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Dem Victory Boosts House Majority to 79

Kilroy snatches 21st seat from GOP

Dec 8, 08 1:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The last outstanding contest for the House of Representatives is over, with Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy declared the winner in a tight Ohio contest, boosting the Democratic majority to 79 seats. Kilroy is the first Democrat in a generation elected to the House in her county. Her victory over state... More »

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Ohio • William Jefferson • House of Representatives • Deborah Pryce • Hurricane Gustav • Mary Jo KIlroy • Steve Stivers • Joseph Cao • John Fleming • Paul Carmouche

Media Focus Elsewhere Hurts Gulf Coast Relief Efforts

Media coverage pales in comparison to Katrina disaster

Sep 25, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Relief organizations are struggling to raise funds for their work in hurricane-battered areas of Texas and Louisiana, a marked difference from 2005, when millions flowed in to help Katrina victims. “The camera and the lights didn't stay on” this time, a Red Cross worker tells MSNBC, distracted by fresher... More »

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relief • American Red Cross • Gulf Coast • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Ike • Mennonite Disaster Service

Hurricanes Prompt Calls to Soften Restrictions on Cuba

Some see aid now as a path toward increased influence, cooperation

Sep 24, 08 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The devastation Hurricanes Gustav and Ike wrought on Cuba has prompted the US to offer direct aid for the first time in the 47-year history of its embargo on the island, but even ardent anti-Castro Cuban Americans are pushing for more, the Washington Post reports. While not all favor... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • United States • Raul Castro • Cuban embargo • emergency aid • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Ike • disaster diplomacy

Officials: Texas Needs $40B From Feds for Ike Cleanup

Mayors ask Congress to move quickly on relief

Sep 23, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Texas officials told Congress today they might need up to $40 billion in aid to rebuild the state's hurricane-hit areas, the Houston Chronicle reports. The state's lieutenant governor sought at least $11.5 billion of aid and as many trailer homes as available to help the 770 communities damaged by... More »

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Houston • FEMA • Federal aid • Galveston • FEMA trailers • disaster • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Ike • Mayor Bill White

 Hurricanes Smoke 
 Cuban Cigar Biz 

Double blow from Gustav, Ike to cost billions

Sep 18, 08 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Back-to-back blows from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have the Cuban tobacco industry reeling, reports the Miami Herald. Hurricane Ike alone destroyed half of this year's tobacco plants, more than 3,000 tobacco-drying barns and nearly 9,000 homes for workers. The destruction occurred just days after Gustav had already wreaked... More »

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Cuba • tobacco • Havana • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Ike • cigars • Ramon Serafin

 US May Seek World's 
 Emergency Fuel 

Feds still gauging disruption to supplies from Gulf hurricanes

Sep 17, 08 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration may ask the International Energy Agency to release emergency fuel stocks into the domestic market to cushion losses from hurricane-battered oil refineries, Reuters reports. Gustav and Ike temporarily closed a dozen Gulf Coast refineries, though all are in "reasonably good shape" according to an official, resulting... More »

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Bush administration • fuel • petroleum • International Energy Agency • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Ike

 Don't Get 
 Complacent, 
 Big Easy: 
 Officials 

Much to be done if New Orleans is to survive next big storm

Sep 7, 08 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Orleans residents may be celebrating Hurricane Gustav's near-miss this week, but that's no reason to get complacent, the New York Times reports. Officials admit that protective infrastructure still isn’t up to par, and there were several close calls when Gustav made landfall. “I want everybody to understand—... More »

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New Orleans • Katrina aftermath • hurricanes • Hurricane Gustav

 East Coast Braces for Storms

Hanna could become hurricane by landfall; Ike drops to Cat. 3

Sep 5, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(AP) - Tropical storm watches or warnings were extended from Georgia to just south of New York City today as states along the Atlantic braced for Tropical Storm Hanna. Forecasters said Hanna could still become a hurricane before its expected arrival on US shores tomorrow. Meanwhile, disaster planners eyed ferocious-looking Hurricane Ike,... More »

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severe weather • Hurricane Gustav • Tropical Storm Hanna • Hurricane Ike

 Haitians Starving in Hanna Hell

Survivors stranded on rooftops beyond reach of aid workers

Sep 5, 08 2:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Impoverished Haiti is reeling from the devastation of a series of tropical storms and hurricanes, with refugees starving on rooftops in flood-ravaged areas, reports the Guardian. Faced with washed-out roads and winds too strong for helicopters, UN aide workers are using inflatable boats to reach at least some survivors. The... More »

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United Nations • Cuba • Haiti • hurricanes • Tropical Storm Fay • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Hanna • Hurricane Ike • Port-au-Prince

Officials Worry About Staying Power in Gustav Tales

Those who partied in New Orleans could influence evacuees to remain next time

Sep 4, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the thousands who rode out Hurricane Gustav in New Orleans boast about the hardy, and sometimes boozy, camaraderie to neighbors who paid in frustration for following evacuation orders, authorities are hoping those tales won’t keep residents from heeding warnings next time around, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • culture • human behavior • Hurricane Gustav

