News Headlines for Askew, Mississippi

Mississippi's 11 casinos brace for Gustav (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Mississippi's 11 Gulf Coast casinos are preparing this Labor Day weekend for Tropical Storm Gustav, three years after Hurricane Katrina turned several of the massive casino barges and hotels into waterlogged heaps of rumble.

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Mississippi governor says coastal evacuations will begin for trailer residents this weekend (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
GULFPORT, Miss. - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says Katrina victims still living in trailers along Mississippi's coast should begin evacuating this weekend as Gustav approaches.

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Mississippi Governor Says Evacuations to Begin This Weekend (CBS 42 Birmingham)
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour says Katrina victims still living in trailers along Mississippi's coast should begin evacuating this weekend as Gustav approaches.

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On Katrina anniversary, Mississippi Gov. orders some evacuations as Gustav looms (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Mississippi Governor orders some evacuations this weekend Click here for local weather details With a new storm threatening to cause chaos in New Orleans all over again, a horse-drawn carriage brought the last seven unclaimed bodies

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Mississippi Democrats: Obama ready for challenge (The Clarion-Ledger)
Democrats across Mississippi who watched Barack Obama's acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday said he put to rest questions of whether he is ready for the office.

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Mississippi River is Crow Wing’s focus (Albert Lea Tribune)
BRAINERD — Crow Wing State Park southwest of Brainerd is about the river. The Mississippi River.

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Houston Nutt era begins with Memphis-Mississippi (Pine Bluff Commercial)
JACKSON, Miss. - The butterflies don't start till a couple of days before the game for Houston Nutt. No, it's those questions, so many gnat-like questions, that have encroached on the new Mississippi coach's sleep in the weeks leading up to his debut Saturday against Memphis.

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U.S. Weather: Showers Move Into Michigan, Mississippi Valley (AgWeb.com)
Wet weather is enveloping parts of the Corn Belt as a weak cold front produces scattered showers and thunderstorms from Michigan southwestward into the middle Mississippi Valley, USDA's Joint Ag Weather Faclity said Friday.

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BREAKING: South Mississippi supplies run short as Gustav nears Mississippi (The Reflector)
Stores and gas stations in South Mississippi are experiencing shortages and runs on emergency supplies as tropical storm Gustav enters the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical storm Gustav is currently expected to make landfall as a hurricane on or near the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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BREAKING: Barbour declares state of emergency for Mississippi (The Reflector)
Gov. Haley Barbour issued a state of emergency in Mississippi due to the threat tropical storm Gustav poses as it is expected to hit on or near the Mississippi Gulf Coast as a hurricane.

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