Aug

31

Burning Man festival nears end in Nevada desert (AP)

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'The Man' burns during the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)AP - The party is drawing to a close at the annual Burning Man festival on the northern Nevada desert.

Aug

31

Mexican leader meets anti-crime march organizers (AP)

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Thousands hold up lit candles at the main Zocalo square in Mexico City during a protest against the tide of killings, kidnappings and shootouts sweeping the country, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. More than 13 anti-crime groups planned for tens of thousands of people to join marches in all 32 Mexican states Saturday evening, urging people to walk in silence with candles or lanterns. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings.

Aug

31

Indicted Louisiana House member bids for 10th term (AP)

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In this Oct. 16, 2007 file photo, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Jefferson is awaiting trial in Virginia on federal bribery charges; his brother and two sisters are ensnared in a separate federal criminal case in New Orleans, but few people are counting Jefferson completely out as he faces six challengers in Saturday's Democratic primary. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh, File)AP - Sordid bribery allegations and jokes about “cold cash” hidden in Rep. William Jefferson’s freezer apparently did not matter much to voters two years ago when the New Orleans Democrat won a runoff election for his long-held congressional seat with a surprising 57 percent.

Aug

31

US braces for major storm hit on New Orleans (AFP)

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NASA Terra satellite image shows Hurricane Gustav as it begins to move over the US Gulf Coast. The United States girded for disaster Sunday as Hurricane Gustav plowed toward Louisiana, with over a million people fleeing the Gulf Coast and oil production all but shut off in the Gulf of Mexico.(AFP/NASA-HO)AFP - The United States girded for disaster Sunday as Hurricane Gustav plowed toward Louisiana, with over a million people fleeing the Gulf Coast and oil production all but shut off in the Gulf of Mexico.

Aug

31

Nearly two million flee Hurricane Gustav (Reuters)

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A man hauls bags down Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, ahead of Hurricane Gustav's arrival, August 31, 2008. Hurricane Gustav churned toward the Louisiana coast through the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico on Sunday with strength that could rival 2005's Hurricane Katrina, prompting low-lying New Orleans to begin evacuation. (Lee Celano/Reuters)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.

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