BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared Saint Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes so-called ``major disaster'' zones because of Hurricane Gustav.

CHALMETTE, La. (AP) -- St. Bernard Parish is putting out a call for all government employees to report for work by Monday morning.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Louisiana Attorney General is warning residents that there is the possibility of price gouging as people begin to repair the damages caused by Hurricane Gustav.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A Federal Emergency Management Agency official says Hurricane Gustav evacuees whose homes remain uninhabitable can have their hotel costs paid by FEMA.

MANSFIELD, La. (AP) -- State police are investigating a crash that claimed the life of an evacuee from Hurricane Gustav.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- New Orleans police arrested four people and booked them with attempted burglary and looting on Thursday.

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) -- The path of Hurricane Gustav offered New Orleans a reprieve, but utilities say the devastation 80 miles away was the worst they've ever seen.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Thousands of residents have been returning to New Orleans to assess the damage to their own homes now that Hurricane Gustav has passed.

GOOD NEWS: A limited amount of oil and gas production has been restarted in the Gulf of Mexico with growing evidence that the nation's energy complex avoided a disaster in Hurricane Gustav. Damage also appeared limited at the crucial Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, which handles about 12 percent of the nation's crude imports.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Individuals and businesses located in areas affected by Hurricane Gustav will get more time to pay their taxes.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The state agriculture department says it's processed requests for nearly a million gallons of gas and diesel - plus 140,000 gallons of aircraft fuel _ for emergency personnel to respond to Hurricane Gustav.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Authorities says two suspects have been arrested for attempting to loot a supply truck loaded with food and water planned for Hurricane Gustav victims

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- As anxious Republican delegates stood in wait, GOP presidential candidate John McCain and party officials kept a watchful eye on Hurricane Gustav Monday and weighed next steps for their shortened convention. McCain said defenses against Gustav were better than when Katrina slammed into New Orleans but still "not perfect."  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush set out Monday to show the nation that his administration has learned the haunting lessons of Katrina, planting himself near the danger zone soon after Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Hospitals canceled elective surgery, stocked up on food and other supplies and prepared to move their most fragile patients as Tropical Storm Gustav lumbered toward the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Governor Jindal is declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard in advance of storm Gustav.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The state says it's lifting deadlines for more than 12,000 applicants in the Road Home program.

COVINGTON, La. (AP) -- A prosecution witness in a high-profile murder trial in Covington has changed his story.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A judge has agreed to postpone sentencing a Louisiana congressman's sister for her role in a federal fraud case.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A new report shows that the class of 2008 in Louisiana and Mississippi earned higher scores on the SAT college entrance test than the national average in critical reading, math and writing.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Three years after Hurricane Katrina, residents of New Orleans are still buried in a blizzard of government paperwork. But for thousands of storm victims, it's even harder.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ The Louisiana SPCA says its shelter in New Orleans will close at 2 p.m. Wednesday so staffers can get ready to begin evacuating animals to Baton Rouge on Thursday.