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As Katrina unleashes her fury upon the Gulf Coast stay with MSNBC for the
latest...We've got reporters strategically located throughout the region
including our own David Shuster who is in Biloxi, a city taking the brunt of
the hit...
Shuster is blogging of course and has posted a couple of cell phone shots
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
Video: Shuster at dawn http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/
You can submit your own photos/stories here if you're in the area
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9076525/
We're whipping up a bunch of guests, hurricane experts, government officials
and disaster specialists to analyze exactly what is going on, the damage
assessment and what comes next...Oh and another big angle we're covering is how
Katrina is impacting oil prices and how that may increase your pain at the
pump...
We'll also talk to several Gulf Coast senators on what they're doing to help
their states..
Please join us tonight at 7 pm ET...Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited
The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC
Hurricane tracker http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7845030/
Katrina pounds New Orleans, heads north...City spared worst but flooding a
problem; Mississippi, Alabama in path (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9063708/
Hurricane could leave 1 million homeless...Experts warn of 'incredible
environmental disaster' of biblical proportions (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9113550/
At least 10,000 find refuge at the Superdome (New Orleans Times Picayune)
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1125283561138731.xml
The Federal Emergency Management Agency went into disaster mode as it and other
federal agencies prepared to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (AP)
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/08/29/D8C9I2VO0.html
Superdome loses power and pieces of roof...Winds tear holes in ceiling, but
8,000 storm refugees appear unconcerned (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9108975/
Other states bracing for hurricane's impact...From Texas to Pennsylvania,
communities gear up for Katrina (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9109700/
Defiance, fear and and long-term worries...Gulf Coast residents respond in
different ways to Katrina's threat (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9114156/
Oil prices reach $70 a barrel...Hurricane Katrina forces oil producers to cut
output (Reuters) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Bush weighs tapping strategic oil reserve...Decision to aid oil companies
expected later today (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9117057/
Katrina may cost insurers $25 billion...Forecaster says storm could be most
expensive to hit U.S. (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9114813/
In other news....
New Iraq constitution sparks Sunni protests...Thousands rally in Saddam's
hometown; Bush expresses disappointment (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9084376/
President Bush strongly endorsed a proposed Iraqi constitution despite failure
of U.S. efforts to win backing of the charter by minority Sunni Muslims (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050829/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq&printer=1
Sheen, Sharpton visit Crawford anti-war camp...Mother of slain U.S. soldier
continues her vigil outside Bush's ranch (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9075811/
News Analysis: After a weekend in which the countryside near his ranch was
dominated by demonstrations both in favor of the Iraq war and against it,
President Bush travels to Arizona and California today on domestic business:
promoting the new Medicare prescription-drug benefit for seniors. (USA Today)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/bushonroadafterweekendofduelingdemonstrations&printer=1
Anti-gay church protests at soldiers' funerals...Counterdemonstrators in
Tennessee chase away members of small church (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9102443/
Rep. Charles Rangel, the gravelly voiced dean of the New York State
congressional delegation, launched a blistering attack on Vice President Dick
Cheney Friday night, calling him a "sick man" who was unfit to lead. (Newsday)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-nyrang274400219aug27,0,3271205.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-print
Concerned Women for America is accusing Starbucks "of promoting a homosexual
agenda" (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002455480_starbucks29m.html
Opinion/Editorial
Pat's on fire: The Illegal Immigration Emergency: Would a Bill of Impeachment
Wake-Up President Bush? http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=8749
The "other" Katrina chills on vacation: The Importance of Being Lazy
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?bid=7&pid=17022
Novak: '06 could be a tough year for GOP
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak29.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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