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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s recent appearance on “Saturday Night Live” and appearances in Colorado boosted John McCain’s candidacy, dashing rival Barack Obama’s hopes for a landslide victory on Election day. With only 15 grueling days to go before Election Day, the Palin Effect has proved the McCain/Palin Repulican ticket to more viable than the junior Senator from Illinois himself realizes: Palin is no bimbo; she is a bold and courageous Republican Vice-Presidential nominee.

In buses, cars, planes and trains, approximately 1 million vulnerable residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are fleeing the U.S. Gulf Coast Sunday morning as Hurricane Gustav roars towards New Orleans with a vengeance.

Three years after Hurricane Katrina, The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is prepared for imminent danger; however, more than 7,000 families were still living in FEMA homes before the storm approached the ninth largest body of water in the world: The oil rich Gulf of Mexico, into which Tropical Storm Hanna itself may also enter soon as a potential deadly intensified hurricane.

As if a hurricane and a tropical storm weren’t enough: Forecasters are tracking a tropical wave off the western coast of Africa.

In Beijing, People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.), Michael Phelps dominated the swinning competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He set a third straight world record, after his winning the 200-meter freestyle Tuesday.

The native of Baltimore, Maryland &mdash who won eight six gold medals and also two bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens — has won his ninth career gold Olympic medal: Phelps has joined the elite Olympic ring of fellow legendary Olympians Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis, Paavo Nurmi and Larysa Latynina, all of who tied for the most Olympic gold medals in Olympic history.