HoustonChronicle.com -Chronicle http://www.chron.com HoustonChronicle.com -Chronicle HoustonChronicle.com http://images.chron.com/content/common/masts/hcinsideicon.gif http://www.chron.com As floodwaters recede, what will be revealed? http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3341197 With a major levee break finally plugged, engineers struggled to pump out the flooded city of New Orleans today as authorities braced for the horrors the receding water would reveal. "It's going to be awful and it's going to wake the nation up again," the mayor warned. Story of boy forced to abandon dog spurs efforts http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3341088 Among the thousands of crushing moments from last week's deadly hurricane, one image brought the anguish home to many: a tearful little boy torn from his dog while being shuttled to safety. Houston evacuees balking at plans to move to cruise ships http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340998 Today's relocation of about 4,000 evacuees from the Astrodome and Houston's other giant shelters to two Galveston-based cruise ships has been delayed because shelter residents don't want to go. Volunteers trying to fill buses bound for Kentucky also found few takers. Companies helping workers rebuild lives http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340996 Chevron Corp. is hurriedly erecting an evacuee village, the first step toward bringing its huge refinery here back on stream. Exxon Mobil Corp. is running newspaper ads trying to locate employees, while Shell Oil Co. is offering workers emergency cash and interest-free loans. Roberts' nomination as chief may avoid Senate fight http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340992 Moving swiftly to give the U.S. Supreme Court new leadership when it reconvenes next month, President Bush on Monday nominated John Roberts to replace the late William Rehnquist as chief justice. Some evacuees starting to leave the shelters http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340981 Their immediate survival assured, the people who fled Hurricane Katrina last week have a new goal. A normal life. Whatever that will prove to mean. Astros bounce Phillies to grab wild-card lead http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340972 Andy Pettitte limped back to the dugout after the third inning and considered taking off his left shoe to survey the damage caused when he was hit by Brett Myers infield single. Fearing the swelling would make it impossible to get the shoe on again, he was discouraged from taking the shoe off. Agassi prevails to make U.S. Open quarterfinals http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340959 NEW YORK At 35, Andre Agassi says he has learned to listen to his body. Sometimes it tells him what he doesn't want to hear, but through four rounds of his 20th U.S. Open, the conversations have been most cordial. Comets clicking at the right time http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340958 During the 1980s, it became fashionable for individuals thrown into a self-diagnosed emotional tailspin to say they needed "time to find myself." Relief effort likened to taking care of customers http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340935 Houston government has historically partnered with the city's business community when it undertakes major projects. That spirit, which drove much of Houston's development in the city's formative years, was tapped again when Mayor Bill White called on executives to help the city transform the George R. Brown Convention into a shelter for hurricane evacuees. Victims looking for a home may change Houston http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340927 Hurricane Katrina changed the lives of New Orleans residents forever. What is beginning to dawn on Houston officials is that this city also will change in ways that no one can predict. As thousands seek relatives, one happy ending http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340926 Brandon and William Addison, 18 and 20 years old, stood before the missing-persons message board at the Reliant Astrodome looking for a familiar face. Amid gloom, a question: Could this be America? http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340924 Out of food, out of water, Tanya Grant lay on her back on the roof of the Chalmette, La., hospital where she worked, water lapping a few feet below, and tried to ignore the sights and smells of the desperate and dying. Returning residents met with grim sights http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340921 The stench of rot from spoiled food and dead bodies drifted through Jefferson Parish-area neighborhoods Monday, greeting residents who returned home to survey the carnage and gather what cherished possessions they could carry. Texans kicker never seems uptight over uprights http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340882 Like antiques, fine wine and works of art, Texans kicker Kris Brown becomes more valuable with age. When he lines up for game-deciding field goals, Brown connects so consistently that his coaches, teammates and fans take him for granted. Life goes on even when lives are on hold http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340876 Get off the elevator and turn right on the second floor of the Best Value Inn Hotel, and you may find Pam King and her clan, flipping pancakes in the hallway, washing dishes in the bathtubs, telling jokes in between Fox News reports, their kids and dogs trotting room to room like they own the place. Some relief efforts work; some bound in red tape http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/chronicle/3340797 Joe Manchin, like many Americans, was so moved by the plight of Katrina evacuees streaming into Texas that he felt he had to so something. But the newly elected governor of West Virginia didn't write a check.