Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan Dies at 70

Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan Dies at 70

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Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan, Dies at 70
A child in charge of `6 babies'
Barbara Bush: It's Good Enough for the Poor
Use of the Word 'Refugee' Stirs Debate
Newsview: White House Falls Out of Step
"I'm going to pray for you" - Katrina victim
On Bourbon Street, the junkies are jumpy
Iraqi Leader: Saddam Confessed to Crimes
New Orleans Floodwaters Begin to Drop
Sleep-deprived doctors might as well be drunk -study
NBC KO's Kanye's Bush Bashing
Changes in Saturn Rings Puzzle Scientists
Armstrong Thinking About Making Comeback
Countries Offering U.S. Aid for Katrina
US sees more defendants in KPMG tax case
FEMA Chief Waited Until After Storm Hit
Oil-For-Food Probe Faults Annan, Others
New Orleans bus station becomes temporary jail
Evacuees Strain States' Social Programs


Bob Denver, TV's Gilligan, Dies at 70
Bob Denver, whose portrayal of goofy castaway Gilligan on the 1960s TV show "Gilligan's Island," made him an iconic figure to generations of TV viewers, has died. He was 70.

A child in charge of `6 babies'
Chicago Tribune - In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader.

Barbara Bush: It's Good Enough for the Poor
The Nation - The Nation -- Finally, we have discovered the roots of George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism."

Use of the Word 'Refugee' Stirs Debate
What do you call people who have been driven from their homes with only the clothes on their backs, unsure if they will ever be able to return, and forced to build a new life in a strange place?


Newsview: White House Falls Out of Step
The Bush White House is known for its ability to remain in control of its message and image, sliding out of crises with barely a scratch. Not this time.

"I'm going to pray for you" - Katrina victim
Reuters' Denver-based photographer Rick Wilking arrived in New Orleans two days before Hurricane Katrina hit and stayed in the greater New Orleans area for six days. The following is his personal account of the storm and its violent aftermath.

On Bourbon Street, the junkies are jumpy
Heroin, cocaine and crack are no longer on the menu on Bourbon Street, and junkies strung out since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans are feeling the pinch.

Iraqi Leader: Saddam Confessed to Crimes
Iraq's president said Tuesday that Saddam Hussein had confessed to killings and other "crimes" committed during his regime, including the massacre of thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s.

New Orleans Floodwaters Begin to Drop
Progress was measured in inches Tuesday, in the slow dropping of water levels outside New Orleans' buildings, as engineers struggled to drain this saucer of a city in a herculean task that could take weeks — if they are lucky.

Sleep-deprived doctors might as well be drunk -study
The long work weeks of doctors in training leave them so fatigued that their reaction times are comparable to someone who is slightly drunk, researchers said on Tuesday.

NBC KO's Kanye's Bush Bashing
E! Online - Kanye West's latest rap didn't win him any fans at NBC--or the White House.

Changes in Saturn Rings Puzzle Scientists
New observations by the international Cassini spacecraft reveal that Saturn's trademark shimmering rings, which have dazzled astronomers since Galileo's time, have dramatically changed over just the past 25 years.

Armstrong Thinking About Making Comeback
After winning his seventh Tour de France title, Lance Armstrong stepped off the winner's podium in Paris and into retirement, declaring, "I'm finished." Six weeks later, he's already talking about a comeback.

Countries Offering U.S. Aid for Katrina
Dozens of nations are offering Hurricane Katrina aid. Some of the offers:

US sees more defendants in KPMG tax case
Eight former executives of accounting firm KPMG LLP and an outside tax lawyer pleaded not guilty in a tax shelter case on Tuesday, while a U.S. prosecutor said he expects charges to be brought against 12 or more additional defendants.

FEMA Chief Waited Until After Storm Hit
The government's disaster chief waited until hours after Hurricane Katrina had already struck the Gulf Coast before asking his boss to dispatch 1,000 Homeland Security employees to the region — and gave them two days to arrive, according to internal documents.

Oil-For-Food Probe Faults Annan, Others
A probe of the Iraq oil-for-food program faults U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Security Council and some United Nations member states for "egregious lapses" that allowed corruption and incompetence to cripple the operation, according to a preface of the final conclusions.

New Orleans bus station becomes temporary jail
Reuters - Rapists, an attempted murder suspect and dozens of men who looted New Orleans after hurricane Katrina huddle in a temporary jail set up as police try to regain city streets which were lawless last week.

Evacuees Strain States' Social Programs
Hurricane evacuees seeking food stamps in Texas started as a trickle and quickly turned into a torrent — eight applications the first day mushroomed to more than 26,000 within four days. To varying degrees, the same story is playing out around the country as state and local governments take in Gulf Coast refugees by the thousands, taxing social programs that in many cases already were stretched thin.

06 Sep 2005