Oil price falls as Hurricane Gustav weakens

The price of oil has fallen to below $111 a barrel as Hurricane Gustav weakened on its approach to the US coastline. "A stronger dollar also helped reverse the course for oil prices, which had risen by nearly $3 to over $118 a barrel earlier in the session.Still,...

Cuban Journalist Tells Her Story

" I just posted at Uncommon Sense an e-mail interview I did with Cuban independent journalist Aini Martín Valero of the Cuba-Verdad news agency on the island. Valero, 34, has been an independent journalist since late 2005, and despite harassment by the police, including...