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Fats Domino Is Missing in New Orleans
Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:11 pm PDT
 AP - Fats Domino was missing Thursday, days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, said his longtime agent, Al Embry. Embry told The Associated Press that he hadn't been able to contact Domino since talking to him Sunday evening by phone. Full Story | Top |
New Orleans in Anarchy With Fights, Rapes
Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:43 pm PDT
 AP - New Orleans descended into anarchy Thursday, as corpses lay abandoned in street medians, fights and fires broke out and storm survivors battled for seats on the buses that would carry them away from the chaos. The tired and hungry seethed, saying they had been forsaken. "This is a desperate SOS," mayor Ray Nagin said. 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 |
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 |
Spindly Bush Saves Miss. Police Officers
Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:51 am PDT
 AP - For five hours, 14 members of Waveland's police department held on desperately to a spindly bush as they watched the town they swore to protect being torn apart by Hurricane Katrina. Full Story | Top |
Pump prices stun gas-guzzling Americans
Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:25 pm PDT
 Reuters - Americans were furious and stunned by record gasoline prices after devastation from Hurricane Katrina and a few drivers even thought of giving up things that define the U.S. way of life: gas-guzzling cars and long summer road trips. Full Story | Top |
Storm may shut refineries for months-Govt
Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:09 am PDT
 Reuters - The government warned on Thursday that some U.S. refineries shut by Hurricane Katrina may not resume processing oil for several months and a consumer group said such market conditions justified gasoline at $3 a gallon. Full Story | Top |
Retail Gas Prices Jump, Deliveries Falter
Thu, 01 Sep 2005 03:57 pm PDT
 AP - "Out of Gas" signs and yellow caution tape were draped across pumps in parts of the United States early Thursday after many retailers were overrun by panicked motorists looking to top off their tanks as prices soared past $3 per gallon and reports of shortages spread. Full Story | Top |
Hurricane Katrina: Blaming Bush, Being Pro-Looting and More
Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:02 am PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- I just spotted Haley Barbour, the governor of Mississippi, on CNN arguing with anchor Miles O'Brien. O'Brien was suggesting that the federal government dropped the ball in terms of preparing for Hurricane Katrina. Barbour kept defending the federal government--that is, the Bush Administration. He seemed to suggest that the hurricane was not that powerful when it first approached land and that there had not been enough time to do more preparation. Of course, Barbour did not note that before becoming governor of Mississippi he was head of the Republican Party and, therefore, not of a disposition to speak critically of an Administration that has gutted FEMA, slashed funding for flood control and sent many National Guard reserves to Iraq. (By one estimate, about one-third of the Louisiana National Guard is in Iraq now.) O'Brien pushed his point about as hard as is permitted on cable television. But he neglected to raise these specifics or to question Barbour about his previous work as a corporate lobbyist who, on behalf of his well-paying clients, fought fiercely against the Kyoto accords. (Recent scientific research suggests that global warming has led to more destructive hurricanes.) And, as I noted previously (click here), Barbour led the GOP when it was waging war on Big Government. Now he's all for it. O'Brien didn't query him on this conversion. Full Story | Top |
New Orleans makes 'desperate SOS' relief plea
Thu, 01 Sep 2005 01:56 pm PDT
 Reuters - New Orleans' mayor issued an urgent plea for relief of his flooded city on Thursday as gunshots and looting hampered the evacuation of desperate crowds trying to escape Hurricane Katrina's destruction. Full Story | Top |
Looting Takes Place in View of La. Police
Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:59 pm PDT
 AP - With much of the city flooded by Hurricane Katrina, looters floated garbage cans filled with clothing and jewelry down the street in a dash to grab what they could. In some cases, looting on Tuesday took place in full view of police and National Guard troops. Full Story | Top |
Superdome Evacuations Enter Second Day
Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:59 pm PDT
 AP - At the front of the line, the weary refugees waded through ankle-deep water, grabbed a bottle of water from state troopers and happily hopped on buses that would deliver them from the horrendous conditions of the Superdome. Full Story | Top |
One minute of silence in Cuba for Katrina victims
Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:16 am PDT
Reuters - Cuba's parliament, led by President Fidel Castro, set aside politics momentarily on Thursday and stood for one minute in silent homage to the victims of Hurricane Katrina -- before quickly returning to normal business and condemning the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Full Story | Top |
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