AP - Tropical Storm Zeta unexpectedly strengthened as it moved westward over the central Atlantic on Monday, but it posed no threat to land, forecasters said.

AP - Hurricane Katrina evacuees around the nation who faced a Jan. 7 deadline for checking out of their government-funded hotel rooms have received a reprieve: Federal officials will keep paying for the rooms beyond that date as they iron out issues arising from a class-action lawsuit.

AP - It's lunchtime and Elvira and Nick are having a quick bite, then it's back to an afternoon of swimming in their big glass house on the Mississippi River.

Reuters - New Orleans could take three to five years to regain its population of nearly half a million before Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin said on Sunday, in a more optimistic view than some predictions the historic jazz city may never fully recover.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta slightly gained strength early Tuesday as it moved westward over the central Atlantic, but it posed no threat to land, forecasters said.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta slightly gained strength early Tuesday as it moved westward over the central Atlantic, but it posed no threat to land, forecasters said.

Reuters - Tropical Storm Zeta maintained its strength over the open Atlantic on Tuesday as the 27th named storm of a record-breaking hurricane season drifted slowly westward.

AP - Hurricane Katrina evacuees around the nation who faced a Jan. 7 deadline for checking out of their government-funded hotel rooms have received a reprieve: Federal officials will keep paying for the rooms beyond that date as they iron out issues arising from a class-action lawsuit.

AP - It's lunchtime and Elvira and Nick are having a quick bite, then it's back to an afternoon of swimming in their big glass house on the Mississippi River.

Reuters - New Orleans could take three to five years to regain its population of nearly half a million before Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin said on Sunday, in a more optimistic view than some predictions the historic jazz city may never fully recover.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta slightly gained strength early Tuesday as it moved westward over the central Atlantic, but it posed no threat to land, forecasters said.

AP - Hurricane Katrina evacuees around the nation who faced a Jan. 7 deadline for checking out of their government-funded hotel rooms have received a reprieve: Federal officials will keep paying for the rooms beyond that date as they iron out issues arising from a class-action lawsuit.

AP - It's lunchtime and Elvira and Nick are having a quick bite, then it's back to an afternoon of swimming in their big glass house on the Mississippi River.

Reuters - New Orleans could take three to five years to regain its population of nearly half a million before Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin said on Sunday, in a more optimistic view than some predictions the historic jazz city may never fully recover.

AP - The record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season refused to end Tuesday as Tropical Storm Zeta defied expectations and gained strength as it churned well offshore.

AP - Hurricane Katrina evacuees around the nation who faced a Jan. 7 deadline for checking out of their government-funded hotel rooms have received a reprieve: Federal officials will keep paying for the rooms beyond that date as they iron out issues arising from a class-action lawsuit.

AP - It's lunchtime and Elvira and Nick are having a quick bite, then it's back to an afternoon of swimming in their big glass house on the Mississippi River.

Reuters - New Orleans could take three to five years to regain its population of nearly half a million before Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin said on Sunday, in a more optimistic view than some predictions the historic jazz city may never fully recover.

Reuters - Tropical Storm Zeta maintained its strength over the open Atlantic on Tuesday as the 27th named storm of a record-breaking hurricane season drifted slowly westward.

USATODAY.com - For President Bush, 2005 was a year of growing public impatience with the Iraq war, angst over gas prices, devastation from Hurricane Katrina, the collapse of his Social Security plan and a firestorm over domestic spying. Now he faces a challenge that's upended the best-laid plans of his predecessors. His sixth year in office.

AP - It's lunchtime and Elvira and Nick are having a quick bite, then it's back to an afternoon of swimming in their big glass house on the Mississippi River.