Jamie Lynn Spears, sister of pop singer Britney, gave birth to a baby girl today, according to a person close to the Spears family.

A Congressman has hit back at former US disaster agency chief Michael Brown in an astonishing war of words after being described as “that little twerp”.

Like their communities, The Sun Herald of south Mississippi and The Times-Picayune of New Orleans took a beating from Hurricane Katrina. Their buildings were damaged, advertisers and subscribers were displaced and circulation dropped.

MISSISSIPPI’S hurricane survivors fear their plight has been overshadowed by the focus on New Orleans.