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Mary Landrieu Goes to Bat for Louisiana's Wetlands

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rita, Gustav, Louisiana, Senator Mary Landrieu, Mississippi Delta, Dead Zone, BP Oil Spill 2010, Hurricane Ike, Katrina, BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, Wetlands, Green News

United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today gave testimony to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Dr...

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Vlogging For Gustav: How You Can Help

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glynnis MacNicol, Rachel Sklar, Ana Marie Cox, Gustav, The Morning Vlog, Republican Convention Minneapolis, Rnc, ETP at the RNC, Republican Convention St. Paul, Republican National Convention, Eat the Press, Video, Media News

The Glynnis-Ana-Rachel early-morning vlog show is back, this time fully-clothed and well-fed after the Politico breakfast, which was well-tweeted here...

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Hurricane Gustav Causes Jobless Claims To Rise

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Huricane Gustav, Gustav, Extreme Weather, Jobless Rate, Home News

WASHINGTON — New applications for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly last week, largely due to Hurricane Gustav, the government said Thursd...

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Sheltering Animals from the Storm

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pets, The Humane Society, Emergency, Ted Stevens, Louisiana, Gustav, Humane Society, Hanna, Texas, Tom Lantos, Christopher Shays, Animals, Frank Lautenberg, Disasters, Humane Society of the United States, Ike, Katrina, Hurricane, Politics News

Led by Senators Ted Stevens and Frank Lautenberg, and Reps. Tom Lantos and Chris Shays, the PETS Act set national policy on how to deal with animals in disasters in a post-Katrina environment.

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An Expat's View of the Conventions: End of Summer in America and Back "Home" to Europe

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe, Alaska, Democratic Convention, Gustav, Secede, Expat, Mccain, Obama, Billionaires, Republican Convention, Election, Biden, Mainstream Media, Michelle Shocked, Politics, Education, Summer, Hillary, Palin, Protests, Martial Law, Health Care, Democracy Now, John McCain, Expats, United States, Politics News

I am a Democrat but actually found the old McCain palatable once upon a time...where in the hell did the real John McCain go?

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GOP Attention Diminishes With The Winds Of Hurricane Gustav

Christopher Fink | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: RNC Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Bush New Orleaans, Mccain Gustav, Fema Gustav, Mccain Hurricane Gustav, GOP Hurricane Gustav, Bush Katrina, GOP Gustav, Bush Gustav, Gustav, McCain New Orleans, Home News

The best bet to weather natural disasters may be to live in an election swing state, then what happens in the the weeks after the disasters hit might really matter.

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MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...

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The Ol' Boys of Braithwaite

Randy Fertel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News

Monday morning New Orleans breathed a sigh of relief. Only, there was this: we had breathed the same sigh and indulged in the same cliché on an all-too-similar Monday morning three years before.

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In the Wake of Katrina, Gustav...

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Katrina, Hurricane, New Orleans, Hurricanes, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News

As the Gulf Coast picks itself up after Gustav, and the Atlantic coast gets ready for Hannah, Ike, and Josephine, I'm going to fall back on the adage ...

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After Gustav: Where's the Home in Homeland?

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Common Dreams, Hurricane, Gustav, Jazz, Homeland, Homeland Security, Molly Ivins, Hurricane Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Nola, Esquizito, Green News

One would think that the relatively new federal department, Homeland Security, would be doing its best to defend our homes, to keep us where our heart and hearth reside.

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Gustav Raises The Question (Again): Is New Orleans Worth It?

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Extreme Weather, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane, Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans Damage, Rebuilding New Orleans, Levees, Green News

WASHINGTON — Those who love New Orleans say Hurricane Gustav is proof that the billions of dollars spent to protect the city and bring it back t...

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Are Hurricanes Or Wall Street Losses Driving Premium Increases? CNBC Didn't Like My Answer

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Premiums, Insurance, Gustav, Cnbc, Home News

The CNBC anchors acted like I'd yelled fire in a crowded movie house when I pointed out this morning that it was investment losses driving insurance ...

