The Times-Picayune's messages in a bottle

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With power and phone lines failing, water rising and tempers flaring on the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast, the Internet is proving its value this week, allowing at least some victims and displaced people to communicate.  And New Orleans’ Times-Picayune, lacking access to its own offices and print facilities, has become, temporarily, a virtual publication, featuring news and serving as a communications forum with  postings like this one:

"FROM: Kim Keene, who is in charge of the oldest hospital in New Orleans—Touro Infirmary.

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