Hurricane Evacuation Tips (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

" Hard-earned advice from the ultimate experts DO NOT evacuate from Kenner to Chalmette with two 4-pound Yorkies in your Corvette! DO NOT accept helicopter or boat rescue from the roof for you and your pets. Once they bring you to a shelter, the shelter will not accept your...

Hurricane John Threatens Pacific Coast of Mexico

"Hurricane John churned northwest along Mexico's Pacific coast with ``dangerous'' winds and heavy rain, and the government prepared to provide shelter, food and other help for as many as 800,000 people. The hurricane, a Category 3 storm on the five-tier Saffir- Simpson...

Hundreds of pets homeless in New Orleans a year after Katrina (AFP)

" NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) - A symphony of barks echoes through the converted warehouse acting as New Orleans' temporary animal shelter a year after Hurricane Katrina separated thousands of pets from their owners. Most of the animals rescued after 80 percent of the...

Open Defiance of Immigration Law -- Unacceptable Even If Cloaked in Religion

The ancient Christian tradition of sheltering those who require it. There is quite a difference between sheltering a Christian from the evil Roman Emperor Diocletian and someone who has broken legitimate laws.

Illegal border crossers now favoring California

Number of immigrants illegally jumping the California-Mexico border appears to be increasing as enforcement gets tougher in Arizona. Squeeze one spot and illegal immigration will bulge elsewhere along the 1,952-mile frontier.

2 men guilty of harboring illegal aliens from Mexico

Told to make up ficticious Social Security numbers.

Lives sacrificed on illegal trip from Altar, Mexico

The flow of immigrants from Mexico continues. The season of death has arrived in the Arizona desert. There are more desert deaths during the summer months.

The words that trigger Echelon

I don't believe it. Echelon must be more sophisticated. But maybe not. Not if it's the same people who didn't know there were no WMD in Iraq.

Homeless shelter agency may leave downtown core

Jesus, I can't imagine being homeless in this city... "Advocates for the homeless are worried a shelter agency may have to move out of the downtown core, jeopardizing access to overnight shelter. The Inn from the Cold service provides shelter for homeless families in...

Maine doors open, but few takers

After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina became apparent, Penny Lane of Rockland collected more than two dozen boxes of clothing, toiletries and children's toys and books to help with hurricane relief efforts. But that wasn't enough to suit her. So now she has volunteered...

Evacuees surprised with home

A Mississippi family gets a furnished home with their bills paid for a year.

A New Orleans family finds 'stability' thanks to a Maine man's generous offer

MASON TOWNSHIP -- Bill Ullman needed just an hour-long phone call to settle the arrangement: The D'Aquin family of New Orleans could live in his guest cottage while they put their lives back together in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The D'Aquins needed to have a family...