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Tropical Storm Isaac Closes Courthouses in Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana

Check the courts' websites for updates on re-openings.

(WASHINGTON DC) - With Tropical Storm Isaac now on track to pass southwest of New Orleans early Wednesday morning, all offices of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, August 28 and 29.

Bandana: Part III in a 3 Part Series

BANDANA: Build Absolutely No Desalination Anywhere Near Anything….or Anyone

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - Every focused poll taken by disinterested 3^rd parties in the last 12 years of my watch reflects a 90+% willingness by OC residents to pay more to procure safe, healthy potable and irrigation water.

These polls by professionals in the field reflect eagerness, an obviously increasing awareness that our general water availability is in jeopardy.

There ain`t no Sanity Clause...
Why Romney Could Win The Election

Everything has been blamed for this excruciating summer, from global warming to flatulent cows. Everything, that is, except the noxious exhalation of politicians. - Alan Abelson

(SASKATCHEWAN) - Think the Republican party has never been in such disarray?

Think Barack Obama, with that dentist-approved winning smile, is enjoying a likability rating not limited to Democrats or even independents?

Mitt Romney and Outsourcing

Romney himself has a history of outsourcing jobs as the chief executive of Bain Capital.

(CHICAGO) - Sensata Technologies, a business based in Freeport, Illinois, owned by Bain Capital, is laying off workers in order to hire employees in China.

Last year, Bain took over the Freeport plant and announced that it would layoff 165 workers and close it.

Wells Fargo: Stop the Foreclosure on My Dead Mother`s Home

Please help us keep our family home....

(OAKLAND) - Like vultures, Wells Fargo Waited

The house that my mother, Marjorie Gibson, owned is the only home our family has had for over two generations. I know she wanted me to have the house to live in and take care of my grandchildren in because she left it to me in her will.

Human Rights and Jordan

Israel’s policy is routine deportation of internationals who come to visit us under occupation. Thus internationals are forced to not disclose the purpose of their visit.

(AMMAN, Jordan) - On Sunday Israeli occupation forces denied entry to the occupied Palestinian territories for 100 visitors in the third Welcome to Palestine Campaign (WTP3).

Media was present on both sides of the crossing from Jordan.

From Hurricane Katrina to Isaac: New Orleans` Lower 9 Still Waiting for Grocery Store

In the meantime, residents will be waiting out one more storm and another day in seven years without a grocery store.

(NEW ORLEANS) - New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward become famous for months of standing flood waters after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 and subsequently, by Actor Brad Pitt’s home rebuilding project.

Pakistan: Gang-Rape, Murder of a Pakistani Christian Girl

Local media reports that the murdered Christian girl, Muqadas Kainat, was the oldest of seven children.

(SALEM) - According to local media reports, a 12-year old Pakistani girl who went into a field to relieve herself was gang raped by several men and murdered just less than two weeks ago. At this point, police have not made any arrests.

There are few things more disturbing in this world that the wanton abuse of a child; particularly under these worst of circumstances.

The Media on `Meles` Zenawi`s `Sick Leave,` Death and Legacy

“History is capricious and has a cynical sense of humour.” - Charles Onyango-Obbo, The East African

(UGANDA) - On July 21, I posted on Facebook, citing a source that Mr. Getachew Assefa, the security chief of the Ethiopian regime leaked information about the death of Meles Zenawi to Mr. Amare Aregawi.

Amare is a “former” propaganda chief of the ruling minority ethnic faction who postured as publisher of a private paper, The Reporter.

Irish President Unloads on `Wanker` Tea Party Radio Host

Michael D Higgins v Michael Graham - 2010 cut from Ireland's National Independent Talk Radio Broadcaster, Newstalk 106-108fm.

(DUBLIN) - From May 2010, an exchange between Michael D Higgins (who was elected President of Ireland last year) and Tea Party-loving radio guy Michael Graham on Irish radio station Newstalk 106-108fm.

Higgins unloads on Graham, a conservative American radio host, during a debate between the two on the Irish radio program Newstalk.