08/22/2006 NOLA News

New Orleans: One Year After Hurricane Katrina
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA
... Louisiana the last week in July, we decided to visit New Orleans for a ... Even now, almost a year later, the residual effects of Hurricane Katrina were plainly ...

New Orleans seeks to build regional appeal
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
By Michael Wallace. But the New Orleans Saints are hoping to change things with their new regional approach in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ...
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New Orleans Journey Home Center Opens
Click 2 Houston.com - Houston,TX,USA
HOUSTON -- A center designed to help Hurricane Katrina evacuees return to New Orleans opened in Houston, KPRC Local 2 reported. ...
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New Orleans Housing Advocates Plan Protests While HUD Head ...
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
This group called “ Survivors Village ” claim that one year after Hurricane Katrina over 15,000 New Orleans residents remain in diaspora due to HUD´s ...
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Trying to Make It Home: New Orleans One Year After Katrina
CounterPunch - Petrolia,CA,USA
... a report from Special Reporter Arjun Sengupta who visited New Orleans in fall of ... by the rescue and evacuation plans implemented when Hurricane Katrina hit the ...
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APME Conference In New Orleans Centers on Katrina and Web
Editor & Publisher - USA
NEW YORK Hurricane Katrina will be front and center at the Associated Press Managing Editors annual convention in New Orleans this fall, with events that ...

Gonzales vows federal aid to fight New Orleans crime
CNN - USA
... to supplement the fugitive task force in New Orleans. Officials said that after an initial drop in crime in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, violent crime has ...
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The Investment Column: New Orleans shores up Keller's interim ...
Independent - London,England,UK
Keller is busy bolstering New Orleans' flood defences to make sure that the tragedy that followed last year's Hurricane Katrina is not repeated. ...

Spike sounds off
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... The New Orleans Saints' dome-opener Sept. ... Wednesday, the mood in the Arena swung with the film's acts as they recounted Hurricane Katrina's approach, the levee ...
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New Orleans still muddling through Katrina issues
CTV.ca - Canada
29, 2005, the dreaded Hurricane Katrina blew into the US Gulf Coast as a Category Four storm. It pounded New Orleans for hours, but while the fierce winds blew ...

08/20/2006 NOLA News

New Orleans' Soul Survival
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... an elderly couple who had spent nearly the entire year since Hurricane Katrina living in their garage behind their flood-ravaged house in New Orleans' 9th Ward ...

New Orleans' port nears pre-Katrina level
Houston Chronicle - United States
NEW ORLEANS - The Port of New Orleans, which sustained heavy damage from Hurricane Katrina, had regained nearly 94 percent of its pre-storm cargo by the end of ...
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One year after Katrina, CAW members help rebuild New Orleans' ...
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
... moon more than three decades ago, yet a year after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina it still hasn't managed to clean up New Orleans' poorest neighbourhood. ...
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Wynton Marsalis organizes Hurricane Katrina anniversary event in ...
JazzTimes Magazine - USA
To commemorate the upcoming anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (pictured), a United ...

Not Too Late for New Orleans
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... cities. New Orleans has yet to recover from Hurricane Katrina, and probably won't until the fifth or 10th or 20th anniversary. And ...
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Spike Lee And Racism Charges Hits New Orleans Katrina Anniversary
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... He has his explaining too. Throughout the week, New Orleans will be filled with Katrina events from wreath layings to jazz funerals to celebrations. ...
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Photos and more explore Katrina's blow to New Orleans
Houston Chronicle - United States
The Historic New Orleans Collection presents a free exhibition, City of Hope: New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina, at the Williams Gallery, 533 Royal St. ...

Where Did the Gulf Coasters Go?
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... ALMOST A YEAR after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, media attention remains riveted on the rebuilding of New Orleans. ...
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Photo exhibit compelling look at New Orleans' Ninth Ward
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
Nine months after hurricane Katrina, Kevin Bubriski and Steven Atha traveled to New Orleans to attend a jazz festival. The Ninth ...

GOING HOME Build a better New Orleans
Houston Chronicle - United States
The social duress of New Orleans has long demanded attention. Abysmal conditions before Hurricane Katrina hit landfall are catastrophic one year later, with ...

