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McCain orders convention curtailed for Gustav By DAVID ESPO ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — John McCain tore up the script for his Republican National Convention on Sunday, ordering the cancellation of all but essential opening-day activities as Hurricane Gustav churned toward New Orleans. “This is a time when we have to do away with our [...]

I hope you all will join me in sending thoughts and prayers for the people of New Orleans. Mandatory Hurricane Evacuation Is Ordered in New Orleans City officials ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning Sunday morning — the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago – as Hurricane Gustav [...]