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...brother Michael's house is flooding. He called around 7:45 a.m., asking us to check the weather report. Michael and his wife, Shannon - who's five months pregnant - lost power and water during Ike. They woke up this morning to find water lapping at their garage, and he wanted to know how much higher the water was expected to rise. Unfortunately, the answer is a lot. The seven bayous that run through and around Houston are swollen, and the rain is still coming down. (See photos of Hurricane Ike here...
...husband Ian and my father are trying to get close enough so that Michael and Shannon can walk out of the flooding. They live in an older neighborhood just outside the Loop that's about a 15 minute drive from my parent's downtown apartment. They've been gone at least an hour and haven't gotten close yet. They have to thread their way around the flooded areas, and keep getting turned around...
...lady in a hotel in the backblocks of Tasmania told us about a homeopathic preparation called Snorestop, which decongests and reduces tissue swelling in the sinuses. Eight years on, we are still sleeping in the same bed. It may not work for everyone, but it sure saved us. David Shannon, Auckland...
...Thomas Shannon, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, told Spanish news service Efe that Goldberg was a "diplomat of impeccable conduct" and called the expulsion "a big mistake." Though the move is likely to play well with supporters of Morales, not everyone in Bolivia was convinced, given the absence of any documents, recordings or sworn testimony to back up the allegations...
Indeed, the acid relationship between Chavez and the U.S. has also thrown the Bush Administration's motives into doubt. Thomas Shannon, U.S. assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs, has insisted the indictments stem purely from "a judicial process" and not politics. Venezuela and defense lawyers claim otherwise. Chavez, who accuses the White House of backing a failed 2002 coup against him, calls the case "part of the U.S. empire's plan" to smear him. Duran's attorney, Edward Shohat, argues that the statute at play - acting, or conspiring to act, as a foreign agent without permission - has been...