Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My son is the recipient of a four-year college scholarship with full tuition. He selected and applied to this school. The problem is, he now wants to transfer to another college. This means he would finish his sophomore year and give up two years of the scholarship.
Reuters - Nearly two million people fled the
Louisiana coast on Sunday as Hurricane Gustav moved within
hours of striking land, possibly with a weaker punch than
2005’s devastating Hurricane Katrina.
AP - Democrats in town to staff an aggressive “war room” operation during the GOP convention have instead laid down their arms as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast.
AP - Gov. Sarah Palin was for the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” before she was against it, a change of position the GOP vice presidential running mate ignored Saturday when she bragged about telling Congress “thanks but no thanks” to the pork barrel project.
HealthDay - SUNDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) — Daily supplements of omega-3
polyunsaturated fatty acids — the kind found in fish oil — reduced
deaths and hospitalizations of people with heart failure, an Italian study
found.
AP - With a historic evacuation complete, and gun-toting police and National Guardsmen standing watch over this city’s empty streets, even presidential politics stood still Sunday while the nation waited to see if Hurricane Gustav would be another Katrina.
AP - John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday, canceling most opening-day activities and positioning himself as above mere politics as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans.
AP - One of two Missouri hospital emergency rooms reopened Sunday, a day after being shut down under quarantine when eight people sickened by a dangerous chemical’s release sought treatment.
AP - Cubans returned from shelters to find flooded homes and washed-out roads Sunday, but no deaths were reported after a monstrous Hurricane Gustav roared across the island and into the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico.
Reuters - Republican John McCain on Sunday
ordered political speeches canceled for his Republican
nominating convention on Monday to avoid a festive atmosphere
while Americans cope with Hurricane Gustav.