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Watch live: Gov. Bobby Jindal discusses Tropical Storm Isaac
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal gives an update on the state’s preparations for Tropical Storm Isaac. Watch live, broadcast on MSNBC on Aug. 27. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
New Orleans in crosshairs of Tropical Storm Isaac
New Orleans braced Monday for another major tropical storm almost seven years after Hurricane Katrina swamped the fabled US home of jazz, leaving a surreal sprawl of destruction and death. The storm churned toward the northern Gulf of Mexico coast with sustained winds of 65 miles (100 kilometers) per hour,…
Watch: Pre-convention Tea Party rally in Tampa
The opening of the Republican National Convention may have been postponed because of Tropical Storm Isaac, but the Tea Party faithful are soldiering on in the teeth of the storm. The Tea Party Unity Rally 2012 is due to be held as scheduled at The River at Tampa Bay Church…
Tropical storm Isaac delays Republican convention
AMPA, Florida — A strengthening Tropical Storm Isaac barreled toward Florida and was predicted to become a hurricane on Sunday, forcing a one-day delay to the main events of the Republican convention, after leaving four people dead in Haiti. With winds reaching 65 miles (100 kilometers) per hour, the storm…
Storm delays GOP convention until Tuesday
Citing concerns over the oncoming Tropical Storm Isaac, the Republican party announced Saturday it would delay the start of its national convention, choosing to convene briefly Monday before reconvening for a full session Tuesday. “After consulting with Governor Scott, NOAA and local emergency management officials, we are optimistic that we…
Joe Biden scraps plan to crash GOP party as Isaac storm takes aim
Joe Biden scraps plan to crash GOP party as Isaac storm takes aim (via The Christian Science Monitor) Tropical Storm Isaac has been a thorn in the side of Republicans for a week as it’s threatened to disrupt the party’s nominating convention in Tampa, which begins on Monday. But as…
Tropical Storm Isaac hits Haiti on way to Florida
Tropical Storm Isaac battered impoverished Haiti early Saturday as a hurricane warning was issued for southern Florida days before the opening of the US Republican convention. With wind gusts of up to 60 miles (95 kilometers) per hour, the storm was expected to sweep over eastern Cuba later Saturday and…
Guantanamo 9/11 hearings delayed to mid-October
Preliminary hearings for the trial of five alleged 9/11 plotters were canceled this week over Tropical Storm Isaac are now set for mid-October, the US military said Friday. The hearings, at which confessed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is due to appear, are now due to take place from…
As Tropical Storm Isaac advances, Gulf oil firms evacuate
WASHINGTON — Oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico braced Friday for Tropical Storm Isaac as it barreled toward Haiti on a northwest track that threatened offshore operations. BP said it was evacuating its Thunder Horse platform, the world’s largest offshore production and drilling facility. “With forecasts indicating…
Haiti Faces New Tragedy as Storm Isaac Swells
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) – Haiti hunkered down Friday as forecasters warned that Tropical Storm Isaac could dump large amounts of rain on the impoverished country still recovering from a killer earthquake. Packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers (45 miles) per hour, Isaac was centered some 265 kilometers south of Santo…
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