UPI NewsTrack articles from September 2005

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WNBA: Connecticut 73, Detroit 62.
September 1, 2005... UNCASVILLE, Conn., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Nykesha Sales had 19 points Wednesday night to lead Connecticut to a 73-62 win over Detroit in the opener of their WNBA Eastern Conference playoff series. The Sun had five players in double figures, with...

Williams sisters roll at Flushing Meadow.
September 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams were easy second-round winners Wednesday at the 2005 U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadow. Sharapova, who ascended to the No. 1 ranking in the world and...

Peter Warrick signs with Seahawks.
September 1, 2005... SEATTLE, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Veteran wide receiver Peter Warrick signed Wednesday night with the Seattle Seahawks. No terms were released. ESPN reported that he got a $500,000 signing bonus and that his deal is for one year and $1.4...

Chris Webber fined by federal judge.
September 1, 2005... DETROIT, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Philadelphia 76ers all-star forward Chris Webber Wednesday was fined $100,000 for his part in the University of Michigan booster scandal. He and his father both were found guilty of lying to a federal grand jury...

WNBA: Sacramento 75, Los Angeles 72.
September 1, 2005... LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Nicole Powell and Yolanda Griffith scored 18 points each Wednesday as Sacramento beat Los Angeles, 75-72, in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal series. Ticha Penicheiro and Chelsea Newton both added...

Japan to aid A-bomb victims living abroad.
September 1, 2005... TOKYO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Japan has decided to allow atomic bomb victims living in other countries to apply for health funds at Japan's overseas missions. Until now, to qualify for the funds -- about $300 a month -- they were required to...

U.S. calls for probe into Andijan massacre.
September 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The United States has renewed its call for an international inquiry into an Uzbekistan uprising in May that led to the deaths of up to 750 people. The statement followed President Islam Karimov's announcement...

Japanese hold disaster preparedness drills.
September 1, 2005... TOKYO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- More than 1 million Japanese took part in disaster drills across Japan Thursday in the wake of major earthquakes in the summer. Most of the drills involved rescue activities and evacuations after earthquakes. A...

Typhoon lashes Taiwan, kills two.
September 1, 2005... TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Typhoon Talim lashed Taiwan Thursday, killing at least two people, injuring 39, and forcing the closure of schools, offices and stock markets. Two men drowned in separate incidents in the southern and...

MLB: N.Y. Yankees 2, Seattle 0.
September 1, 2005... SEATTLE, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The New York Yankees downed the hometown Seattle Mariners, 2-0, in a pitchers' duel that saw Randy Johnson allowing just three hits over seven innings. The left-handed Johnson (13-8) shone as he struck out seven...

MLB: L.A. Angels 2, Oakland 1.
September 1, 2005... ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- John Lackey pitched seven scoreless innings as the L.A. Angels of Anaheim posted a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics. The right-handed Lackey (11-5) permitted just three hits while striking out seven and...

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.
September 1, 2005... Byline: United Press International 'Men as dogs' TV show brings BBC heat LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A BBC television show in which wives train their husbands as they would dogs has drawn heavy viewer criticism and a network apology....

China calls its policies peaceful.
September 1, 2005... BEIJING, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- China will never seek hegemony over other states or initiate the use of nuclear weapons, the government said in a white paper on arms control issued Thursday. The white paper said China would pursue an independent,...

Moscow police nab naked robber.
September 1, 2005... MOSCOW, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Moscow police have arrested a suspected naked robber accused of stopping women in a park and demanding their valuables. Valery Martynov, 31, was naked and clutching a plastic bag containing his clothes when he was...

Watercooler Stories.
September 1, 2005... Byline: United Press International Man gets paid for the ring fiancee tossed KENSINGTON, England, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A British man will get reimbursed for the engagement ring his ex-fiance allegedly threw into the Thames River. ...

New Orleans evacuees reach Houston.
September 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Buses carrying the first of some 20,000 hurricane evacuees from the New Orleans Superdome began arriving at Houston's Astrodome early Thursday. The refugees made the 330-mile trip, leaving behind a flooded,...

