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Apparently, FEMA just can't stop screwing up. Here's the latest from the local front:

Hundreds of Hurricane Katrina evacuees could soon be evicted from their Charlotte homes because federal relief checks have not arrived, local social workers say.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has dispatched teams of workers to North Carolina to find out why evacuees don't have rental assistance, four weeks after FEMA promised to send checks of $2,358 to cover three months' housing.

In some cases, evacuees say FEMA mailed checks to former addresses in New Orleans. Other checks arrived in Charlotte but never reached evacuees because they were sent to the wrong address.

As a result, frustrated former Gulf Coast residents who fled the devastating Aug. 29 storm are inundating FEMA and local social agencies with calls, and social workers fear many hurricane evacuees will become homeless.

FEMA mailed the checks to New Orleans?!? I don't think these guys are even trying anymore.

College Football Update

Good for the Gamecocks — they hung tough at the end and found a way to win against Vanderbuilt, 35-28. Bad for the Gamecocks — Syvelle Newton, who in this game played quarterback, wide receiver, and tailback, is out for the rest of the season. Good for the Gamecocks — they're 4-3 now, and 2-3 in the SEC East. Bad for the Gamecocks — they play Tennessee next week.

UMass just keeps on rolling. This week, they beat Maine 35-14. The game was a little closer than the score might indicate, but it was another solid performance by the Minutemen, who are now 6-1 overall and still undefeated in the Atlantic Ten.

Cornell didn't do so well, losing to Brown at home 38-24. Cornell had the lead early in the fourth quarter, but 21 unanswered points sealed the deal for Brown. Cornell is now 3-3 for the year.