| New Orleans orders mandatory evacuation (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2008 01:09 AM CDT  AP - Residents were ordered to flee an only partially rebuilt New Orleans Sunday as another monster storm bore down on Louisiana nearly three years to the day after Hurricane Katrina wiped out entire swaths of the city.
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| Gustav threatens those hardest hit by Katrina (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 04:51 PM CDT  AP - A big sign at the harbor here encourages: "Think Positive, St. Bernard!" But after three years in a government trailer, Beth Basile is finding that hard to do.
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| McCain, Palin in Pa.; GOP convention eyes Gustav (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:21 AM CDT  AP - John McCain voiced concern for Gulf Coast residents fleeing the path of Hurricane Gustav on Saturday and made plans to visit Mississippi even as he reintroduced running mate Sarah Palin to a raucous crowd in a key battleground state.
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| AAA: Labor Day travel expected to decline (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:26 AM CDT  AP - Falling gas prices might not be enough to entice people to travel this Labor Day weekend, with some keeping a wary eye on dangerous Hurricane Gustav, which is threatening the Gulf Coast.
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| Oil companies shutting down Gulf installations (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:33 AM CDT  AP - Royal Dutch Shell, BP and other oil companies wrapped up evacuations and shut down production Saturday as an intensifying Hurricane Gustav churned toward the petroleum-rich waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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| Dust storm causes some to leave Burning Man early (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:35 AM CDT  AP - A dust storm chased away some participants from the counterculture Burning Man festival before its traditional climax Saturday night on the northern Nevada desert, authorities said.
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| Springsteen ends world tour at Harley celebration (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2008 02:55 AM CDT  AP - Bruce Springsteen ended his world tour over the weekend, toned down but revved up.
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| Satellite phones make cowboys wildfire sentinels (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 12:59 PM CDT  AP - The craggy gullies where Idaho cowboy Paul Nettleton runs 1,200 head of cattle are often precious minutes from reliable cell phone coverage.
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| Bush: Gulf Coast govs to have full federal support (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 06:05 PM CDT  AP - President Bush, faced with the prospect of a second monster hurricane striking the still-battered Gulf Coast on his watch, checked in with governors and federal officials Saturday to make sure Washington was doing all it can. He prepared for the possibility of travel to the region and designated two more states eligible for federal help ahead of Hurricane Gustav's landfall.
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| 2 men, 2 suicides, 1 heart and 1 widow (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 06:04 PM CDT  AP - On an overcast spring morning in southeast Georgia, Sonny Graham drank some coffee and headed out the door for another day in the family landscaping business and to take his 9-year-old stepson to the dentist. But Graham made a detour to the backyard shed that he'd built.
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| Mother of missing Fla. toddler arrested again (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 01:43 PM CDT  AP - The $500,000 bond posted a week ago for the mother of a missing Florida girl was rescinded after she was taken back to jail on check fraud and theft charges, a bondsman said Saturday.
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| Rainwater collectors work to ease shortages (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 01:29 PM CDT  AP - Tara Hui climbed under her deck, nudged past a cluster of 55-gallon barrels and a roosting chicken, and pointed to a shiny metal gutter spout.
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| Thousands of Harleys parade through Milwaukee (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 01:08 PM CDT  AP - Thousands of people lined a parade route Saturday as Harley-Davidson riders from around the world revved their engines, waved flags and threw candy to the crowd for the iconic motorcycle company's 105th anniversary.
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| New Orleans copes with storm jitters after Katrina (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 11:57 AM CDT  AP - People don't sleep well in New Orleans in August, not when a hurricane lurks offshore. People hear wind that isn't there; they wake at night, checking to make sure the floorboards are dry and families are safe.
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| Fans queue to snag tickets to see Oprah, Olympians (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 06:49 PM CDT  AP - Fans began lining up at 6 a.m. Saturday for a chance to snag free tickets to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" season premiere featuring 150 U.S. Olympic athletes.
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| Plague threatens prairie dogs, endangered ferrets (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2008 12:44 PM CDT  AP - On the grasslands a few miles from the pinnacles and spires of Badlands National Park, federal wildlife officials have been waging a war since spring to save one of the nation's largest colonies of endangered black-footed ferrets.
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