Edouard hits Texas coast with strong wind, rain GALVESTON, Texas - Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas Gulf coast east of Galveston on Tuesday with strong winds and rain but was expected to weaken as it makes its way inland during the day. Tropical storm looms off Texas-Louisiana coast HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Edouard churned across the Gulf of Mexico on Monday and has a one in five chance of hitting the Texas coast on Tuesday as a hurricane, U.S. forecasters said. Tropical Storm Edouard moving toward Texas coast NEW ORLEANS - Emergency teams were activated as residents along the Gulf of Mexico prepared to get hit with another strong storm for the second time in less than a month.
National Critics Name 'Capote' Best Film "Capote," which chronicles the years Truman Capote spent researching and writing the groundbreaking nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood," was named best picture of 2005 after a lengthy vote by the National Society of Film Critics on Saturday.