Rescue crews race across coastal Texas to find Hurricane Ike victims; Houston sets curfew – Chicago Tribune

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ Crews navigated debris-strewn streets to reach people still stuck in some of the thousands of homes flooded by Hurricane Ike , while authorities in the nation’s fourth-largest city imposed a curfew and warned residents that it would be weeks before Houston is fully back up more info
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The Bonfire of the Hypocrisies – Weekly Standard

Historians looking back on these tumultuous times will no doubt argue over the precise date on which the Age of Palin began. Her speech at the Republican National Convention on September 3 certainly catapulted her to national renown. But there is a more info
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