New Orleans flood waters start receding.
September 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Post-hurricane flood waters as deep as 20 feet began to recede in New Orleans Thursday as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrestled with levee damage. Maj. Gen. Dan Riley, chief of the corps' engineers,...

Pakistan, India foreign ministers meet.
September 1, 2005... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India Thursday began talks aimed at laying the groundwork for a meeting of their leaders later in September. India's Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his Pakistani...

Police Chief suspended over rape case.
September 1, 2005... FAISALABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Pakistani authorities have suspended a police chief accused of ordering the rape of a woman who was seeking the release of her detained husband. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz ordered an inquiry into...

Company sued for calling Taiwan a country.
September 1, 2005... SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A Chinese professor has filed suit against an international accounting firm in Shanghai for listing China and Taiwan as separate countries on its Web site. Fudan University Professor Xie Baisan, an...

Six arrested for stabbing 7-year-old boy.
September 1, 2005... HONG KONG, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Hong Kong police Thursday arrested six suspects in a vicious knife attack on a 7-year-old boy, which left his right arm badly damaged. Four men and two women, including the boy's stepmother, were taken into...

Bush approval falls in second poll.
September 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- In a second poll in as many days, U.S. President George Bush's public approval rating has fallen to a record low 45 percent. The results of a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll published Thursday mirrored a Washington...

4 indicted in S. California terror plot.
September 1, 2005... LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Four men in southern California have been indicted for plotting a string of terrorist attacks on U.S. military facilities and synagogues. The six-count indictment accuses Kevin James, 29, Levar Washington, 25,...

Ex-security chiefs had role in killing.
September 1, 2005... BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The top investigator into the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Lebanon's ex-security chiefs are suspects in planning the assassination. German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis said Maj. Gen. Jamil...

Father let child drive in fatal accident.
September 1, 2005... GLOUCESTER, England, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An inquest into a fatal highway accident in England has heard a 50-year-old man insisted his 7-year-old son drive the car at 70 mph on a major highway. Testimony was given Thursday that Peter Mourier,...

Get ready for $4 per gallon gasoline.
September 1, 2005... PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The pump price of gasoline in the United States will hit $4 per gallon soon, experts say. "There's no question gas will hit $4 a gallon," Ben Brockwell, director of pricing at the Oil Price Information...

Harris paying $450 million for Leitch.
September 1, 2005... MELBOURNE, Fla., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Florida's Harris Corp. has agreed to pay about $450 million to buy Leitch Technology Corp., a video system maker. Harris, which makes digital broadcasting systems, said the deal would close in about two...

False car bomb alert in Riyadh.
September 1, 2005... RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Saudi security forces evacuated the main immigration department in Riyadh following a false alert of a car bomb outside the building. The Daily al-Jazeera Thursday quoted interior ministry spokesman...

Arms, drugs seized on Yemen-Saudi border.
September 1, 2005... RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Saudi security forces foiled several attempts to smuggle arms, ammunition and drugs through the border with Yemen in recent days, reports said Thursday. The Saudi daily al-Jazeera reported police also...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
September 1, 2005... New Orleans evacuees reach Houston NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Buses carrying the first of some 20,000 hurricane evacuees from the New Orleans Superdome began arriving at Houston's Astrodome early Thursday. The refugees made the...

U.S. income up, but less than expected.
September 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. personal income increased 0.3 percent last month, and spending rose by 1 percent, the Commerce Department said Thursday. The $29.3 billion hike in income was less than expected, but the $85.7 billion...

As some fish stocks grow, others deplete.
September 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A new report of fish stocks shows some species are rebuilding while others are dwindling as new fishing guidelines are discussed. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report shows 19...

Alabama hospitals stressed with evacuees.
September 1, 2005... MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Alabama hospitals have been put under strain by an influx of evacuated patients from hurricane-stricken Mississippi. Some hospitals in Mobile and Baldwin counties were beyond maximum capacity Thursday as...

