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Fannie Eugene drove to Entergy's new complaint center in Mid-City on Saturday to see when power might be restored at her house in the Lower 9th Ward. "My husband has emphysema, so it's getting harder by the day," said Eugene, 60. She hoped to find out if relief was in sight soon. "So I asked them, 'Are you working in my area?'" Eugene said. More than half the city's households still lack power. But she received no real news at the complaint center, which is located at 3400 Canal St., she said. "They're just open," she said. "They don't know...

MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS NOTIFIED GOHSEP AND TANGIPAHOA PARISH GOVERNMENT OF AN "IMMINENT FAILURE" OF THE DAM AT LAKE TANGIPAHOA AT PERCY QUINN STATE PARK. THIS FAILURE IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ALONG THE ALREADY SWOLLEN TANGIPAHOA RIVER. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS.

Rush Limbaugh claimed in his radio show Wednesday that the National Hurricane Center's warning that Tropical Storm Isaac could hit the Republican convention in Florida next week was wishful thinking, according to rawstory.com. "The National Hurricane Center is Obama," he said. "The National Weather Service is part of the Commerce Department. It is Obama." Isaac is currently taking aim at the Dominican Republic and Haiti and could threaten Florida next week as a hurricane. Limbaugh questioned the need for the National Hurricane Center, which tracks such storms. "They are talking about this Hurricane Isaac thing," he reportedly said. " We,...