 Global Warming 
 Makes Storms 
 Worse: Study 

Scientists argue whether climate change strengthens hurricanes

Sep 4, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Global warming is causing intensifying hurricanes around the world, a new study shows. Scientists analyzed 2,000 “tropical cyclones” occurring from 1980 to 2006 and found that the “strongest storms are getting stronger, especially over the Atlantic and Indian Oceans,” USA Today reports. Warmer water “has... More »

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climate change • cyclone • typhoon • hurricane • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Hanna

New Orleans Residents
Head Home

But blackouts and shortages await returning evacuees

Sep 3, 08 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - All Hurricane Gustav evacuees are being allowed back into New Orleans after Mayor Ray Nagin abandoned a more drawn-out reentry plan, the Washington Post reports. Those returning had trouble locating supplies, and officials warned power outages would add to difficulties. "We'd like to say welcome back, but it's not... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Louisiana • evacuation • power outage • hurricane recovery • George W. Bush • Hurricane Gustav

OPINION

 Gustav Histrionics 
 Were Irresponsible 

Gustav prep was 'responsibility avoidance': Furedi

Sep 3, 08 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The way media and the state reacted to Gustav wasn't responsible behavior, but rather "responsibility avoidance ... motivated by a desire to avoid blame," Frank Furedi writes in Spiked. He says official overreaction diminishes a sense of community and individual resilience, rendering people passive to the whims of politicians... More »

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New Orleans • Louisiana • Ray Nagin • disaster • Hurricane Gustav

(AP) - President Bush flew over flooded fields and downed trees today as he kept a close watch on the Hurricane Gustav recovery —in contrast to his administration's bungled response to Katrina 3 years ago. Aboard Air Force One, Bush received a briefing from FEMA director R. David Paulison, who said... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • White House • severe weather • relief • George W. Bush • disaster • Hurricane Gustav

Oil Prices Drop for 4th Day
on Minimal Gustav Damage

Slowing demand drops crude to $108

Sep 3, 08 9:07 AM CDT
(AP) - Oil prices dipped to just above $108 a barrel today after Hurricane Gustav left oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico largely undamaged. By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude for October delivery was down $1.50 on the New York Mercantile Exchange as the dollar continued to strengthen and... More »

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crude oil • commodities • oil prices • Hurricane Gustav

New Orleans Residents Cleared to Return Tonight

Other Louisiana parishes allowing residents back today

Sep 3, 08 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - People are returning to their southern Louisiana homes in the wake of a weaker-than-expected Hurricane Gustav, but New Orleans residents will need to wait until one minute before midnight, reports the Times-Picayune, running on an emergency generator. Mayor Ray Nagin warned the city is still "vulnerable" due to lack... More »

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New Orleans • Louisiana • evacuation • Ray Nagin • hurricane • Hurricane Gustav

ANALYSIS

 5 GOP Convention Viewing Tips 

Assuming Palin's shadow doesn't obscure everything, that is

Sep 2, 08 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Republicans set to turn on all the lights at their convention tonight, Martin Kady II of Politico runs down five things to watch for:
  • Palin’s shadow: “The theme of tonight’s convention is ‘service,’” Kady notes, “and the trick for the
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John McCain • Hurricane Katrina • Fred Thompson • Joe Lieberman • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention • Bristol Palin

 Bush to Tour Post-Gustav La. 

President will visit tomorrow

Sep 2, 08 4:02 PM CDT
(AP) - President Bush will travel to Louisiana tomorrow to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Gustav. He met today with Dick Cheney, several Cabinet secretaries, and about 20 other advisers to assess the damage the hurricane caused to Gulf Coast oil drilling and refining operations. He said it's too early to... More »

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Louisiana • tropical storms • oil drilling • George W. Bush • property damage • offshore oil • Hurricane Gustav

MARKETS

 Rally Fizzles Despite Oil's Drop 

Traders becoming more focused on economic strength than fuel

Sep 2, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - An early rally faded today and the markets closed with mild losses, the Wall Street Journal reports. Oil fell $5.75 as Gulf Coast oil-production facilities appeared to have emerged mostly unscathed from Hurricane Gustav, but the news failed to give equities lasting momentum. The Dow closed down 26.63,... More »

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Dow Jones • exports • Nasdaq • US exports • S&P 500 • oil prices • Hurricane Gustav

 As Hanna Nears, Fla.
 Declares Emergency 

Storms keeping Gov. Crist from Republican convention, to boot

Sep 2, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. Charlie Crist called a state of emergency today for Florida as Tropical Storm Hanna, currently over the Bahamas, bears down on his state, the St. Petersburg Times reports. With Gustav’s fringe still causing flooding on Florida’s east coast, officials worry even a miss from Hanna—expected to... More »

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Florida • Charlie Crist • St. Petersburg • Hurricane Gustav • Republican National Convention • Hurricane Hanna

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