Baytown Nature Center Journal Highlights Birds and Animals
The Baytown Nature Center Journal, submitted by Dwayne Litteer and Ron Ummel, reports recent sightings at the center. Birds include pelicans, cormorants, herons, ibises, terns, doves, hummingbirds, kingfishers, flycatchers, swallows, mockingbird, and grosbeak. animals include nutria and raccoon. John Mason notes an immature bald eagle. sightings near Wooster Point and Cypress Pond are described. The center is open daily year round with gates opening 30 minutes before sunrise and closing 30 minutes after sunset. admission is $3 per person, $25 per person yearly pass, or $50 per family.
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Immigrants Face Deportation Despite Katrina Help Call
After the Bush administration urged storm victims to seek help regardless of status, a group of undocumented evacuees from Katrina were ordered to appear for deportation hearings in El Paso. Heavily scrutinized by ICE, one permanent resident was released, and two separate bus evacuee cases in West Virginia involved sexual assault allegations.
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Wall Street tumbles as oil prices surge on fear
Wall Street declined sharply amid rising oil and gas costs after fears of another Gulf Coast hurricane boosted crude above 67 dollars a barrel. Despite Nike Inc and Carnival Corp earnings and merger activity, investors worried about consumer spending and awaited the Fed’s next rate decision.
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Market declines as Rita nears Florida Gulf Coast
The market retreated late in the session amid light trading as Tropical Storm Rita neared Florida, with crude oil up sharply. Analysts cited storm risk and refinery shutdowns, while OPEC considered adding 2 million barrels per day to offset potential supply shortfalls.
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Wall Street falls as Fed decision looms after Katrina ripple
The Dow Jones fell 84.31 to 10,557.63 with intraday losses near 121 points. The S&P 500 slid 6.89 to 1,231.02 and the Nasdaq dropped 15.09 to 2,145.26 as analysts expect the Fed to raise rates to curb inflation amid Katrina’s impact. The central bank’s policy decision is anticipated Tuesday afternoon.
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Intoxicated woman arrested after Xanax found at gas station
Police responded to a report at the Chevron gas station in the 2900 block of North Alexander Drive just before 1 a.m. Monday. A woman consented to a vehicle search, officers found a pill bottle with three Xanax tablets not belonging to her, and she was arrested on possession of a controlled substance charges.
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Woman reports criminal mischief at James Bowie Drive
A woman reported acts of criminal mischief Sunday afternoon at her apartment in the 1800 block of James Bowie Drive. She said items stolen include tennis shoes and a gas cap from her vehicle, plus a gas cap stolen from her boyfriend's dump truck and a dented driver's side running board.
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Baytown Man Reports Apartment Burglary
A resident in Baytown returned to the 3500 block of Crosby Cedar Bayou Road around midnight Monday to find his apartment burglarized. An Xbox and a portable CD player were missing. No forced entry was seen, but police found an unlocked back bedroom.
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Burglary in progress as two women confront vehicle thieves
A 6900 block Bayway Drive incident left two women and a man confronting two suspects burglarizing a vehicle. The suspects fled in a 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier after one grabbed a purse. Suspects face burglary and failure to stop charges as Baytown police logged 152 calls from Sunday to Monday.
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Oil firms evacuate Gulf rigs ahead of Rita
Chevron Shell and BP began evacuating offshore workers as Tropical Storm Rita neared the Gulf of Mexico. BP planned to pull about half of its 1,500 offshore staff. Shell evacuated 195 nonessential workers and planned 350 more. Chevron did not disclose numbers.
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