Waters recede but storm victims suffer in East (Reuters)

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• Waters recede but storm victims suffer in East (Reuters)
• President Obama offers disaster aid to New Jersey (Reuters)
• Wildfires again rage through Texas and Oklahoma (Reuters)
• Book Excerpt: 9/11 Survivor's Memoir 'Unmeasured Strength' (Time.com)
• California Considers Scholarships for Undocumented Students (Time.com)
• Judge blocks New Mexico governor on immigrant driver licenses (Reuters)
• Texas wildfire destroys more than 3 dozen homes (AP)
• Post-9/11, emergency radios still not connected (AP)
• US security intensifying as Sept. 11 date nears (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Great Lakes, Mississippi split sought (AP)
• Obama bows to Boehner; jobs speech will be Sept. 8 (AP)
• Colorado logger cuts off toes after foot is pinned (AP)
• In cut-off Vt. town, coffins and smashed houses (AP)
• Man dives into moving Jeep after driver blacks out (AP)
• US: No plans to tie Libya aid to Lockerbie case (AP)
• Judge blocks NM plan to verify immigrant licenses (AP)
• Court case lifts lid on secret post 9/11 flights (AP)
• US appeals court considers wiretapping lawsuits (AP)
• Gay former Army Lt. has trial put on hold in DC (AP)
• Cantor says no strings attached to disaster fund (AP)

Waters recede but storm victims suffer in East (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:38 PM PDT Reuters - Floodwaters finally started to recede from areas of the U.S. northeast devastated by Hurricane Irene but many communities were still under water on Wednesday as relief workers battled cut-off roads and raging rivers to deliver emergency supplies.

President Obama offers disaster aid to New Jersey (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:25 PM PDT Reuters - New Jersey residents struggled with flooded homes, blocked roads and power outages on Wednesday as rivers and creeks overflowed following Hurricane Irene, and some areas were declared disaster zones.

Wildfires again rage through Texas and Oklahoma (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - Wildfires raged through Texas and Oklahoma again on Wednesday, threatening homes and buildings and charring thousands of acres of parched, dry land.

Book Excerpt: 9/11 Survivor's Memoir 'Unmeasured Strength' (Time.com) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:05 AM PDT Time.com - In an excerpt from her new book, Unmeasured Strength, Lauren Manning remembers the events of 9/11 and the horrific tragedy that left her with burns covering 80% of her body

California Considers Scholarships for Undocumented Students (Time.com) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:05 AM PDT Time.com - A bill that would make public money available to help undocumented youth attend college is one step closer to becoming law in budget-strapped California

Judge blocks New Mexico governor on immigrant driver licenses (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:24 PM PDT Reuters - A New Mexico judge blocked on Wednesday a drive by the state's Republican governor to make it harder for illegal immigrants to keep driver's licenses in the state.

Texas wildfire destroys more than 3 dozen homes (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:47 PM PDT AP - Kathy Lanpher was showing a property to a client when she heard the improbable, gut-wrenching news: A wildfire like the one that destroyed her home four months ago was threatening the nearby subdivision where she had relocated.

Post-9/11, emergency radios still not connected (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:27 PM PDT AP - Amid the chaos of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, emergency responders found they could not communicate with each other. That problem persists 10 years later, according to a review of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations.

US security intensifying as Sept. 11 date nears (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 03:10 PM PDT AP - As the nation prepares for the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks — a date al-Qaida has cited as a potential opportunity to strike again — security is intensifying at airports, train stations, nuclear plants and major sporting arenas around the country.

APNewsBreak: Great Lakes, Mississippi split sought (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:23 PM PDT AP - Six attorneys general in the Great Lakes region called for a multi-state coalition Wednesday that would push the federal government to protect the lakes from invasive species such as Asian carp by cutting off their artificial link to the Mississippi River basin.

Obama bows to Boehner; jobs speech will be Sept. 8 (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:15 PM PDT AP - In a retreat after an hours-long test of wills Wednesday, President Barack Obama agreed to deliver an address on jobs and the economy to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 8, yielding to House Speaker John Boehner, who had balked at Obama's request for a Sept. 7 speech.

Colorado logger cuts off toes after foot is pinned (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:53 PM PDT AP - Jon Hutt was doing logging work all alone in a remote Colorado forest when his six-ton trailer fell onto his right foot.

In cut-off Vt. town, coffins and smashed houses (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:31 PM PDT AP - Coffins lie exposed at the village cemetery, having popped out of the ground. Homes are reduced to what look like piles of giant matchsticks. A weathered brown house hangs precariously out over a creek, an enormous chunk of soil underneath chewed away by floodwaters.

Man dives into moving Jeep after driver blacks out (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:50 PM PDT AP - A man jumped into an out-of-control Jeep as it drifted across lanes of traffic on a bustling parkway and steered the vehicle safely into a guardrail after its driver suffered a seizure, authorities said.

US: No plans to tie Libya aid to Lockerbie case (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:53 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration said Wednesday it will continue to press Libyan rebels to review the case of the convicted Lockerbie bomber but ruled out making the transfer of frozen Gadhafi regime assets contingent on his return to prison.

Judge blocks NM plan to verify immigrant licenses (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT AP - A New Mexico judge blocked Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's administration Wednesday from requiring tens of thousands of immigrants to recertify their driver's licenses and verify whether they continue to live in the state.

Court case lifts lid on secret post 9/11 flights (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 03:28 PM PDT AP - A hidden network of U.S. companies, coordinated by a prominent defense contractor, played a key role in the covert airlift that transported terrorism suspects and their American minders, according to newly disclosed documents in a New York business dispute between two aviation companies.

US appeals court considers wiretapping lawsuits (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:59 PM PDT AP - Lawyers for civil liberties groups asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to revive two groups of lawsuits claiming the government has monitored the communications of millions of Americans without warrants since 9/11.

Gay former Army Lt. has trial put on hold in DC (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:06 PM PDT AP - A gay former Army lieutenant who handcuffed himself to the White House fence to protest the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy may be closer to having charges against him dismissed after a judge put his trial on hold Wednesday.

Cantor says no strings attached to disaster fund (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:35 PM PDT AP - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he never suggested that disaster funds for victims of Hurricane Irene should be held up by budget concerns.

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