Daily Archives: September 1, 2008

NEW ORLEANS – Hurricane Gustav slammed into the heart of Louisiana’s fishing and oil industry with 110 mph winds Monday, delivering only a glancing blow to New Orleans that raised hopes the city would escape the kind of catastrophic flooding brought by Katrina three years ago.
That did not mean the state survived the storm without [...]

POLITICS AS USUAL: THEY’RE GRRR-EAT!

Kellogg’s presented Democratic hopefuls BARACK OBAMA & VP JOE BIDEN with their own special edition box of Frosted Flakes during the Michigan campaign stop. The company, which has long been headquartered in Battle Creek, hopes a new Democratic regime will help bring jobs and economic growth to the recession-ravaged blue-collar state.