Gulf Coast

September 11, 2008 - According to a new report by the Homeland Security Department's office of inspector general, the federal government wasted millions of dollars on four no-bid contracts it handed out for Hurricane Katrina recovery work, the Associated Press reports.

September 11, 2008 - Ike continues to barrel towards the Texas shore, with an estimated impact sometime early Saturday morning.

September 10, 2008 - Barreling across the Gulf of Mexico toward the Texas coast, Hurricane Ike is currently expected to make landfall early Saturday somewhere between Houston and Corpus Christi.

September 8, 2008 - There are reports of extensive devastation from Gustav in indigenous communities across areas of Louisiana hit hardest last week by the storm.

September 6, 2008 - By Bill Quigley, guest contributor Hurricane Gustav killed 18 people in Louisiana and displaced 1.9 million. Over 800,000 homes are without electricity, nearly half the state, and some will not see power for up to a month.

September 5, 2008 - In the Institute for

September 4, 2008 - Today I'm traveling back from New Orleans to North Carolina via Birmingham. I stopped in at the main Red Cross shelter for Gustav evacuees that's been erected at the city's Civic Center to see how people were holding up.