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Media Ready to Skip Convention for Gulf Coast

By Kate Rockwood, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 31, 2008 2:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – Reporters scheduled to cover the Republican convention are preparing to move fast if Hurricane Gustav wallops the Gulf Coast. Anchors Anderson Cooper and Geraldo Rivera are already headed for the storm, but hordes of journalists are stuck in St. Paul, Minn., where the RNC will... Read full story »

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