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Major U.S. newspapers continue to cut staff to offset disappointing revenue. But recent layoffs and buyouts at two newspapers owned by the Tribune Company prompted editorial cartoonists to protest. The cartoonists fear the cost-cutting measures may signal the end of an era for their profession.

Some economists warn that Hurricane Katrina will have economic impact far beyond the Gulf Coast region. David Wessel, deputy Washington bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal, says the inability to refine and distribute oil in hurricane-battered areas could negatively affect the economy nationally, including unemployment.

A relatively new concept, the health savings account was created as a way to help consumers save and pay for family health care. The tax-free accounts require users to do their own research on medications and procedures, but they may be a big money-saver for some families.

Thousands of Iraqis attend funeral services for more than 900 people who died Wednesday in a panicked crush on a Baghdad bridge. The rumor of a suicide bomber sparked a mad rush during a Shiite religious festival. Amid the funerals there are calls for an investigation into the cause and accusations of a fumbled response to the disaster.

The president of Niger acknowledges a poor harvest and problems with locusts. But he rejects international claims of severe famine and starvation. There are concerns that past delays in accepting food aid have led to a higher death toll.

Our series on hobbies continues with an old favorite: the barbecue grill. Charcoal and meat seems to bring out the fanatic in some people. Robert Smith visits a group of devoted grillers.

Morgan State University professor Ray Winbush and Miessha Thomas, attorney and project director for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, talk about continuing efforts and obstacles to reclaiming assets decades after they've left a family's hands.

In California, federal authorities announce indictments against the head of an Islamic prison gang and three Los Angeles men suspected to be involved in terrorist plot to attack synagogues, National Guard facilities and at LAX airport.

New Orleans resident Trenise Williams made sure to save one thing when she fled Hurricane Katrina: her marriage license. It may not have been the wedding she'd dreamed of, but Williams did marry her fiancé, Joseph Kirsh, in a shelter in Jackson, Miss. Local businesses chipped in for everything, including food and a wedding dress.

We offer a musical tribute to the Big Easy: Fats Domino's version of "Do You Know What It's Like To Miss New Orleans?" The famed singer, now 77, narrowly escaped the floodwaters with several members of his family.