Press Club of New Orleans commemorates Katrina Anniversary with ...
Louisiana Weekly - New Orleans,LA,USA
The Press Club of New Orleans is joining the hundreds of organizations that are holding events Commemorating the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. ...
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08/19/2006 NOLA News

Xavier In New Orleans Receives Contribution From Tavis Smiley and ...
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
NEW ORLEANS– Bishop Noel Jones, pastor of the City of Refuge church in ... Xavier continues recovery efforts one year after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. ...

Bringing music back to New Orleans
WHOI - Peoria,IL,USA
BLOOMINGTON -- A Twin Cities musician, who barely escaped Hurricane Katrina last year, says he's trying to bring music back to New Orleans. ...

Low-Income Women Not Benefiting From Katrina Recovery Work
FOX News - USA
NEW ORLEANS — Low-income women have been slow to return to New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina and those who have returned are not benefiting from the ...
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Reflecting on lessons storm taught about race and poverty
KATC - Lafayette,LA,USA
... Images of African-Americans trapped in flooded New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina will long haunt this country. Crying for help ...
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Who's to Blame for State of New Orleans?
Forbes - USA
In many ways, New Orleans is a huge crime scene, with bodies and ... city with large swathes still uninhabited - or uninhabitable - a year after Hurricane Katrina? ...
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Farewell, My New Friend
YourHub.com - Denver,CO,USA
... When I went to New Orleans, I didn't know what Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, the flooding, and the looting left, or what I could expect. ...

New Orleans port regaining most of pre-Katrina cargo
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Port of New Orleans, which sustained heavy damage from Hurricane Katrina, had regained nearly 94 percent of its pre-storm cargo by the ...
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Chely Wright Brings The Sound Of Music To New Orleans
Top40-Charts.com - Ricking,NY,USA
... Wright paid a special visit to Holy Cross School in New Orleans this past ... high school bands after it suffered severe damage when Hurricane Katrina ravaged the ...

Dishonest Contractors Running Rampant in New Orleans Area
Newhouse News Service (NNS) - USA
... across the country have descended on the New Orleans area in ... More than 4,500 new licenses have been issued by ... Before Katrina, the office issued about 1,900 new ...

Suit Over New Orleans Storm Victim’s Death
New York Times - United States
... year-old woman who died slumped in her wheelchair after Hurricane Katrina, an image ... Jr., accuses numerous state agencies and the City of New Orleans of gross ...
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NFL Preseason Preview - Dallas (1-0) At New Orleans (1-0)
WISC - Madison,WI,USA
... training camp more than 200 miles away in Jackson, MS, are playing their preseason home games away from New Orleans and the Hurricane Katrina-damaged Superdome ...

What It Means To Miss New Orleans
Broadcasting & Cable (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... the New Orleans media community last week over the return of something as vital as water in their business: ratings. For the first time since Hurricane Katrina ...

Post-Katrina health crisis developing in New Orleans, experts say
The Tidings - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Although it could eventually lead to a more equitable and effective health care system in New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city's already fragile ...
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National Guardsmen arrested in New Orleans robbery
Reuters - USA
... of 300 Guardsmen sent into New Orleans in June to help local police deal with rising crime as the city slowly recovers nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Mayor tells media to stick with New Orleans story
Indianapolis Star - United States
... passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, but the media must stay on top of the lingering story of suffering and hardship, New Orleans Mayor C ...
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Study Says Louisiana, New Orleans Business More Certain ...
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... team was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how economic geographies post Hurricane Katrina affect New Orleans business owners ...

UD students, alums help rebuild New Orleans homes
UDaily - Newark,DE,USA
... 04) have teamed up with residents of the badly hit Holly Grove neighborhood in New Orleans this summer to help rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina. ...

2 Guardsmen Accused of Robbery in New Orleans
New York Times - United States
... same number of killings, 21, as in the months before Hurricane Katrina, when the ... Still, Governor Blanco has pledged to keep the troops in New Orleans past a ...

Bush fulfills few promises to Gulf Coast
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Nearly half of New Orleans was still under water when President Bush stood in the ... and lives that had been laid to waste two weeks before by Hurricane Katrina. ...
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New Orleans mayor cites racism in hampering city's recovery
WAVY-TV - Portsmouth,VA,USA
INDIANAPOLIS The mayor of New Orleans blames racism and government bureaucracy for hampering the city's ability to both weather Hurricane Katrina and recover ...
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08/18/2006 NOLA News

ANNUAL FESTIVAL BRINGS SOUNDS OF NEW ORLEANS TO SJ
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... recovering a semblance of its pre-Katrina vitality. ... While the New Orleans musicians probably won't dwell on ... concerts to raise funds for hurricane victims, a ...

