This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Gustav taken at 6:55 a.m. EDT Saturday Aug. 30, 2008. Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane early Saturday with winds of 115 mph as it approached western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami called the storm 'dangerous' and said it had reached the status of a major hurricane, the second one of this Atlantic season after Bertha in July. 5 a.m. EDT Saturday, Gustav's eye had left the Caymans behind and was about 255 miles east-southeast of the western tip of Cuba. It was moving northwest near 12 mph. (AP Photo/NOAA)
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Residents begin leaving Gulf Coast ahead of storm

AP - 31 minutes ago

NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Gustav grew into a dangerous storm Saturday, and as city officials started evacuating the residents that couldn't get out on their own, some people weren't waiting to be told to leave.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks to the crowd after being introduced as the Republican vice presidential candidate by Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio August 29, 2008. (Matt Sullivan/Reuters)

Evangelicals energized by McCain-Palin ticket

AP - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

Sarah Palin already has energized conservative religious leaders who had fretted that John McCain would pick an abortion rights supporter as his running mate. The Alaska governor was raised in a Pentecostal church and has called herself "as pro-life as any candidate can be."

People attend a funeral of soldiers killed in the South Ossetia conflict at a cemetery in Tbilisi August 28, 2008. (David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)

Georgia says Russia troops blocking refugee return

Reuters - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago

GORI, Georgia (Reuters) - Russian troops deep inside Georgian territory are stopping thousands of refugees from returning to their homes, a Georgian official said on Saturday.

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