Iraqis bury stampede victims.
September 1, 2005... BAGHDAD, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Thousands of Iraqis took part Thursday in the funeral of hundreds of Shiite pilgrims who died in a massive stampede on a Baghdad bridge. Most of the victims, which the latest estimates said topped 900, were buried...

U.S. jobless claims up more than expected.
September 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. jobless claims last week rose to 320,000, well beyond economists' forecasts of about 315,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The department also said the figure's four-week moving average, a more...

Novartis offers $4.5B for rest of Chiron.
September 1, 2005... BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Switzerland's Novartis AG offered $4.5 billion Thursday to buy the rest of Chiron Corp., the troubled California vaccine maker, it doesn't own. Novartis already holds a 42.2 percent stake in Chiron,...

U.S. sports teams donate hurricane relief.
September 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Professional and collegiate sports teams have mounted financial relief campaigns for three hurricane-battered southeastern U.S. states. The New York Yankees and the National Football League announced they were...

Indonesia set to let gasoline prices rise.
September 1, 2005... JAKARTA, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Indonesia's currency crisis has led the government to decide to let heavily subsidized fuel prices rise in October. The collapsing value of the rupiah, now at a four-year low, stems from soaring global oil prices...

Journalists warned over military news.
September 1, 2005... SANAA, Yemen, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The defense ministry Thursday warned Yemeni journalists against publishing information about the military without authorization. The pro-government daily September 26 quoted an official source at the ministry...

Tropical depression simmers in Atlantic.
September 1, 2005... MIAMI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Tropical depression Lee swirled in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday as the southeastern United States foundered in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami described the storm as...

China, Venezuela to jointly drill for oil.
September 1, 2005... CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Venezuela and China have agreed to jointly drill for crude oil in the eastern part of the South American nation. State-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA signed the preliminary agreement with China...

World ape population dwindles at fast rate.
September 1, 2005... KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A United Nations publication calls for greater protection of the dwindling number of apes around the world. The World Atlas of Great Apes and their Conservation is a collection of...

Deutsche Post, Exel talking merger.
September 1, 2005... BONN, Germany, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Deutsche Post AG, which owns global delivery company DHL, is talking with Exel PLC about buying the British delivery company. While no purchase price has been discussed, the value of Exel's outstanding...

Hamas wants Israel out of Rafah crossing.
September 1, 2005... GAZA, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Hamas threatened to deal "painful blows" to Israel if it maintains any presence at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt after withdrawal. Senior Hamas official Mahmud Zahhar told followers in Khan...

U.S. stocks begin September mixed.
September 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Blue chips and tech stocks lost ground Thursday, but the broader U.S. stock market was edging higher. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 14.96 points, or 0.14 percent, to 10,466.64 in mid-morning trading. The...

Engineers tackle levees, warnings unheeded.
September 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Engineers, who warned for years about potential disaster, grappled Thursday with closing breaches in levees in flooded New Orleans. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used heavy-lift military helicopters to drop...

U.S. construction spending disappoints.
September 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. construction spending in July was, surprisingly, about the same as June's level, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. July's $1.099 trillion construction spending roughly matched the previous month's...

Networks, celebs rush to relief efforts.
September 1, 2005... LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- TV networks rushed to assemble hurricane telethons and Jerry Lewis pledged $1 million from his Labor Day muscular dystrophy telethon to Katrina victims. NBC, MSNBC and CNBC announced the first telethon to air...

Grieving Beslan marks massacre anniversary.
September 1, 2005... BESLAN, Russia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Somber ceremonies began Thursday marking the first anniversary of the Chechen terrorist massacre of 331 people at a school in Beslan, Russia. Thousands placed flowers and lit candles in the charred shell of...

N.O. cabbie takes family to New York.
September 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A New Orleans cab driver, eager to protect his family from Hurricane Katrina, drove two days to get them all the way to New York City. Muhammad Munir, 42, his wife, Nyesha, 29, and 19-month-old Ambreen traveled...

U.S. fears U.N. reforms to limit authority.
September 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations reportedly has made known his country's concerns about U.N. reforms that seek to limit U.S. authority. The Bush administration is concerned the reforms would limit...

