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Wednesday, August 31, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks Briton Finds Venomous Centipede in House New Orleans Mayor: Thousands Likely Dead 20 oil rigs missing in Gulf of Mexico: US Coast Guard Last-Ditch Rally to Save CBGB's Planned 'Cowboy' Bush failed in Katrina evacuation - Chavez Extra-virgin olive oil anti-inflammatory-scientists Katrina Leaves Many Stranded Students Did New Orleans Catastrophe Have to Happen? Americans Contribute Millions for Relief States Expanding Push for Internet Taxes Four Indicted in Alleged U.S. Terror Plot New Orleans Cops Ordered to Stop Looters Study: No Link Between Cell Phones, Tumors New Orleans' Tragic Paradox New Orleans in chaos, Bush calls disaster historic Agencies Rushing With Disaster Relief Utah May House 1,000 Hurricane Refugees Katrina floodwaters pose deadly health risk Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name Sun, 28 Aug 2005 03:35 am PDT AFP - British tourists have left the residents of one charming Austrian village effing and blinding by constantly stealing the signs for their oddly-named village. Full Story Top South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:46 am PDT Reuters - A South African inventor unveiled a new anti-rape female condom on Wednesday that hooks onto an attacker's penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world. Full Story Top Briton Finds Venomous Centipede in House Wed, 31 Aug 2005 02:14 pm PDT AP - Aaron Balick expected to find a tiny mouse rustling behind the TV in his apartment. Instead, he found a venomous giant centipede that somehow hitched a ride from South America to Britain. Full Story Top New Orleans Mayor: Thousands Likely Dead Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:43 pm PDT AP - Authorities all but surrendered the streets of New Orleans to floodwaters, looting and other lawlessness Wednesday as the mayor called for a total evacuation and warned the death toll from Hurricane Katrina could reach into the thousands. Full Story Top 20 oil rigs missing in Gulf of Mexico: US Coast Guard Wed, 31 Aug 2005 02:30 pm PDT AFP - At least 20 oil rigs and platforms are missing in the Gulf of Mexico and a ruptured gas pipeline is on fire after Hurricane Katrina tore through the region, a US Coast Guard official said. Full Story Top Last-Ditch Rally to Save CBGB's Planned Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:08 am PDT AP - The lease at CBGB's, the Bowery's venerable punk club, expires at midnight Wednesday. With the clock running down on the musical landmark, there's only one thing certain about its future: supporters of the club won't surrender without a fight. Full Story Top 'Cowboy' Bush failed in Katrina evacuation - Chavez Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:47 pm PDT AFP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a vocal critic of the U.S. government, on Wednesday called President Bush a "cowboy" who had failed to manage the Hurricane Katrina disaster and evacuate victims. Full Story Top Extra-virgin olive oil anti-inflammatory-scientists Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:11 am PDT Reuters - Scientists have just found out what gourmets have always known -- that there is something special about fresh extra-virgin olive oil. Full Story Top Katrina Leaves Many Stranded Students Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:25 pm PDT AP - More than 100 Tulane University students displaced by Hurricane Katrina arrived at Southern Methodist University Wednesday, including the entire football team. Full Story Top Did New Orleans Catastrophe Have to Happen? Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:10 am PDT Editor and Publisher - PHILADELPHIA Even though Hurricane Katrina has moved well north of the city, the waters may still keep rising in New Orleans late on Tuesday. That's because Lake Pontchartrain continues to pour through a two-block-long break in the main levee, near the city's 17th Street Canal. With much of the Crescent City some 10 feet below sea level, the rising tide may not stop until it's level with the massive lake. Full Story Top Americans Contribute Millions for Relief Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:48 am PDT AP - Americans are pouring in millions of dollars in donations for disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, rescue organizations said Wednesday. Full Story Top States Expanding Push for Internet Taxes Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:17 pm PDT AP - Going online to buy the latest bestseller or those photos from summer vacation may be tax free for most people today, but it won't last forever. Come this fall, 13 states will start encouraging — though not demanding — that online businesses collect sales taxes just as Main Street stores are required to do, and more states are considering joining the effort. Full Story Top Four Indicted in Alleged U.S. Terror Plot Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:26 pm PDT AP - The head of a militant Islamic prison gang and three others were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of planning terrorist attacks against National Guard facilities, the Israeli Consulate and other Los Angeles-area targets. Full Story Top New Orleans Cops Ordered to Stop Looters Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:00 pm PDT AP - Mayor Ray Nagin ordered 1,500 police officers to leave their search-and-rescue mission Wednesday night and return to the streets to stop looting that has turned increasingly hostile as the city plunges deeper into chaos. Full Story Top Study: No Link Between Cell Phones, Tumors Wed, 31 Aug 2005 06:45 am PDT AP - Mobile phone users can dial without concern after another study found no evidence of a link between the ubiquitous devices and brain tumors. Full Story Top New Orleans' Tragic Paradox Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:55 am PDT Los Angeles Times - In 1718, French colonist Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville ignored his engineers' warnings about the hazards of flooding and mapped a settlement in a pinch of swampland between the mouth of the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico and a massive lake to the north. Full Story Top New Orleans in chaos, Bush calls disaster historic Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:55 pm PDT Reuters - Authorities struggled on Wednesday to evacuate thousands of people from hurricane- battered New Orleans as food and water grew scarce and looters raided stores, while President Bush said it would take years to recover from the devastation. Full Story Top Agencies Rushing With Disaster Relief Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:33 pm PDT AP - The Bush administration declared a public health emergency for the entire Gulf Coast on Wednesday, pledging an unprecedented rescue-and-relief response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. They rushed food, medicine and water to victims. Full Story Top Utah May House 1,000 Hurricane Refugees Wed, 31 Aug 2005 05:51 pm PDT AP - Utah is ready to accept up to 1,000 people displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Gov. Jon Huntsman said Wednesday. The state of Louisiana asked for help housing the refugees, he said. Full Story Top Katrina floodwaters pose deadly health risk Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:09 pm PDT AFP - Flood victims battered by Hurricane Katrina faced a silent but equally deadly enemy in toxin- and bacteria-laden waters carrying the threat of contamination and disease. Full Story Top

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