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• Category 2 Gustav plows through Caymans
Gustav, which killed 71 people in the Caribbean, hit the Caymans Friday with fierce winds that tore down trees and power lines. It was expected to cross Cuba's cigar country Saturday and head into the Gulf of Mexico by Sunday.
• Violence still scars Iraq's Diyala after U.S. push
Sunnis boycotted the last popular vote in 2005, allowing Shiites to take a disproportionate share of the power in the province of 1.5 million people.
• Gulf Coast's tourism industry readies for storm
The weekend's Southern Decadence gay pride festival, which drew 120,000 people last year, is expected to go on as planned, and Louisiana State University's football team still aims to kick off against Appalachian State in Baton Rouge Saturday.
• Party got what it wanted from Obama speech
But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush. . . . I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and independents across this great land:
• Realtors peddle real estate to bike-happy clients
Behind a niche market that repsents only a sliver of natinal sales is a bigger trend — a fundamental shift in the way people think about buying homes.