| Troops requested to assist recovery |
| Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:55:00 EST |
| The Louisiana National Guard has been asked to send troops to several parishes to assist in hurricane recovery. |
| McCain vows change in D.C. |
| Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:40:00 EST |
| ST. PAUL, Minn. ?John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the "constant partisan rancor"that grips Washington as he launched his fall campaign for the White House. "Change is coming,"he promised the roaring Republican National Convention and a prime-time television audience. |
| Jindal wants all parishes included in declaration |
| Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:56:00 EST |
| Gov. Bobby Jindal said he has appealed to President Bush to include all 64 Louisiana parishes in a federal disaster declaration to help recover from Hurricane Gustav. |
| Nagin: New Orleans passes 'test' |
| Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EST |
| NEW ORLEANS ?Mayor Ray Nagin says Hurricane Gustav was a good test of New Orleans'levee system and the city's evacuation plan and readiness. And, he says, the city passed. |
| Dead Nutria litter Waveland beach |
| Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:37:00 EST |
| WAVELAND, Miss. ?Hundreds of dead nutria ?victims of Hurricane Gustav ?have washed up on the beach in Waveland. |
| State-assisted evacuees can be tracked |
| Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EST |
| BATON ROUGE ?The state social services department has set up an online database and hot line for people to check on their family and friends who were evacuated and sheltered before Hurricane Gustav. |
| Coroner: Shrimper drowned in storm |
| Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EST |
| GULFPORT, Miss. ?A 54-year-old shrimper drowned during Hurricane Gustav, the third fatality in Mississippi blamed on the storm. |
| Bus driver gives ride to stranded N.O. evacuees |
| Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EST |
| NEW ORLEANS ?Danny Price has been driving tour buses for almost 10 years. |
| N.O. police arrest 4 in attempted looting |
| Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EST |
| NEW ORLEANS ?New Orleans police arrested four people and booked them with attempted burglary and looting on Thursday. |
| FEMA checks to benefit displaced |
| Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EST |
| FEMA will give $500 checks to evacuees who have been forced away from their homes for seven days, FEMA spokesman Don Jacks said Thursday morning. |