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BREAKING Gulf Coast waits as Gustav bears down on Louisiana · Pared-down GOP convention opens · U.S. hands Anbar to Iraqi forces
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Gulf Coast braces for Gustav
Raw video: rain bands lash the Louisiana coast as the storm nears.
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The Gulf Coast Waits: Will It Be Another Katrina?
AP - Mon Sep 1, 4:42 AM ETNEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Gustav charged toward the largely deserted coast of Louisiana early Monday and seemed destined to make landfall west of a city still recovering three years after Katrina's devastating blow.
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