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Gustav strengthens back into a hurricane, hits Caymans on course for Cuba and US Gulf Coast

Published August 29, 2008, 10:59 pm, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Hurricane Gustav plowed through the Cayman Islands toward Cuba, gathering strength on a journey that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina.

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Tropical Storm Fay heads toward parish

Published August 29, 2008, 10:57 pm, St. Tammany News

Tropical Storm Fay, rumbling toward the Gulf Coast, prompted parish emergency officials on Friday to pump out retention ponds and put sandbag operators on standby.

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Nervous Gulf Coast watches brewing Gustav

Published August 29, 2008, 10:57 pm, Journal Inquirer

Forecasters warned that Gustav had the potential to grow into a perilous Category 3 hurricane and approach the Gulf Coast by Monday morning — though cautioned that a storm's track and intensity are extremely difficult to predict several days in advance.

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Gulf Coast states prepare as Gustav strengthens

Published August 29, 2008, 10:57 pm, Journal Inquirer

Residents bail out water with buckets at the flooded front of a house during heavy rains caused by Hurricane Gustav in Leogan, southern Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The death toll from Hurricane Gustav is up to 22 in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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Texas disaster plans in place

Published August 29, 2008, 10:54 pm, Houston Chronicle

State and local emergency officials cast wary eyes as Hurricane Gustav moved slowly through the Caribbean Friday, making preparations in case the storm threatens the region.

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McKinney company scores wind turbine contract

Published August 29, 2008, 10:54 pm, McKinney Courier-Gazette

A McKinney company signed an exclusive contract Monday with the Netherland-based company Home Energy to manufacture wind turbines for all of the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean.

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YTB sells dream of prosperity

Published August 29, 2008, 10:52 pm, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

On a Friday morning this month, a man in a yellow Hawaiian shirt stood before 18,000 at the Edward Jones Dome, talking about hope and freedom and the dream of a better life.

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Gustav strengthens as it bears down on Caymans

Published August 29, 2008, 10:43 pm, Journal Inquirer

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Gustav became a hurricane again Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina.

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Gustav Hits Caymans With Torrential Rain, Bound for Cuba, Gulf

Published August 29, 2008, 10:43 pm, Bloomberg.com

Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Gustav swept through the Cayman Islands with torrential rain today, picking up speed as it headed toward Cuba and the U.S. Gulf Coast cities ravaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

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National news

Published August 29, 2008, 10:41 pm, Akron Beacon Journal

PHILADELPHIA Corpse case ends A man who made millions of dollars by plundering hundreds of bodies sent to funeral homes and selling their often-diseased parts and tissues to medical companies pleaded guilty Friday to a raft of charges that could send him to prison for life. Michael Mastromarino, 44, pleaded guilty to hundreds of counts of abusing corpses, forgery, theft and other allegations ...

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