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When the Levees Broke: Spike Lee's Sonogram of an American Stillbirth

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Dobson, Spike Lee, John McCain, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans, Katrina, Gustav, Entertainment News

If John McCain is smart, a viewing of When The Levees Broke might put his Straight Talk Express back on the right track. It might even find its way into his acceptance speech on Thursday night.

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Bush: Answer To Gustav Is More Domestic Drilling

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Gustav, Gustav Damage, Hurricane Gustav, Bush Oil Drilling, Bush Oil, Gustav Oil Drilling, Gustav, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Bush said Tuesday he was grateful that Hurricane Gustav was nowhere near as destructive as Hurricane Katrina. He used Gus...

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AP Asks: After Gustav, Is New Orleans Worth It?

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The AP asks the rather provocative question of, after hurricane Gustav, whether 'New Orleans is worth it?': Those who love New Orleans say Hurricane ...

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Hurricanes, Three Years Later -- Five Truths

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Wetlands, Climate Change, New Orleans, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Green News

Hurricanes are big; nature is bigger. Natural systems, not engineered ones, are the only defenses big enough to rely on in a big storm.

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Networks, GOP Focus On Hurricane Over Convention

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, Rnc, Gustav, Republican National Convention, Media News

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- "It's like showing up at a party and realizing you're at the wrong place" is how CBS News Washington bureau chief Christopher Isham...

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Gustav - A Cynics Blessing for McCain

Hannah Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, Mccain, John McCain 2008, Rnc, Live From St Puals, Gustav, Republican Convention, Politics, RNC Convention, Politics News

At a time when delegates, supporters and journalists gather in St Paul's, Minneapolis, to witness the commencement of the Republican National Conventi...

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The Katrina Myth

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Katrina, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Katrina, Extreme Weather, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News

Katrina was a natural disaster. (False) New Orleans is located in the wrong place and should be relocated. (False) New Orleans is entirely below sea level. (False)

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Oil Prices Rise As Gustav Threatens US Production

AP | PABLO GORONDI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Extreme Weather, Oil, US Oil Production, Oil Prices, Hurricane Gustav, Gustav, Offshore Drilling, Business News

Oil prices tumbled to $111 a barrel Monday as Hurricane Gustav weakened along the Gulf Coast and posed less of a threat to oil drilling and refining o...

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McCain Plans To Use Hurricane To His Advantage

Time | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rnc, GOP Convention, Hurricane Gustav, Mccain Hurricane Gustav, Hurrican Gustav, Mccain Convention, Mccain Gustav, Republican Convention, Gustav, Huricane Gustav, Politics News

As often as not, presidential campaigns are won or lost because of the unexpected, not the predictable. In the heat of a final push towards Election D...

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The Rovian Politics of Choosing Sarah Palin

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Spin, Mccain, Karl Rove, Cynicism, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Sarah Palin Reaction, Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Hurrican Gustav, Global Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming, Politics News

Karl Rove's minions may be smiling at the brazen gamesmanship of this pick: but if Americans fall for it, they should know all too well what to expect.

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Gustav and Oil Price Hysteria

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Iea, Katrina, Department of Energy, Gustav, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Oil, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Gustav Oil, Business News

Why is it that our media hardly ever gets it right and lets the oil industry and the speculators run roughshod over our pocketbooks?

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Gustav Evacuees Land In Chicago

CBS 2 | Posted 05.25.2011

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Millions of people have been scrambling to get out of New Orleans before Gustav hits. And some of those evacuees have ended up right here in Chicago. ...

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Updated Convention Schedule For Monday

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gustav, Republican Convention, Convention Schedule, Politics News

***Check back for updates*** Read more about the convention at the Republican Convention Big News Page and the HuffPost's Politics section UPDATE,...

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