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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Hurricane Gustav, now a tropical storm barely off the radar, credit unions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina are being reminded to get disaster preparedness plans at the ready for Hanna, the next Atlantic storm, still days away from possible landfall.

TORONTO -- For the fourth year in a row, an independent survey of more than 35,000 Canadians has shown that credit unions rank first in overall quality of customer service among all financial institutions.

ATLANTA -- Members of credit unions that participate in shared branching now have the largest number of branches in the country from which to choose, second only to Bank of America.

NEW ORLEANS -- Based on early contacts, CUNA Mutual Group Tuesday reported "no major losses" so far from Mississippi and Louisiana CUs as a result of Hurricane Gustav but suggested because of the storm's slow moving path there could be future flood damage to property of policyholders.

NEW ORLEANS -- Based on early contacts, CUNA Mutual Group Tuesday reported "no major losses" so far from Mississippi and Louisiana CUs as a result of Hurricane Gustav but suggested because of the storm's slow moving path there could be future flood damage to property of policyholders.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Presumptive GOP nominee John McCain needs to use the rest of the Republican National Convention to reemphasize his maverick side and show how he'll govern differently from President Bush in order to appeal to independent and undecided voters, pollsters said.