Day August 30, 2005

From BoingBoing Black people loot, white people find?. Xeni Jardin:   Flickr user dustin3000 uploads two similar news photos that show flood victims in New Orleans wading in chest-deep water. In each, a person appears to be dragging a bag…

Home page WWL TV New Orleans All residents on the east bank of Orleans and Jefferson remaining in the metro area are being told to evacuate as efforts to sandbag the levee break have ended. The pumps in that area…

With conditions in the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans rapidly deteriorating, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday that everyone still in the city, now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers, needs to be evacuated. Recovery will take so long…

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This is amazing news. A U.S. immigration judge ruled on Monday that if an asylum-seeking former CIA operative from Cuba is deported, he would be sent to Venezuela — where he has been charged in connection with the 1976 bombing…