First Draft (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bush will be in New Orleans tomorrow and also in Orlando to speak to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The LA Times Countdown to Crawford blog reports: Clearly, White House officials want the focus of the day to be the...
Beyond Katrina (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
NEW Orleans - Coast Guard video is available of the salvage and cleanup operations of the damaged barge DM 932 that spilled up to 420,000 gallons and is now resting against the Crescent City Connection Bridge near downtown New Orleans...
Facing South (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
As politicians from across the South clamor to lift the federal ban on offshore oil drilling, the disaster that took place early this morning near New Orleans highlights the very real dangers faced by oil-producing communities. Around 1:30 a.m., a chemical tanker collided with a fuel barge on the Mississippi River, ripping the barge in two and spilling over 400,000 gallons of unrefined, tar-like fuel...
Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
New Orleans LA (SPX) Aug 08, 2008 - Lockheed Martin delivered Space Shuttle External Tank-129 to NASA today, and the tank shipped from the Michoud Assembly Facility via enclosed barge at about 5 p.m. this evening, bound for Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
Beyond Katrina (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
NEW Orleans - The following is the latest information on efforts to salvage the barge DM 932 and clean up as much as 420,000 gallons of oil spilled in the Mississippi River. Salvage operations on the barge DM 932 continue...
casa de Charlotte della luna (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Another grey, rainy day in New Orleans has me in a mellow semi-bluesy mood with under-tones of something else….. Something else that this song brings closer to the surface. Off with the shoes and work clothes, on with the tee and shorts and earphones. I’m closing out the noisy workaday world with all it’s disappointments and [...]
Beyond Katrina (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
NEW Orleans - Efforts to clean up and contain up to 420,000 gallons of oil spilled in the Mississippi River continue Wednesday. The following is the latest information: Vessel traffic is allowed, with restrictions, in the vicinity of Algiers Point...
Beyond Katrina (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Mississippi River oil spill response crews muster before sunrise at the incident command post near Belle Chasse, La., Thursday. Crews receive their operational assignments from the unified command daily before deploying to the field.U.S. Coast Guard photo illustration by PA2...
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Hayward ‘Chuck’ Carbo “Listen -Chuck Carbo - Can I Be Your Squeeze - MP3″ “Listen -Chuck Carbo - Take Care of Your Homework - MP3″ Greetings all. Earlier today I got the sad news that New Orleans legend Hayward ‘Chuck’ Carbo had passed away at the age of 82. Around these parts, Carbo is best known for his [...]
Soulbounce.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
For those who think that "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" is the Black National Anthem, I hate to break it to you but you've been hoodwinked and bamboozled. As quiet is kept, there's another song that really holds that distinction:...
ReverseBlog (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
It may come as something of a shock to most that in Mobile, Alabama, a culturally sanctified segregation still exists. And documentary filmmaker Margaret Brown must be relying on that shock from viewers of her exacting new film The...
The Mahablog (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
In his column today, Bob Herbert writes, When exactly was it that the U.S. became a can’t-do society? It wasn’t at the very beginning when 13 ragamuffin colonies went to war against the world’s mightiest empire. It wasn’t during World War II when Japan and Nazi Germany had to be fought simultaneously. It wasn’t in the [...]
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008 | Politics
Barack Obama makes a pitch in Zanesville, OH, today to expand President Bush 's faith based programs, while affirming his belief in the separation between church and state. He'll propose a Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to help these groups apply for federal dollars and, more broadly, to assist his administration in addressing the nation's poverty problem, among other issues....
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Barack Obama is announcing plans to expand a program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and support some ability to hire and fire based on faith. Here, his remarks as prepared for delivery. You know, faith based groups like East Side Community Ministry carry a particular meaning for me. Because in [...]
