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Friday, September 02, 2005 09:00 PM PDT

Today's Most Popular News: World stunned as US struggles with Katrina Clever Whale Uses Fish to Catch Seagulls Guard Brings Food, Medicine to Big Easy Models predicted New Orleans disaster, experts say Bush Tours Katrina Damage Amid Criticism Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name Ohio High School Has 64 Pregnant Students Anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks Bluesman R.L. Burnside Dies at 78 Troops roll into chaotic New Orleans bringing aid Bush tours disaster areas, criticizes response Fats Domino Found in New Orleans Baton Rouge Swells in Katrina's Wake New Orleans Mayor Fumes Over Slow Response Arianna Huffington: Are People Dying Over Here Because We're Fighting Them Over There? South Africa anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks Hurricane exposes issues of class, race One reason to say yes to lap dancing.. Budget cuts delayed New Orleans flood control work Van Jones: Bush's Role in the Drowning of New Orleans World stunned as US struggles with Katrina Fri, 02 Sep 2005 07:16 am PDT Reuters - The world has watched amazed as the planet's only superpower struggles with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, with some saying the chaos has exposed flaws and deep divisions in American society. Full Story Top Clever Whale Uses Fish to Catch Seagulls Thu, 01 Sep 2005 05:44 pm PDT AP - An enterprising young killer whale at Marineland has figured out how to use fish as bait to catch seagulls — and shared his strategy with his fellow whales. Full Story Top Guard Brings Food, Medicine to Big Easy Fri, 02 Sep 2005 04:56 pm PDT AP - To cries of "Thank you Jesus!" and catcalls of "What took you so long?," a National Guard convoy packed with food, water and medicine rolled through axle-deep floodwaters Friday into what remained of New Orleans and descended into a maelstrom of fires and floating corpses. Full Story Top Models predicted New Orleans disaster, experts say Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:54 am PDT Reuters - Virtually everything that has happened in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina struck was predicted by experts and in computer models, so emergency management specialists wonder why authorities were so unprepared. Full Story Top Bush Tours Katrina Damage Amid Criticism Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:13 pm PDT AP - Facing sharp criticism, President Bush toured the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast on Friday and vowed the government will restore order in lawless New Orleans. He said the $10.5 billion approved by Congress was just a small downpayment for disaster relief. Full Story Top 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 Ohio High School Has 64 Pregnant Students Thu, 01 Sep 2005 05:24 pm PDT AP - Thirteen percent of the female students at Timken Senior High School in Ohio are pregnant. High school senior Monica Selby thought she would be busy this year planning for college, not preparing for the birth of her first child. Full Story Top Anti-rape condom aims to stop attacks Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:02 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 Bluesman R.L. Burnside Dies at 78 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:05 pm PDT AP - R.L. Burnside, one of the last, great Mississippi bluesmen, whose raw, country blues was discovered late in his life, has died. He was 78. Full Story Top Troops roll into chaotic New Orleans bringing aid Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:00 pm PDT Reuters - Armed troops rolled into try and restore order to the chaos in New Orleans on Friday, bringing emergency supplies for the desperate survivors of Hurricane Katrina, in the first sign of significant relief after days of delays and broken promises. Full Story Top Bush tours disaster areas, criticizes response Fri, 02 Sep 2005 04:41 pm PDT AFP - Under fire, President George W. Bush acknowledged that the early government reaction to Hurricane Katrina was "not acceptable" and vowed to do better as he toured areas devastated by the killer storm. Full Story Top Fats Domino Found in New Orleans Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:44 pm PDT E! Online - One of rock 'n' roll's chief architects has been rescued from the rubble of New Orleans. Full Story Top Baton Rouge Swells in Katrina's Wake Fri, 02 Sep 2005 07:17 am PDT AP - In the span of a week, Baton Rouge has become Louisiana's most-populous city — at least temporarily — and a big chunk of that growth is likely to be permanent, officials say. Full Story Top New Orleans Mayor Fumes Over Slow Response Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:25 am PDT AP - A day before President Bush headed to the hurricane-ravaged South, Mayor Ray Nagin lashed out at federal officials, telling a local radio station "they don't have a clue what's going on down here." Full Story Top Arianna Huffington: Are People Dying Over Here Because We're Fighting Them Over There? Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:22 pm PDT HuffingtonPost.com - Is the aftermath of Katrina part of the price we are paying for Iraq? 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 Hurricane exposes issues of class, race Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:58 am PDT USATODAY.com - Although TV correspondents covering Hurricane Katrina avoid commenting on the obvious, their cameras hold back nothing. The people who couldn't or wouldn't leave New Orleans are overwhelmingly poor and black. As are the looters. Full Story Top One reason to say yes to lap dancing.. Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:18 am PDT Reuters - An angry San Diego topless dancer pulled out a knife and stabbed a customer after he refused a lap dance, police said on Thursday. Full Story Top Budget cuts delayed New Orleans flood control work Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:33 pm PDT Reuters - Bush administration funding cuts forced federal engineers to delay improvements on the levees, floodgates and pumping stations that failed to protect New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters, agency documents showed on Thursday. Full Story Top Van Jones: Bush's Role in the Drowning of New Orleans Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:30 pm PDT HuffingtonPost.com - Don't say that a hurricane destroyed New Orleans. Hurricanes don't drown cities. Full Story Top

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