U.S. manufacturing up in August.
September 1, 2005... TEMPE, Ariz., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. manufacturing grew in August but not as strongly as it had in July, an industry group said Thursday. The Institute for Supply Management's index for U.S. manufacturing in August was 53.6. July's figure...

Palestinians ready to take Gaza control.
September 1, 2005... GAZA, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Palestinian security forces completed preparations to take over Gaza and West Bank settlements to be evacuated by the Israeli army at the end of September. Toufik Abu Khossa, spokesman for the interior and national...

Gunfire disrupts New Orleans evacuation.
September 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Gunfire and arson disrupted Thursday's mass evacuation of hurricane refugees from New Orleans' Superdome to Houston's Astrodome. Richard Zuschlag, spokesman for Acadian Ambulance, said shots were fired at a...

Changes outlined for war crime trials.
September 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Procedural changes have been made for U.S. military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try terrorism suspects for war crimes. The changes announced by the Pentagon apply to suspects at Guantanamo...

Bush: Help coming in hurricane's wake.
September 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- President Bush again offered assurances Thursday the U.S. federal government is doing its best to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. In an ABC News interview, Bush said he understood the nervousness and fear...

10,000 National Guards for hurricane aid.
September 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Pentagon is ordering an additional 10,000 National Guard soldiers to relief duty in hurricane-ravaged areas of Louisiana and Mississippi. The two states have fewer of their own troops as more than 5,900 of...

Rumsfeld takes on Letterman or vice-versa.
September 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will appear on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" with "no particular agenda," it was reported Thursday. Rumsfeld is scheduled to sit down with Letterman Tuesday night,...

Mortage rates fall for third week.
September 1, 2005... MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The price of a 30-year fixed rate mortgage in the United States over the last seven days fell to 5.71 percent, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The average rate was down from the previous reporting period's 5.77...

Hawaii sets wholesale gasoline price caps.
September 1, 2005... HONOLULU, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Hawaii set caps Thursday on the wholesale price of gasoline, the Honolulu Advertiser reported. The state is not directly controlling the retail price in hopes that pump prices, the highest in the United States,...

Madonna out and about after accident.
September 1, 2005... LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Madonna, sporting a stylish sling, returned to the public eye after her highly-publicized horse riding accident and shot a commercial in London. The Daily Mail reported Thursday Madonna had nary "a hair out of...

Israel, Egypt agree on Gaza border pact.
September 1, 2005... JERUSALEM, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Israeli parliament has approved deployment of Egyptian paramilitary police along the Gaza Strip border. It's the first change in security agreements between the two Middle East neighbors in a quarter of a...

Rod Stewart takes stand in Vegas trial.
September 1, 2005... LAS VEGAS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Rocker Rod Stewart testified he always wanted to make up a concert he missed due to illness at the Las Vegas Rio, but the casino would not let him. Stewart took the stand Wednesday in the Rio's lawsuit seeking...

Massachusetts to Microsoft: Good riddance.
September 1, 2005... BOSTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- In two years Massachusetts state employees will no longer use any Microsoft Corp. desktop software in their work. The state has decided by 2007 all electronic documents created and saved by all its branches,...

ABN Amro paying $2.2B in outsourcing move.
September 1, 2005... AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Dutch financial services giant ABN Amro Holding NV will pay $2.2 billion over five years to outsource 2,000 technology jobs. ABN is giving the jobs to technology services companies Tata Consultancy...

Wholesale gasoline prices head for $3/gal.
September 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Unleaded gasoline futures for October delivery rose close to 8 percent Thursday to $2.57 per gallon on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Analysts expect gasoline futures to exceed $3 per gallon some time this...

Mariah Carey has the top two U.S. singles.
September 1, 2005... LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Mariah Carey joined an elite group Thursday, notching the No. 1 and No. 2 spots atop Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. Her "We Belong Together" chalked up its 14th week at the top on the Hot 100 chart and...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.
September 1, 2005... Bush: Help coming in hurricane's wake WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- President Bush again offered assurances Thursday the U.S. federal government is doing its best to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. In an ABC News interview, Bush said...

