Gustav Hurricane

Forced by Hurricane Gustav to pare down the first day of their national convention and rattled by breaking news about John McCain's running mate, Republicans took advantage of Gustav's passing to regroup. As news anchors hustled back to St. Paul, Minn., organizers essentially turned Day Two of the convention into Day One. First Lady Laura Bush introduced her husband's speech via satellite, and former Sen. Fred Thompson replaced Rudolph W. Giuliani as keynote speaker. Then Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent who spent much of his career as a Democrat, endorsed McCain.

On the eve of October's peak seafood harvesting season, migrant fishermen are sweeping debris from gutted bay-side homes instead of scooping shrimp and oysters from the Gulf of Mexico's lucrative floor. The $100-million fishing industry in Galveston Bay is nearly paralyzed. Hurricane Ike's effect is being felt among gulf seafood harvesters, distributors and restaurants.

On the eve of October's peak seafood harvesting season, migrant fishermen are sweeping debris from gutted bay-side homes instead of scooping shrimp and oysters from the Gulf of Mexico's lucrative floor. The $100-million fishing industry in Galveston Bay is nearly paralyzed. Hurricane Ike's effect is being felt among gulf seafood harvesters, distributors and restaurants.

Forced by Hurricane Gustav to pare down the first day of their national convention and rattled by breaking news about John McCain's running mate, Republicans took advantage of Gustav's passing to regroup. As news anchors hustled back to St. Paul, Minn., organizers essentially turned Day Two of the convention into Day One. First Lady Laura Bush introduced her husband's speech via satellite, and former Sen. Fred Thompson replaced Rudolph W. Giuliani as keynote speaker. Then Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent who spent much of his career as a Democrat, endorsed McCain.

The television networks and national cable news outlets Sunday shifted their top talent and reporters from the Republican National Convention here to the Gulf Coast to prepare for Hurricane Gustav's landfall. That means John McCain and his campaign will not receive the uninterrupted attention that Barack Obama did during last week's Democratic National Convention. But news executives -- much like the presumed Republican presidential nominee himself -- said they had no choice but to follow the potentially damaging events in the South, three years after Hurricane Katrina caught some news organizations flat-footed.

The television networks and national cable news outlets Sunday shifted their top talent and reporters from the Republican National Convention here to the Gulf Coast to prepare for Hurricane Gustav's landfall. That means John McCain and his campaign will not receive the uninterrupted attention that Barack Obama did during last week's Democratic National Convention. But news executives -- much like the presumed Republican presidential nominee himself -- said they had no choice but to follow the potentially damaging events in the South, three years after Hurricane Katrina caught some news organizations flat-footed.