In recent days, Phnom Penh has been pounding the bases of the hardline holdouts of the Khmer Rouge (remember them?) in the north, close to the porous border with Thailand.

CNN: War Games and Plots

Louisiana state and local officials braced for the possibility of major flooding in the Atchafalaya River Basin if, or when, federal authorities open the spillway north of Baton Rouge.

CNN: Jindal: Morganza Spillway could open as early as Saturday

Light rail should, in fact, connect Houston, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and go north to Jackson, Birmingham, Atlanta and Memphis, at the very least.

NPR: Light Rail Would Connect More than Point A and B