UPI NewsTrack Business.
September 1, 2005... U.S. stocks rise on oil's decline NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks rose Thursday on modest declines in the price of crude oil. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 27.94 points, or 0.27 percent, to 10,509.54 in late-morning...

Congresswoman's spouse pleads guilty.
September 1, 2005... CHICAGO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Robert Creamer, the husband of Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., has pleaded guilty to bank fraud and failing to withhold payroll taxes. Creamer, a long-time Democratic political consultant and former head of Illinois'...

Remains of missing student believed found.
September 1, 2005... CHICAGO, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Dismembered human remains found in a car abandoned in an Illinois parking garage likely are those of a missing Purdue graduate student, police said. Lei He, 28, was reported missing from his Lafayette, Ind.,...

Hurricane stress leads to homicide.
September 1, 2005... HATTIESBURG, Miss., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Police in Hattiesburg, Miss., say post-Hurricane Katrina stress in a dispute over ice was likely responsible for a man fatally shooting his sister. Police Chief David Wynn told the Hattiesburg American...

Turkish author faces criminal charges.
September 1, 2005... ISTANBUL, Turkey, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk faces three years in prison if convicted on charges of "public denigrating of Turkish identity," his publisher says. Pamuk, 53, was charged after a Swiss interview in which he...

MasterCard to go public.
September 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- MasterCard Inc., the world's second-largest credit card brand, is going public in a move that could bring in $10 billion. Receipts from the initial public offering of 49 percent in the company will help...

Chinese carrier buying 10 Boeing 787s.
September 1, 2005... GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- China Southern, one of the top three airlines in China, has ordered 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, worth $1.23 billion at list prices. The first of the futuristic, more fuel-efficient passenger jets...

NBA Hornets may be moved for season.
September 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The National Basketball Association is considering relocating the New Orleans Hornets for the entire season because of Hurricane Katrina. The NBA does not begin play until November, but Deputy Commissioner...

Palestinians slam Pakistan-Israel ties.
September 1, 2005... TUNIS, Tunisia, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An opposition Palestinian faction Thursday deplored Pakistan's rapprochement with Israel, seen as a prelude to establishing full diplomatic ties. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine led by...

Tulane shifts to Dallas, home games in air.
September 1, 2005... DALLAS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Tulane University athletics department, hampered by the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, has set up shop 500 miles from home in Dallas. Planning for the coming football season resumed in a hotel about a mile from...

Last Gauloise factory shuts down.
September 1, 2005... LILLE, France, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Connoisseurs of Gauloise cigarettes may have puffed the last of the French-made pungent variety with the closure of the last factory making them in that country. "We faced a fast-growing overcapacity due to...

British Quakers rebuff Islamist group.
September 1, 2005... LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Quakers in London have canceled a hall booking by an Islamist group that disguised itself as a Latin American dance organization. A fundamentalist group known as Hizb-ut-Tahrir, targeted by British Prime Minister...

Nick Lachey joins ESPN 'College Game Day'.
September 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Former boy band crooner Nick Lachey has been hired as a sportscaster by ESPN, it was reported Thursday. Probably best known as the husband of pop star Jessica Simpson for their stint on MTV's reality show...

2001 article predicted New Orleans flood.
September 1, 2005... NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A 2001 story in the magazine Scientific American predicted the flooding that New Orleans suffered from Hurricane Katrina. The October 2001 article titled "Drowning New Orleans" detailed reasons the area is...

Aquatic life dying in Gulf mystery.
September 1, 2005... NAPLES, Fla., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Researchers are looking for answers as aquatic life dies in the "dead zone" moving through the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. The Naples (Fla.) Daily News reports animals and plant life are dying as oxygen...

Borrowed bus takes victims to Houston.
September 1, 2005... HOUSTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The first New Orleans refugees to reach Houston's Astrodome overnight were stuffed into a commandeered school bus. Some of the passengers were among those leaving the New Orleans Superdome and others were picked...