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Tourists, residents flee as Gustav swamps Jamaica

Tourists, oil workers, residents flee as deadly storm Gustav hits Jamaica; New Orleans braces

Mexican Supreme Court upholds legal abortion

Supreme Court upholds unrestricted abortion in first trimester as legal in Mexico City

Sources: US says civilian deaths were overstated

Sources: US review of airstrike in Afghanistan disputes claims of dozens of civilian deaths

Afghans say deadly US raid based on misleading tip

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As Gustav nears, Gulf Coast puts faith in planning

2008-08-28 21:30:20 ByBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press Writer The Associated Press

As deadly storm Gustav threatens, Gulf coast relies on emergency plans drafted after Katrina

Today In History

On Aug. 28, 1963,

200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

In 1609,

Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.

In 1774,

Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was born in New York City.