Sneed, 24, was 0-7 with a 5.37 ERA at Class A Tampa last season.

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Drew L. Kershen is the Earl Sneed Centennial Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law, in Norman, Okla.

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Nagin will order a mandatory evacuation if a hurricane of a Category 3 intensity or higher approaches the city, Sneed said.

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Sneed said buses and trains were ready to take evacuees to shelters in Shreveport, Alexandria and Monroe, Louisiana, and in Jackson, Mississippi.

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New Orleans estimates that 30, 000 residents would need help evacuating, Sneed said.

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Sneed aims to harvest 30 million pounds of carp a year.

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Sneed said he is in touch with the Army Corps of Engineers, which is rebuilding the city's levees, as well as the Sewage and Water Board.

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Wells' trade to the Yankees was finalized Tuesday, when New York dealt a pair of minor leaguers to the Angels: outfielder Exircado Cayones and left-hander Kramer Sneed.

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"Everybody should be looking at their plans, just like we're looking at our plans, and get ready, " said Jerry Sneed, director of New Orleans' Office of Emergency Preparedness.

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She was born Cara Carleton Sneed in Texas.

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