Hello, Dolly...Go Away, Dolly

The approaching category one hurricane Dolly could bring much need rain to areas in the Texas Gulf coast. But it could also cause massive flooding and levees could fail in this storm.

Dolly is about 130 miles southeast of Brownsville, and could make landfall there- or in Corpus Christi Wednesday. Dolly became a hurricane today, with sustained winds- thus far- at 75 miles per hour. already many residents are evacuating the areas affected.

A bit of good news in all of this, Dolly did miss the oil derricks out in the Gulf, so our gas prices may- or may not- drop.

But no matter the category, this is still a dangerous storm, so I'm interested in how much damage will result in Dolly's aftermath.

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Former White House Press Secretary and Commentator Tony Show Dies at 53

Tony Snow, the former Fox News conservative commentator who later became the White House press secretary under the current Bush administration, has died at 53. He had battled cancer for quite some time, having survived colon cancer, but the cancer had spread to his liver and took his life.

Snow was Press Secretary from May 2006 to September 2007, and before that, he was one of the founding members of the Fox News Channel, when it launched in 1996. He had his own radio show, The Tony Snow Show, which aired from late 2003 until he became White House press secretary in 2006.

Snow was also speechwriter for Bush's father, George H.W. Bush during the elder Bush's administration.

Click on the title for the full details from Fox News.

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