The relief efforts continue to pour in after the devastation following Hurricane Katrina. Now, just as they did with the Tsunami victims, "Million Pair March" launches a campaign to help Katrina victims across the country with people in multiple locations collecting shoes. The "Million Pair March" mirrors the same concept behind the recent Tsunami footwear drive earlier in 2005 that obtained over 150,000 pairs which was headed up by a long term footwear executive, Wayne Elsey.

With tourists from around the world basking in the sun on its southern beaches, Thailand is calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the restive spirits of the thousands who died in last year's tsunami disaster. A statue of Godmother Ruby, known as Mazu in Chinese, will be brought to the Thai island and tourist resort of Phuket from the Chinese coastal province of Fujian next month for ghost-clearing rites, according to Suwalai Pinpradab of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Thailand is trying attract tourists back to its beaches by calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the spirits of thousands who died in last December's tsunami. A statue of Godmother Ruby, known as Mazu in Chinese, will be brought to the Thai island of Phuket from the Chinese coastal province of Fujian next month for ghost-clearing rites, says Suwalai Pinpradab of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Thailand is trying attract tourists back to its beaches by calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the spirits of thousands who died in last December's tsunami. A statue of Godmother Ruby, known as Mazu in Chinese, will be brought to the Thai island of Phuket from the Chinese coastal province of Fujian next month for ghost-clearing rites, says Suwalai Pinpradab of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Authorities say a young marine, terrified of returning to Iraq, had his cousin shoot him in the leg, and then told police he was hit by random gang gunfire. According to police, the shooting was meant to keep 19-year-old Moises Hernandez from returning to the war-torn country. He was charged with filing a false police report, while his cousin, Juan, also 19, faces felony weapons charges.