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Venezuelan Voters Forced To Trek From Miami To New Orleans

By bus and car, commercial flight and charter, U.S.-based Venezuelans are traveling en masse to New Orleans in the coming days, spending hundreds of dollars and in some cases more than a day of their time to cast a vote in their country’s presidential election.

CBS4–2012/10/05

A man walks past a mural of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

Venezuelans Head To “Big Easy” To Cast Ballots

U.S.-based Venezuelans are heading to New Orleans to cast ballots in their homeland’s presidential election after the country’s consulate in Miami closed.

2012/09/30

A car sits submerged in the flood waters of Hurricane Isaac in the River Forest subdivision on August 29, 2012 in LaPlace, Louisiana. The large Level 1 hurricane slowly moved across southeast Louisiana, dumping huge amounts of rain and knocking out power to Louisianans in scattered parts of the state. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Baton Rouge Braces For Isaac As It Trudges North

Tropical Storm Isaac just won’t leave. The storm is moving at a slow six miles-per-hour and every second that it sits over southern Louisiana is another second of rain and high winds that the area just doesn’t need.

CBS4–2012/08/30

Tropical Storm Isaac, August 29, 2012 11pm

T.S. Isaac Blitzes Louisiana With Flooding Rains

After pounding coastal Louisiana and southern Mississippi for hours with torrential rain and gusty wind, slow moving Isaac has lost some of its oomph and has been downgraded to a tropical storm.

CBS4–2012/08/29

Heavy rain from Hurricane Isaac obsures the view of the Crescent City Connection Bridge over the Mississiippi River early on August 29, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The large Level 1 hurricane slowly moved across southeast Louisiana, dumping huge amounts of rain and knocking out power to Louisianans in scattered parts of the state. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Hurricane Isaac Thrashes New Orleans

Hurricane Isaac made landfall in southern Louisiana Tuesday night as a Category One storm and then came ashore for a second time Wednesday morning.

CBS4–2012/08/29

A worker attaches plywood to the window of his shop ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac on August 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to strengthen into at least a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall near Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

New Orleans, Haunted By Katrina, Now Dealing With Isaac

The Gulf Coast took a direct hit from Hurricane Isaac Tuesday night.

CBS4–2012/08/28

A worker attaches plywood to the window of his shop ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac on August 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to strengthen into at least a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall near Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Opinion: As Hurricane Isaac Threatens The GOP Continues To Party

As Hurricane Isaac threatens the Gulf again, we will see if Katrina and Isaac serve as bookends of GOP hostility to federal disaster relief. An odd stance for a party that claims to “choose life” while watching people die in natural disasters rather than provide an adequate response.

2012/08/28

Gaby Sanchez

Marlins Send Gaby Sanchez To AAA

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – With the acquisition of first baseman Carlos Lee from the Houston Astros, the Miami Marlins are now set at first base. But, it also squeezed out Gaby Sanchez. The Marlins had banked […]

CBS Miami–2012/07/05

Chris Coghlan

Marlins Send Coghaln & Dunn Down To AAA

The Miami Marlins have been awful over their last eight games and that sparked the team to make some roster moves to try and spark the team.

CBS4–2012/04/30

Jonathan Vilma

NFL: Saints Players Paid To Inflict Injuries

The National Football League has released a shocking report into a “bounty” program carried out by the New Orleans Saints from 2009-2011 that paid players for intentionally injuring opposing players bad enough to force them out of the game.

CBS4–2012/03/02

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