“TAVIS SMILEY” IN NEW ORLEANS: Journalist takes cameras to ...
Eurweb.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... conversation, “Tavis Smiley” on PBS takes to the road to present a two-part perspective on New Orleans on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Step up to clear the stench in New Orleans
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
... Jackson was in New Orleans when he called my house Tuesday night. ... come to the Crescent City to mark the upcoming first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with "A ...

Immigrants' suit charges exploitation in New Orleans
Houston Chronicle - United States
NEW ORLEANS - Immigrant workers recruited from South America and the Dominican Republic after Hurricane Katrina sued a prominent hotelier Wednesday, saying ...
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Spike Lee's Katrina documentary stirs passions in New Orleans
CBC News - Canada
Spike Lee's documentary about the devastation of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina premiered Wednesday evening at the New Orleans Arena before an audience of ...
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Catching up with New Orleans' preachers
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
It was almost one year ago that Hurricane Katrina (with a big assist from tired levees and a sleepwalking FEMA) changed New Orleans forever. ...

One year after Katrina, New Orleans Jews rebuilding
New Jersey Jewish Standard - Teaneck,NJ,USA
... The interior of Beth Israel Congregation, an Orthodox synagogue in New Orleans, which was damaged by 10 feet of water during Hurricane Katrina. ...
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The Big Easy's Next Test
TIME - USA
The New Orleans school system, which was widely viewed as among the nation's worst before Katrina, has undergone a complete overhaul since the hurricane raked ...
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Carnival Cruise Lines to base two ships in New Orleans
USA Today - USA
... LaGrange said three cruise lines will base four ships in New Orleans by fall 2007, a return to levels of operation before Hurricane Katrina struck last August. ...
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08/08/2006 NOLA News

Plan to get New Orleans courts moving
United Press International - USA
8 (UPI) -- New Orleans officials say they have a plan to get the city's ... 29, the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, if nothing was done to reduce the ...
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Southern decadence: Experience the rebirth of gay New Orleans
PlanetOut - San Francisco,CA,USA
New Orleans emerges from a sharp bend in the Mississippi River like a drag queen ... open all night, the heart of the city beats on post-Hurricane Katrina and is ...

In New Orleans, Each Resident Is Master of Plan to Rebuild
New York Times - United States
... a botched attempt to develop a comprehensive plan for New Orleans fell apart ... that are central to any effort to rebuild and recover after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Baptist volunteers make inroads in largely Catholic New Orleans
Associated Baptist Press - Jacksonville,FL,USA
... ABP) -- After serving the homeless for decades in New Orleans, Tobey Pitman ... But since Hurricane Katrina hit, the Baptist missionary has led volunteers to help ...

Return of New Orleans residents slows
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... data indicates less than 1.1 million people lived in the New Orleans metropolitan area in June, down from 1.5 million when Hurricane Katrina struck, the ...
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SOHH Exclusive: DJ K-Salaam Compares New Orleans Crisis To Israeli ...
SOHH - Jersey City,USA
... And he sees a similar disenfranchisement in New Orleans as a result of Hurricane Katrina. "In New Orleans the Black folks who lived there... ...

Public Schools Open In New Orleans
WSBtv.com - Atlanta,GA,USA
... ORLEANS, LA -- "Summer was boring" said one 12-year New Orleans boy happy to ... once considered to have the nation's worst, and that was before Hurricane Katrina. ...
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New Orleans schools open amid hope, confusion
The Argus - Fremont,CA,USA
NEW ORLEANS — Carrying a heavy book sack on his shoulders, 12-year-old ... Fischer, one of the city's low-performing schools before Hurricane Katrina, was among ...
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Freakonomics On Hurricane Katrina/New Orleans Flood
Donklephant - USA
1) How much of the damage/human toll is because of the hurricane per se versus the levees breaking? If we had perfect foresight, would ...

