• At Least 284 People Arrested in the Twin Cities, Including Amy Goodman
• Group of Iraq Veterans Against the War Head to Bring Relief to New Orleans
• Some in New Orleans Choose to Ride out the Hurricane
• Examining the Republican Party's Energy Policy
• Massive Protests Greet Republican Delegates
• Immigrant Rights Activists Take on Sheriff Joe Arpaio
• Flooding Plagues Those on the Indian-Nepalese Border

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• US Military Fatalities in Afghanistan Now Past 500
• Emergency Rule Imposed in Bangkok
• Japanese Prime Minister Resigns
• Bolivian Electoral Court Overturns Date for Constitutional Referendum
• EU Committee Recommends Giving Car Manufacturers More Time to Curb Emissions

So far, at least 284 people have been arrested on the streets of Saint
Paul – 130 people have been charged with felonies, including conspiracy
to riot. 103 people have been charged with misdemeanors – many have
been released unless they did not present ID. Among those taken in were
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Khadoz and Nicole Salazar.
Aura Bogado caught up with Amy shortly after she was released, and was
making her way back into Convention.

A contingent of 10 IVAWs are heading over to New Orleans to lend their
hands to those affected by Hurricane Gustav. We hear from Phil Aliff.

Tropical storm Gustav moved further west on Tuesday after making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane just west of New Orleans on Labor Day. Nearly 2 million people evacuated Coastal Louisiana over the weekend in fear of devastation similar to the wake of Hurricane Katrina's, three years ago. FSRN's Dolores M. Bernal was on the ground for the hurricane and brings us this story.

Alongside this weekend's news reports on hurricane evacuation and the strength of Gustave, where stories about how the storm would affect oil refineries in the Gulf – possibly halting production and boosting gas prices. These issues, and how they relate to energy policy and oil dependence, are at the forefront in the Twin Cities where the Republicans released their policy platform. Leigh Ann Caldwell has more.