Bush to skip convention, travel to Gulf Coast instead - Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - President Bush is skipping the Republican National Convention on Monday and will travel instead to Texas to meet with emergency workers and evacuees as Hurricane Gustav bears down on the Gulf Coast. After a briefing Sunday from Federal

Gaza students denied chance to study abroad - Los Angeles Times
DESPONDENT: Osama Daoud, center, is flanked by fellow Fulbright scholars Zuhair Abu Shaaban, at right, and Fidaa Abed in July as they waited at the Gaza border to meet with U.S. consular officials. They were granted visas, but they were later revoked

New Orleans evacuates for ‘big, ugly storm’ - Forbes
NEW ORLEANS, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people in New Orleans and the U.S. Gulf Coast fled their homes on Sunday as Hurricane Gustav moved within 24 hours of striking land, possibly with a weaker punch than 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. The