year-old Cortez Stewart was reunited with her mother and five siblings in Texas last week, it closed a happy chapter in the sad story of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

AP - Determined to avoid a repeat of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, Mayor Ray Nagin says the city has improved its plans for evacuating residents during the upcoming hurricane season.

AP - More than 5,000 children in four states were reported missing or displaced from their parents or guardians when hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast last summer. Here's a breakdown of the number of children reported in each state: