In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
NEW ORLEANS - Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street this weekend with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-08-29
Hurricane Gustav swirls toward Caymans, Gulf
GEORGE TOWN (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav strengthened over the warm waters of the Caribbean on Friday, swirling toward the Cayman Islands and the Gulf of Mexico on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's deadly strike on New Orleans.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Jamaica Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-29
Gustav kills 59 in Caribbean, aims at U.S
KINGSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav hit Jamaica with near hurricane-force winds on Thursday after killing at least 59 people elsewhere in the Caribbean, and was on a path to reach New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico oil fields as potentially a powerful hurricane.
Nations:U.S. Jamaica Haiti Dominican Republic Mexico Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina 2008 Hurricane Gustav Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-28
Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears
NEW ORLEANS - National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary.
Nations:U.S. Jamaica Mexico Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-08-28
Louisiana eyes Gustav, activates Guard troops
NEW ORLEANS - On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-08-27
Edwards' future political impact lost with affair
RALEIGH, N.C. - John Edwards lost a prime-time speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention. He likely blew a chance at a possible Cabinet post in a Barack Obama administration. And he may very well have lost any hope of being the voice for America's poor and forgotten.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John Edwards John Kerry Al Gore Activities:John Edwards Sex Scandal
2008-08-12
Edouard hits Texas coast with strong wind, rain
GALVESTON, Texas - Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas Gulf coast east of Galveston on Tuesday with strong winds and rain but was expected to weaken as it makes its way inland during the day.
Nations:U.S. Mexico People:Rick Perry Source:(AP)
2008-08-05
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-07-05
The Floods: A Manmade Disaster?
On March 4, three Midwestern University professors wrote to warn the Army Corps of Engineers that its concrete navigation structures in the Mississippi River were intensifying floods, and that its plans to build more wingdikes and weirs would "exacerbate a severe and growing problem." They called some of the structures - designed to scour out the river's bottom so that barges could pass - "loaded cannons pointing at St. Louis and East St. Louis, waiting to go off in the next flood." Citing "clear and unequivocal data" from a dozen peer-reviewed articles, they declared that "the time to ask these questions is now, and not in the aftermath of the next great flood."
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Midwest Flood Source:(Time)
2008-06-26
Everything seemingly is spinning out of control
WASHINGTON - Is everything spinning out of control? Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism.
Nations:U.S. People:Roger Clemens Barack Obama John McCain Barry Bonds Hillary Clinton Activities:2008 Airlines Downturn Global Food Crisis 2008 U.S. Midwest Flood 2007-8 Oil Crisis 2007 Baseball Doping Scandal 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2008-06-22
McCain Vows War on Poverty, Says Nation in Recession
April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Republican John McCain, saying the nation is in a recession and ``families are hurting,'' retraced Lyndon Johnson's steps in eastern Kentucky and pledged to mount a war on poverty different from that waged by the former Democratic president.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain John Edwards George W. Bush Bill Clinton Activities:2008 U.S. Recession US Election 2008 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2008-04-23
Ex-Boeing engineer charged in China spy case
A former Boeing engineer was arrested on Monday on charges of stealing trade secrets for China related to several aerospace programs, including the Space Shuttle, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Nations:China U.S.
2008-02-11
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