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Firefighters use flashlights to search a destroyed apartment complex near a fertilizer plant that exploded earlier in West, Texas, in this photo taken early on Thursday, April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

FEMA denies aid to West, Texas, to rebuild after blast

By Ramit Plushnick-Masti - Associated Press

** FILE ** President Barack Obama, left, walks away from the podium after talking about the Oklahoma tornado and severe weather, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. At right is Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House: More than 2,200 Oklahoma victims registered with FEMA for assistance

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** An Amber Alert app is seen on the cell phone of Capt. Greg Gerrero of the California Highway Patrol in Sacramento, Calif., on Jan. 31, 2013. A new national Amber Alert system will automatically send alerts to millions of cell phones when an alert is issued in their area. The alerts are automatically active on most new phones and users will have to opt out if they do not wish to receive them. (Associated Press)

Shriek! Texts on missing kids startle cell users

By Tami Abdollah - Associated Press

** FILE ** A religious statue stands in the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point after a Nor'easter snowstorm on Nov. 8, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (Associated Press)

Superstorm Sandy victims scoff at FEMA’s ‘Rapid Repairs’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Timothy W. Cannon faces a maximum of five years in prison after pleading guilty in U.S. District Court to negotiating employment with a company that had a multimillion-dollar contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (Courtesy of Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Former FEMA official guilty in conflict case

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

Bill Pahlck wears a "Restore The Shore" sweatshirt Wednesday morning as he and others in Belmar, N.J., listen to Gov. Chris Christie describe rebuilding plans. The governor helped Belmar officials kick off construction of a 1.3-mile boardwalk to replace the one destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in October. (Associated Press)

Watchdog sees pork in Sandy relief bill

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Henny Mauro walks in Seaside Heights, N.J., on Jan. 3, 2013, past a beach-side home that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)

Sandy relief package swells aid for past disasters

By Andrew Miga - Associated Press

**FILE** Cleanup continues Nov. 29, 2012, on the site of a demolished home on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York. Superstorm Sandy damaged or destroyed 305,000 housing units in New York. (Associated Press)

After Sandy, NYC pins housing hope on repairs

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Homes on the Rockaway Peninsula in the Queens borough of New York were ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. Building inspectors trained in Fairfax were sent to New York in recent weeks to assess damage. (Associated Press)

Damage assessors for feds get blitz training

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

Crisfield saw disaster hit but waits for official word

By Maria-Pia Negro - Capital News Service

Cordova, Ala., Fire Chief Dean Harbison (left) and Mayor Drew Gilbert walk through the town’s tornado-damaged downtown on Nov. 13. The area looks much like it did right after tornadoes struck in April 2011 because of the federal bureaucracy, they say. (Associated Press)

18 months later, Alabama town still waiting for FEMA

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

**FILE** Brian Meenan of Millwood, N.Y., takes photos and video of items that were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in his family's beachfront house on 31st Street on Long Beach Island in Long Beach Township, N.J., on Nov. 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama vows not to forget Sandy victims rebuilding

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Past disaster audits show taxpayers risk being fleeced during Sandy cleanup

By John Solomon and Phillip Swarts - Washington Guardian

“The reason is very simple: You’re going to delay relief. The quicker you do relief, the cheaper,” says Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, on why adding the cost for recovery from Superstorm Sandy to the federal deficit is a necessity. (Associated Press)

Schumer: Put cost of superstorm on U.S. tab

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A fireman seeking fuel for firehouse generators joins a gas line Tuesday on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. People in New York and New Jersey are still facing multiple hardships as they try to recover from Sandy. The new storm expected Wednesday should veer farther offshore than first forecast. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Sandy slaps Uncle Sam’s handouts

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

People sort through donated clothes at an aid station in Staten Island, New York. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has already dispensed close to $200 million in emergency housing assistance after Superstorm Sandy, but finding enough long-term housing could be problematic. (Associated Press)

Lawmakers scramble to house Sandy victims

By Meghan Barr and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

President Obama, center, and and Gov. Chris Christie meet with local residents as they tour neighborhood effected by superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in Brigantine, N.J. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

CURL: Sandy is Obama’s Katrina — but the media look away

By Joseph Curl

A sign telling supporters how to donate to the Red Cross for superstorm Sandy victims is seen at left as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

In storm’s wake, Romney faces scrutiny on disaster aid

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (left) and Robert Menendez, Democrats of New Jersey, toured areas ravaged by the storm spawned by Hurricane Sandy with President Obama on Wednesday. They asked the president to increase the federal share of disaster relief, citing New Jersey’s continuing costs from Hurricane Irene last year. (Associated Press)

FEMA has $3.6B for Sandy relief

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times