Blacks Share Katrina Weekend In New Orleans
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... the nation and the world to see that we in New Orleans know how to respectfully acknowledge our losses and suffering resulting from the Katrina disaster, and ...
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08/07/2006 NOLA News

New Orleans says fixing broken justice system
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... "It is not only New Orleans. It is this whole aftermath of Hurricane Katrina driven by a radically different drug economy," he said. ...
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NBA Expects All Hornets Home Games In New Orleans By '07
RealGM.com - IL,USA
... six home games for New Orleans in the upcoming season, with the other 35 in Oklahoma City, where the Hornets temporarily relocated after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Reform Jewish Leader Responds to New Orleans Mayor Comments ...
Religious Action Center (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... to the comments made by New Orleans Mayor Ray ... us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's ... yesterday, suggesting that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ...

First Wave of New Orleans Schools Open
Forbes - USA
... the city's low-performing schools before Hurricane Katrina, was among ... who have not returned since the hurricane. ... United Teachers of New Orleans criticized the ...
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Katrina's Vanishing Victims
FAIR - USA
It happened on the afternoon of September 1, three days after Hurricane Katrina pushed a wall of water onto the city of New Orleans. ...
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First wave of New Orleans schools open
MLive.com - MI,USA
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carrying a heavy book sack on his shoulders, 12-year ... Fischer, one of the city's low-performing schools before Hurricane Katrina, was among ...

It's Worse Than You Think
TIME - USA
... Eighteen months before Katrina, business leaders in New Orleans created an ... be in Baton Rouge, or perhaps Houston and Atlanta, thanks to the hurricane. ...
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Home Festivals New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Lives!
Jazz Police - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... After hurricane Katrina, Jazz Fest took an even greater meaning and urgency as a symbol of the rebirth of the great city of New Orleans. ...

New Orleans Summer Post Katrina In Slow Motion
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... year at this time, New Orleans was as hot as it gets. Movies were being made by the dozens. Even Mayor Nagin played a cameo role in a flick before Katrina hit. ...
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Ecological effects of Gulf Coast hurricanes
YubaNet - Nevada City,CA,USA
... storm satellite imagery that suggests that Hurricane Katrina may have ... to have recovered to pre-Katrina conditions, in ... water pumped out of New Orleans and into ...
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New Orleans hotels swoon in post-K summer tourist doldrums
New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans,LA,USA
... down 26 percent from 38,300 pre-Katrina, said Darius ... Gulf Coast during the height of hurricane season ... now people are shying away from New Orleans, wondering if ...

07/11/2006 NOLA News

Gov. Bush: Tampa Better Prepared Than New Orleans
WFtv.com - Orlando,FL,USA
TAMPA, Fla. -- Could the west coast of Florida see the kind of hurricane destruction seen in New Orleans ? The answer is yes, if ...
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Tenet to Upgrade Hospitals; Sell Others
MSN Money - USA
... person has heard of Dallas-based Tenet, it's more likely because more than 40 bodies were found at one of its hospitals in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Storming after Katrina villains
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
Less than a year has passed since Hurricane Katrina laid waste to the city of New Orleans and the Gulf coasts of three American states; yet the storm has ...
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First Post-Katrina 'Sustainable Building' Project Breaks Ground in ...
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... position to respond to the housing crisis caused by Hurricane Katrina. To be able to help make this tremendous project a reality in New Orleans is incredible ...

HUD, Louisiana Blanco, New Orleans Nagin Announce 4.2 Bil.
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
NEW ORLEANS - Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Roy A. Bernardi and Chairman Donald E. Powell, Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding ...
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Corps felling trees along levees
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... in New Orleans south of Lakeshore Drive, are live oaks and pines. But whatever other purpose a tree may serve, corps officials say Hurricane Katrina showed ...
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New Orleans lacks recovery plan nearly a year after Katrina
South Asian Women's Forum - New Delhi,India
Nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the city still does not have a plan for rebuilding. NEW ORLEANS, United ...

07/10/2006 NOLA News

New Orleans Begins Cleanup of Abandoned Cars
NPR - USA
All Things Considered, July 10, 2006 · Nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, the state of Louisiana has finally started hauling way ...

Confusion, hope as more students register for New Orleans schools
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... wondering will the school system work better since the hurricane," Thomas said ... Before Katrina, New Orleans public schools were among the worst in the nation and ...

