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This is a running list compiled by CBSNews staffers of the latest developments of Hurricane Rita and the recovery efforts underway on the Gulf Coast. For a look back to fast-breaking events of the Katrina disaster, see our previous blog.Sept. 24, 200510:28 p.m. AP mdash; Rita has turned out the lights for 1.5 million power customers in Texas and Louisiana. And although Rita s now a tropical storm
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