Some housing advocates say the decline in low-income housing in Galveston has reduced the city's African-American population.
The blast ignited a fire on a second ship docked in Galveston Bay that was also loaded with ammonium nitrate.
Some families gathered at the Alabama Cruise Terminal, far from where the ship was originally supposed to dock in Galveston, Texas.
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Standard Renewable is also building our first biodiesel refinery in Galveston, Texas.
But according to the email sent to passengers on Jan. 28, the issue affected the ship's cruising speeds, delaying its arrival in Galveston.
Most of the rescues occurred in Galveston County, where rising water and other effects of the storm began hours before expected landfall early Saturday.
It's also known as Juneteenth, a holiday that marks the day slaves in Galveston, Texas found out that they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
Also, we do not open shelters in Galveston County prior to landfall because we cannot ensure the safety of our citizens if they stay in shelters here locally.
So literally, it's two-plus years later that these folks in Galveston, Texas finally get the info, you know, the information about the Emancipation Proclamation and find out that they're free.
"We know safety-wise, there's zero question, " said Dr. Gary Hankins of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, who headed one of the company-financed studies of Diclegis that led to its approval.
Among the passengers arriving in Galveston, Texas, were Tony and Jenny Larocca of Lake Charles, Louisiana, on their first trip away from the kids -- a cruise that the husband got his wife for Christmas.
The debate in Galveston reflects a dilemma poor citizens elsewhere face: As the need for low-income rental housing rises, exacerbated by the economic downturn and the foreclosure crisis, the supply of subsidized housing has shrunk.
While working at a free clinic in Galveston, Texas, a city with over 50% of its population uninsured, Vineet observed that patients kept coming back to the clinic primarily due to stress, diabetes, and depression.
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In America itself, such a system was tried in 1981 as well, for local government workers in Galveston, Texas, who still enjoyed an option under the law then to choose an alternative to the current system.
This would also be very much like the highly successful private retirement investment systems used for the federal employee Thrift Savings Plan and for the private alternative to Social Security used for local government workers in Galveston, Texas.
Similarly, in Galveston, Texas, where local government workers in three counties opted for a personal savings and investment alternative to Social Security in 1981 as well, the annual rate of return fell by about half at the lowest point of the financial crisis.
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At the South Carolina debate on Monday, Newt Gingrich stoutly supported empowering younger workers with a personal account option for Social Security, as in the South American nation of Chile, or for local government workers right here in the U.S. in Galveston, Texas, for the last 30 years.
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Stranded residents have been airlifted from Crystal Beach, Bolivar Peninsula and other communities in the Galveston area.
The commander of the US Coast Guard in the Galveston region, Capt Marcus Woodring, said about five gallons (19 litres) of tar balls from the Deepwater Horizon leak had been found on Saturday.
In 1900, Galveston, Texas, was struck by a hurricane that killed about 6, 000 people.
The deadliest hurricane in U.S. history hit Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and killed 8, 000 to 12, 000 people.
But for now they are about as useful in limiting damage from the current financial tsunami as Galveston's seawall was in protecting the city from Hurricane Ike.
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HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- The National Weather Service in Houston told residents along Galveston Bay on Thursday night they "face certain death" if they don't leave home before Hurricane Ike roars ashore.
As the elbow linking Louisiana and Oklahoma, Texas is a target for all kinds of crazy weather, from hurricanes around Houston and Galveston to hailstorms in Dallas to tornadoes on the western plains.
"Prior to 2009 it was a rare occasion that HUD would intervene on these types of issues, " said Michael Allen, an attorney who has represented housing advocates in both the Westchester and Galveston cases.
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