Galveston Victim Remembered: "Gail's Voice was Shaky with Fear"

FREE SPIRIT Gail Ettenger, 58, a native of New Jersey stayed put at her home in the Bolivar Peninsula, but as water rose, she rang a friend, "Oh, oh, I screwed up this time." Her friend recalls, "Gail's voice was...

Pacquiao, De La Hoya: Start six-city promo tour

UPDATED: Kabayan ito po ang latest... Freddie Roach, disclosed yesterday that Manny Pacquiao is in high spirits and excited to come face-to face with Oscar De la Hoya in the kick-off leg of their six-city promotional...

Gas stations run out of gas

Gas stations in the southern United States are running out of gas."“Right now, we have no gas,” says John Rinehardt, front-end manager at Costco in Raleigh. “We are being told by corporate not to expect it for...

Houston classified as having a severe smog problem

Houston has gone from being classified as having a “moderate” smog problem to a “severe” one.   The smog is so bad they skipped over the level of “serious” and went straight to...

Galveston: Minnie the Cat Reunited with Owned Person

A hungry 15 year-old cat named Minnie who rode out Hurricane Ike all by herself in Galveston was rescued by helpers from an animal rescue after being found on the porch of the person she owns, after waiting 13...

Galveston: Now Plagued by "Horrendous Mold"

GALVESTON'S long-suffering inhabitants have now been visited by a plague of moisture loving MOULD.    " GALVESTON — It's black, white, green, blue, even calico. It feasts, floats and climbs. It can...

AFP: Somali pirates, besieged by foreign warships, demand 20 mln dlrs

"MOGADISHU (AFP) — Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian freighter carrying military weapons defiantly demanded 20 million dollars in ransom despite being surrounded by three foreign warships on Sunday. The spokesman for the pirates, contacted by AFP via satellite...

Race Car Driver and Actor, Paul Newman Dead

" September 27, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by Los Angeles car accident attorneys, the legendary actor, racecar driver and entrepreneur of Newman’s Own food line has passed away after his battle with...

CEO of US-based IT firm attacked in Noida (India)

" The chief executive officer (CEO) in India of a US-based software firm was dragged out of his car and viciously attacked in Noida, police said on Saturday, four days after the India CEO of an Italian firm was...

Russia, Venezuela sign agreement; mock U.S. prestige

"           BOGOTA, COLOMBIA — Venezuela and Russia signed broad agreements on energy cooperation Friday, a day after Moscow extended a $1 billion line of credit for Hugo Chavez to purchase arms. "We have before...

Galveston: Why 40,000 Ignored Hurricane Ike "Certain Death" Warning

EXPERTS estimate that of 500,000 in the mandatory evacuation zone, only 300,000 left, and of those in the "certain death" zone, 30% chose to stay behind.  Gene Hafele director of the Houston-Galveston National Weather Service says there is "no one answer" in NATIONAL...

Galveston News Black Out - "We Are Not Hiding Bodies," says Chief Medic

24th Sept 2008: THE CHIEF Medical Examiner for the area has claimed on a TV clip that the UTBM "are not hiding bodies" in the Hurricane Ike Galveston Ike aftermath  and has reassured the public that the large refrigerated FEMA units outside the cemetery are normal....

Medical Marijuana Endorsed by Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

"Medical Marijuana Endorsed by Leukemia and Lymphoma Society With a vote on medical marijuana looming in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Leukemia and Lymphoma...

Update: Galveston Jail Chief Standards Officer Hugely Relieved

20-Sept-2008 A relieved top prison offical and state commissioner into prison standards, Adan Munoz, Jnr, has declared that the inmates at Galveston Jail were "never in any danger". Despite the power going out, the...

Crews From 31 States in Texas to Restore Power

Line crews from 31 of the United States has offered their help to eastern Texas to help heal the largest power failure in Texas' history."In the wake of Hurricane Ike, officials fear it could take weeks to restore...

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