Attorney General Jay Nixon today announced that his offices investigation into retail gasoline prices in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has led to legal action being taken against the owners of 10 gas stations, eight of which are in southeast Missouri. Nixon launched his investigation on Aug. 31, just two days after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Read the article...
Many lives have been affected by the recent disaster. If you would like to provide assistance, or send out your thoughts and prayers, the New Orleans tourism site NOLA.com has set up a message board called Reaching Out where members can post offers of assistance or words of encouragement to the victims.
The upcoming 2005 Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) commission will trim excess domestic base infrastructure, which is estimated at 25% too large and costs billions of dollars a year. Here is a detailed official list of US military installations in September 2002 which reveals that thousands of buildings and acres are leased. Read more...
With the growing popularity of fuel efficient cars like the hybrid, some states are beginning to worry that they won't collect enough tax money through current gas taxes. To help compensate for this California is considering a "tax by the mile" that would tax you based on how much you drive. It has not been stated if the tax would be more or less than what Californians pay now. The obvious drawback to this plan is it may discourage people from buying fuel efficient cars like the hybrid. Read more.
Religion that God accepts as pure and faultless is looking after orphans and widows in their distress -- commentary by James, the brother of Jesus We learned about Rev. Jeyanesan's work in the war-ravaged District of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka when we met him in Israel in 1996. He quickly became our friend as we learned about his mission to care for the orphaned, deserted, malnourished children and widows in the area. Before the tsunami, he had over 2000 children under his care, 320 were orphans. Although much of what they had was destroyed by this disaster, their numbers have grown dramatically because of it; Rev. Jeyanesan is working hard to help each and everyone that comes to him. Rev. Jeyanesan
