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(CBS/AP) MANILA, Philippines – Philippine disaster officials were shifting Friday from rescue work to a massive clean-up of the capital following nonstop rains that left tons of muck and debris from floods littering the city. The torrential monsoon rains that began Sunday left at least 60 people dead in the worst flooding in Manila since 2009. More than half of the sprawling metropolis of 12 million was submerged at the peak of the floods, and schools and offices closed for days. About 2.4 million people in Manila and nearby provinces have been affected, 온라인카지노 forcing more than 360,000 to seek shelter in government-run evacuation centers, the Office of Civil Defense reported Friday. The sun was out for a second day Friday, and residents were hard at work fixing disheveled homes and stores in flood-hit communities that resembled a wasteland covered with mounds of mud-caked garbage. “It’s really an eyesore when we saw it from the helicopter,” said civil defense chief Benito Ramos. “There will be no more rescue. It’s now ‘Operation Cleanup.”‘ He said soldiers will be mobilized to help local authorities collect the debris that have clogged streets and waterways. Some of the displaced in still-crowded evacuation centers have begun to trickle back to their communities, where floodwaters have subsided, Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman said. Reservists will be assigned to help repack relief supplies for people still...

When Catherine Middleton, future queen of England, arrived at Westminster Abbey for the biggest day of her life, she probably never imagined all eyes would be on her little sister, Pippa.  Complete Coverage: The Royal Wedding “The instant we saw her pick up Kate’s train, suddenly, the world took a collective gasp and needed to sort of know more about Kate’s beautiful younger sister,” Suzanne Zuckerman, a staff writer for People magazine, said. Pippa Middleton’s maid of honor dress can be yours for $277 One royal wedding watcher said on the day, “This is the most gorgeous family, the Middleton family — I mean, they really are stunning.” Pippa Middleton in the spotlight on TV specialPippa Middleton next to find Prince Charming? Within hours after her appearance at the royal wedding, a Facebook page honoring Pippa’s posterior was online, attracting 40,000 fans. Pippa mania was officially under way. Overnight, the 27-year old socialite went from bridesmaid to what Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper calls “the world’s most eligible bachelorette.” One man told CBS News, “She stole the show; she stole the attention from her sister.” Another man said of Pippa’s look, “Classy, natural, elegant.” Racy Pippa Middleton photo “embarrassing” for royal family With a smile that lights up London and a figure that’s the envy of women everywhere, Pippa’s assets are attracting a lot of attention, says CBS News Royal...

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Jeff Glor talks to Ben Loory about “Stories for Nighttime and Some For Day,” his newly released collection of 40 short stories. Jeff Glor: What inspired you to write the book? Ben Loory: 화순출장만남 Before I wrote stories, I was a screenwriter– though never a very successful one. I made a living, writing X”-Files”-y kinda stuff, but knew I wasn’t getting something. Then one day I saw a flier in my favorite bookstore (the Mystery & Imagination Bookshop in Glendale, Calif.) that said that Dennis Etchison was coming to teach a class for a few months on story writing. Dennis Etchison is a writer I admire– he’s won both British and World Fantasy Awards– and it seemed like a sign, so I went to the class, and it was like he flipped a switch, and I started writing. Originally I thought I was writing outlines for screenplays, just one after another, like story treatments. It was only after I’d written 10 or 20 of them that I realized they were actually short stories. At that point I suddenly had a vision of a book– a collection of colorful Twilight Zone-y fables. So I just wrote and wrote until one day it was done. It was almost like being possessed. JG: What surprised you the most during the writing process? BL: Well, that I was writing, mainly! I’d spent so...