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...think it's wonderful, after Katrina destroyed so many people's homes and their lives, this lady went around helping people at their homes and making house calls." -Alice Gallops, a patient of Benjamin's (Associated Press, July...
...Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters severely damaged Benjamin's clinic in 2005. Just before it was scheduled to reopen in 2006, the clinic was destroyed by fire. Despite the setbacks, she continued to treat patients at their homes and in area hospitals...
...That's a blessing.' BELINDA JENKINS, a New Orleans resident, reacting to news that Hurricane Katrina victims will be allowed to buy their temporary trailers for $5 or less...
That said, TV, like dreams, can speak more obliquely. Last year's big dramas were The Mentalist, Lie to Me and House--jaded hits for the era of Katrina and the subprime disaster, based on the premise that people lie all the time. Maybe 2009's America--the country that swooned over Susan Boyle--will respond to we're-all-in-this-together shows like Fox's underdog musical Glee or NBC's aptly named sitcom Community, about a diverse group of misfits getting a new start at a junior college...
...Katrina McCoy, a nurse in Cherry Hill, N.J., who is in the process of having a butterfly tattoo with her name above it removed from her arm, says she has even opted out of getting anesthesia during the painful laser sessions, because, "I feel like it is a punishment for doing something retarded." If Infinitink works as advertised, such prolonged penance may no longer be the price for a simple change of heart...