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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Federal Emergency Management official says Hurricane Gustav evacuees whose homes remain uninhabitable — because of power outages, damage or for other reasons related to the storm — can have their hotel costs paid by FEMA.

David Garratt, a deputy assistant administrator for FEMA, said Thursday night that the aid won't be available for shortterm evacuees who fled the storm, spent a few nights in a hotel, then returned home.

Rather it will be for Gustavrelated "extended stays" in hotels. As outlined by Garratt, the program will cover those still out of their homes as of Wednesday because their home is uninhabitable. It will pay their hotel costs as long as their home is considered uninhabitable for up to 30 days from that date.

DALLAS (AP) — A.H. Belo Corp. said Thursday that it has completed a round of buyouts at its newspapers and that layoffs will be done by this fall.

The company made the voluntary severance offer in July and 413 have accepted and plan to leave the company. That includes 270 people at The Dallas Morning News, 23 at The Providence Journal in Rhode Island and 120 at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, Calif.

The company said the buyouts will cost $11.2 million.

A.H. Belo said involuntary cuts will be completed by midto late October to meet its staff reduction goals.

The combined work force reductions are expected to result in a savings of more than $29 million on an annualized basis.