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New Orleans asks: Will levees hold?

Just three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans confronts a new threat from Gustav and a stark question: Will the partially rebuilt levees hold?

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Venus, favorites keep winning at U.S. Open

Venus Williams kept favorites on the fast track at the U.S. Open, overwhelming Rossana de Los Rios of Paraguay in less than an hour to reach the third round on Thursday.