Before the hurricane hit, perhaps it seemed logical to use the Superdome as a shelter. Now with the Houston Astrodome taking on hurricane refugees, Ethan Lindsey looks at the wisdom of using a ballpark as a refugee camp in the 10:50am newscast

18-thousand machinists at Boeing have voted to strike. The company has halted production of commercial airplanes. Hillary Wicai reports in the 9:50am newscast.

If you're paying $5 for gas instead of $3, something's wrong. Thousands of people have called the Energy Department to complain about price-gouging. But there's no federal law that prohibits it. Jane Lindholm has more in the 8:50am newscast.

New Orleans faces a looming health threat: thousands of people are still trapped in the submerged city, with inadequate supplies of food, water and medicine. Helen Palmer reports in the 7:50am newscast.

The state of Texas doesn't do anything small-time — so it's little surprise Texas has committed to taking care of 75,000 Katrina refugees. The price tag could be, well, Texas-sized. In the 6:50am newscast, Bob Moon looks at where that money's coming from.

Shipping in the Gulf of Mexico has ground to a halt. Mobile's port has reopened, but several others, like New Orleans and Gulfport, aren't even close to getting back in business. Sam Eaton reports in the 5:50am newscast.