Expect the tropical storm ISAAC, which is moving over the Gulf of Mexico to have an impact at the gas pump, natural gas and thereby on US consumers wallets.

Energy companies are always looking for ways to raise prices and increase their profits, so they are now scrambling and evacuating workers from oil and natural gas platforms, cutting oil production in the Gulf of Mexico.

As Isaac tracks west it becomes a bigger threat to the energy industry. The Gulf coast region accounts for more than 20 percent of US oil production and over 40 percent of refining.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Anticlimactic Opening Day Ceremonies.
Mitt Romney's convention inflates with the banging of a gavel in a mostly empty hall, hardly the opening splash intended for the nation. It will temporarily deflate 10 minutes later because of the logistical problems Tropical Storm Isaac developed in the area.

NO: GO AWAY ISAAC. As Storm Now Headed For Gulf Coast States.
Hurricane forecasters predict the storm will gradually intensify into a Category 2 Hurricane and strike Wednesday somewhere between Morgan City, La., and Destin, Fla.

Tropical storm Isaac lashed south Florida with strong winds and heavy rain after battering the Caribbean, and officials said it may strengthen into a full hurricane by midweek as it heads toward New Orleans.

Emergency management officials in Key West ordered visitors and residents to remain indoors as the storm moved through the area saying the only safe place is be is indoors.

On the seventh anniversary of Katrina, New Orleans residents have seen this horror film before and this is certainly not a re-run they wish to experience as all eyes are monitoring this storm.

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This Week in History, August 26 - September 1

Aug 26, 1939
First televised Major League baseball game. The first televised Major League baseball game is broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.

Aug 27, 1883

9 WOUNDED OUTSIDE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. All Were Hit By Police Gunfire.
Evidence reveals that all everyone of those victims who were hit by fragments or bullets fired by police. Officials said the officers had no choice but to shoot.

GOP CONVENTION DELAYED. Tropical Storm Isaac Threatens Florida Coast
Tampa's party plans are postponed as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches Florida's West Coast. Republican officials have decided to delay the kickoff of their National Convention till Tuesday.

CHINESE WEAPONS. Flooding Sub-Saharan Africa.

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SUPER-BUG OUTBREAK. Lack of New National Institutes of Health Antibiotics.
Drug makers back away from developing new antibiotics, leaving physicians with less treatment and health care options.

AL-QAEDA WANTS TO KILL SEAL. Military Man Who Wrote Bin Laden Book.
Web site posts a photo as well as the name of the commando, who had written under a pseudonym. Terrorists target Navy commando.

SAMSUNG VIOLATED PATENTS. Jury Rules In Favor of Apple.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his support for the new Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis, Lakhdar Brahimi, adding that he would count with the full backing of the international community when he assumes his position on 1 September.

“You have all the respect and full support of the international community,” Mr. Ban told Mr. Brahimi at UN Headquarters. “It is crucially important that the Security Council and all the United Nations systems support your role.”

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