Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Thousands being rescued as waters rise from Isaac

Thousands being rescued as waters rise from Isaac


Thousands being rescued as waters rise from Isaac

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:42 PM PDT

Louisiana and Mississippi officials are rescuing residents stranded by the slow-moving storm, which flooded homes and pushed water over the top of several levees.

In flooded area, 'something had to give'

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:55 PM PDT

Kim Duplantier's three-story colonial plantation-style home survived Hurricane Katrina, albeit with 3 feet of unwelcome water on the bottom floor.

Man, 4 dogs rescued from roof

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:59 AM PDT

An elderly Louisiana man who lost his home in Katrina explains why he stayed for Isaac.

Evacuee: 'The water kept coming'

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 09:02 PM PDT

Victims of Isaac's floodwaters in Braithwaite, Louisiana, share their experiences with WWL/KHOU.

Body parts found in storage unit

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:21 PM PDT

For $900, the winning bid at a Pensacola storage auction got the contents of Unit B12 -- and a police investigation.

Officials: Driver, 101, hits school crowd

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 05:45 PM PDT

A car jumped the curb near an elementary school Wednesday afternoon in southern Los Angeles, badly injuring nine people, according to officials.

Trayvon Martin case judge to step down

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:19 PM PDT

A Florida appeals court has granted defendant George Zimmerman's request for a new judge in his murder trial, Zimmerman's lawyer said Wednesday.

Obama on Reddit: Ask me anything

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:50 PM PDT

Syrian: We were abused with sticks

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:04 PM PDT

Watch as a Syrian activist describes the three types of beatings a rebel prisoner could endure from the government.

Threat turns back China-N.Y. flight

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 05:50 PM PDT

An unspecified threat forced a New York-bound Air China flight to return to Beijing on Wednesday seven hours after takeoff, the airline said.

3 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:03 PM PDT

Someone wearing an Afghan National Army uniform fired on NATO soldiers and killed three of them, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said Wednesday.

Cops: Truck sold tacos and meth

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:58 PM PDT

Police in California say that a taco truck was really just a front for selling marijuana and meth. KOVR reports.

Juror skips trial, takes vacation

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT

A Milwaukee juror takes a vacation to Mexico during jury deliberations and finds herself in trouble when she returns.

Guy, 68, fired for 1963 prank

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:56 AM PDT

An Iowa man was fired after his company did a background check and discovered he was arrested almost 50 years ago.

Gen Xer Ryan takes up GOP torch

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 08:13 PM PDT

For many Republicans of his era, Paul Ryan symbolizes an overdue change and call to the Reagan-era principles that appealed to many young voters in the 1980s and that the party hopes will attract a range of youthful support in November.

RNC pays tribute to the Bushes

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 09:02 PM PDT

The Republican National Convention pays tribute to Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.

Opinion: Tough truths on Christie's N.J.

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:36 PM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie built his keynote address to the Republican National Convention on the theme of telling tough truths to the nation. "We have become paralyzed by our desire to be loved," announced Christie, showing off the gruff, no-nonsense style that catapulted him into the governor's mansion.

Opinion: Ann Romney shines

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 03:20 PM PDT

David Gergen says the candidate's wife wowed the crowd, but will she bring Mitt Romney more voters?

Opinion: GOP bluster over substance

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:16 PM PDT

David Rothkopf says GOP convention speakers deal in slogans and attacks, carefully ignoring the dire, real issues of the fiscal cliff, the possibilities of a return to recession, and U.S.-China relations.

Conan picks new campaign slogans

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:15 AM PDT

Conan looks at the presidential campaign's crop of weak taglines.

GOP convention targets Obama

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 09:09 PM PDT

A look at some of the highlights from Day Three of the Republican convention in Tampa, Florida.

When organs become cyborgs

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 02:06 PM PDT

Scientists are working on a futuristic tissue engineering venture to grow better solutions for damaged or missing organs.

Soldiers strip for Prince Harry

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 04:44 PM PDT

Soldiers around the world are showing their support for Prince Harry after nude photos of him leaked.

Ryan: White House leadership missing

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 09:08 PM PDT

GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told convention delegates that time is running out to solve the nation's fiscal problems, but Mitt Romney and he can do it if elected.

Refugee children relate Syria horrors

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:07 PM PDT

Aid worker Cassandra Nelson says the Syrian conflict is creating a growing refugee crisis across the border in Jordan.

Sense and nonsense

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 07:12 PM PDT

Opinion: One new book about the death of Osama bin Laden has a ring of truth to it. Another is a pile of poppycock served up with heaps of hogwash, Peter Bergen says.

Isaac

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 09:02 AM PDT

The fury of Isaac slammed into Louisiana with strong winds and pounding rain, generating the first real test early Wednesday of flood control systems and emergency services in New Orleans on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Bin Laden book

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 12:58 AM PDT

The publisher of a firsthand account of the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said Tuesday it was moving up its release date by one week to September 4.

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