sustained wind damage, and it was unclear when they would be back up.In Port Arthur, refineries owned by Valero Energy Corp., Shell Oil Co.'s Motiva venture, and French-based Total suffered damage from Rita's high winds and water. Even their real-estate deals appear to be conducted in unison.O'Meara's house at Isleworth has been on the market for a few months and he has bought a condo there. Warnings of unusually strong winds extended as far as Memphis, Tenn., 400 miles north of the coast, said Lea Stokes, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency in Jackson.In Louisiana, the hurricane's eastward trend brought a sense of relief. She was nearly deaf from the bombings.A widow, Ibrahim has a grown daughter in Beirut, but had no way to reach the capital.

computer game sales fell $100 million last year to $1.1 billion, even as spending on games running on dedicated consoles such as Sony Corp.'s PlayStation or Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox rose by $400 million to $6.2 billion, the Entertainment Software Assn said.. By the end of last year, less than 4% reported following the diet, the firm said."Now there is almost no market for low-carb food products," said Bob Goldin, executive vice president at Chicago-based food industry consulting firm Technomic Inc. She practiced most of her "Romeo and Juliet" routine on Wednesday. Officers said they believed that he was on drugs or intoxicated.After Lemos fired shots in the direction of the first officer on the scene, the officer fired back but did not hit him, police said.Lemos then retreated into an apartment building, where police said he held the girl, who was a relative, as a hostage.Additional officers, including hostage negotiators, soon arrived at the scene, and the LAPD went on tactical alert.Negotiations with Lemos continued for nearly two hours as members of LAPD's SWAT team communicated with him by phone. If an individual is heavier than a set standard for his height, then body fat is calculated.For men, the calculation involves measuring the abdomen and neck; for women, the waist, hips and neck are measured.The maximum body fat for men is 18%; for women, it is 26% -- although the standard is looser if the Marine excels on an annual fitness test.If his or her body fat is below a prescribed maximum, the Marine is considered to meet the standards regardless of weight and height."We don't want a bunch of skinny Marines," said VanGorder. County budget analysts say that finances are improving, thanks in part to soaring property taxes.The county is anticipating $146 million in property tax revenue for the upcoming budget year, an increase of $34 million from the 2004-05 fiscal year. The mayor is popular enough, and politically astute enough, to show leadership on this issue and forge ahead.Meanwhile, the mayor's short-term school initiatives are only tangentially related to education and guaranteed not to offend anyone.

The paper's previous publisher and editor left after fighting Tribune's proposal to cut dozens of newsroom jobs.Hiller oversees the opinion and editorial pages. Among Chinese museum collections, these are the areas we're quite strong in."Shapes and erasWith the help of staff experts, he selected 77 sets of objects that represent historical eras as well as present a variety of shapes, patterns and sizes. Prevention of infections and deaths among young children is one."This is one of the biggest public health and medical successes in the United States," said Margaret Lampe, a health education specialist with the division of HIV/AIDS prevention at the U.S. The company initially opposed federal plans to dredge New York's Hudson River to remove PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, that its plants deposited in the river. David, a jovial, tattooed truck driver, and his wife, a billing clerk, were ecstatic."I love his black nose!" squealed Holly."Ooh, look at his ears," said David. He was very modest."*'Simon Wiesenthal'The Conscience of the HolocaustWhere: Museum of Tolerance, 9786 W Pico Blvd., L.A.When: Opens at 11 a.m. Dowd is now said to have been working on a project, which is over.Of course, the league may not have been enchanted that news of Dowd's involvement got out, possibly from Dowd himself, making it look as if the NBA came to him, hat in hand, asking him to save it from itself.However, it was fun while it lasted.