A quick AM post, then I’m off to help organize the L.A. anti-war demo. It’ll be a busy day.  8:00. Arrive at ANSWER LA office. Load trucks. Drive to sites. 10:00. Trucks arrive at both sites. Unload, set up. Noon. …

Southwest Louisiana bears hurricane’s worst Beaumont escapes severe surge; Port Arthur flooding reported NHC 7 AM CDT Sat Sep 24 Since Rita is movingly slowly and is forecast to slow down further over the next few days… Rainfall totals of…

Consumers who make only minimum payments on their credit cards are in for a shock. Spurred by a new federal mandate, card companies over the next three months plan to raise – in some cases double – the amount card…

From Lefti on The News. I’ve participated in dozens, possibly even hundreds, of demonstrations over the years, and helped organize more than a few, but since I’ve never lived in a big city like New York or San Francisco I’ve…

Germany’s conservative leader Angela Merkel has failed to reach agreement with the Green party on forming a coalition government, increasing the likelihood that she will forge an alliance with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s Social Democrats to end the country’s post-election stalemate.…

The New York Mercantile Exchange said Friday it declared force majeure on remaining September natural gas deliveries due to the closure of the Sabine Pipeline which operates the key Henry Hub delivery point in Erath, Louisiana. This means those under…

Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, has said that he has been warning the Bush administration in recent days that Iraq is hurtling toward disintegration, a development that he said could drag the region into war. Faisal, who was…