First Major Trade Show in New Orleans Since Hurricane Katrina is a ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... official services contractor of the American Library Association's (ALA) Annual Conference; the first major trade show in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. ...

National Guard presence hurts New Orleans image
New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans,LA,USA
... healthy and speedy recovery. Yet we all know New Orleans was beset by crime long before Katrina struck. And we know that despite ...
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Haltom grad a big fish at New Orleans aquarium
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... High School, has been active in bringing sea life back to the New Orleans Aquarium of the Americas, where many fish died after Hurricane Katrina devastated the ...
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Dog adopted after storm returning to New Orleans family
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
— A Doylestown family that adopted a dog found in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is returning him to the New Orleans family that lost him. ...
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FINDING MY RELIGION Sallie Ann Glassman, a Vodou priestess in New ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... You chose not to evacuate from New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina struck, in part because you were concerned about how members of your temple would fare. ...

New Orleans Bands Bring Sounds of "Big Easy" to Festival
Washington File - Washington,DC,USA
... Trumpet player Alvarez "BIG Al" Huntley described his odyssey while evacuating New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Huntley said ...

Liberty Bank still strong despite storm setbacks
New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans,LA,USA
... administrative staff are settling back into their headquarters on Plaza Drive in eastern New Orleans. Repairs to the building Hurricane Katrina put underwater ...
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Tourism recovery buoys New Orleans
New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans,LA,USA
... Now, 10 months after Hurricane Katrina begrimed the New Orleans image as a tourism Mecca, the once-unrivaled destination brand name is being rebuilt. ...

Louisiana Business Shorts: Shaw Group, New Orleans Technology ...
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... City of Hope: New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina will open on Tuesday, July 18, at the Williams Gallery , 533 Royal Street . The ...

07/09/2006 NOLA News

Entergy New Orleans proposes 25% rate increase
Louisiana Weekly - New Orleans,LA,USA
... is what customers of Entergy can expect if the New Orleans City Council ... 60 percent of its customer base and sustaining heavy damage from Hurricane Katrina. ...

Could Tampa Bay be the next New Orleans?
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
... New Orleans will take years to recover from Hurricane Katrina, which killed more than 1,000 and caused an economic loss of $125 billion. ...

New Orleans entices summer visitors with fun, discounts
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
... New Orleans All Over Again.” By now just about everyone in the world knows the city is still struggling with enormous problems left by Hurricane Katrina. ...

War museum a life jacket for New Orleans
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
Howitzer cannon, the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans has officially changed ... Since Hurricane Katrina hit 10 months ago, tourism has dropped off and left ...

National Black Chamber of Commerce to meet in New Orleans
Louisiana Weekly - New Orleans,LA,USA
Actively involved with the businesses affected by Hurricane Katrina, in April 2006 ... Before Katrina, New Orleans was a place of great diversity and excellence. ...

The next real-estate boom: New Orleans
Seattle Times - United States
NEW ORLEANS — In a market spurred by speculators and bargain hunters, an ... analysts, who say volume and sales prices exceed levels before Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Louisiana senator considers using ships as storm barrier
Houston Chronicle - United States
NEW ORLEANS - Marine scientists and Louisiana officials are floating the idea of ... In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana is considering every option ...
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Commentary: After 10 months, New Orleans set to make a plan
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
Some 10 months after Hurricane Katrina destroyed thousands of homes in New Orleans, Mayor C. Ray Nagin announced this past week that his office, the city ...
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Tulane, UNO struggle to recruit in Katrina's wake
ESPN - USA
... And it doesn't help that every time New Orleans is on the news something bad seems to be happening.''. Following Hurricane Katrina stories of crime and murder ...
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Some residents getting out for good
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... in the New Orleans area more than two decades, the couple left town with their 12-year-old daughter last month, joining a summertime surge in Hurricane Katrina- ...
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07/08/2006 NOLA News

Investors Lead Home Sale Boom in New Orleans
New York Times - United States
... the storm, Jennifer and Rodney Greenup lived in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, in a ... It was appraised for nearly $240,000 before Hurricane Katrina. ...
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'The Great Deluge'
New York Times - United States
... Hurricane Katrina - a possible Category 5 storm - was headed toward New Orleans and the shelter had a total population of 263 stray pets, ranging from boxers ...

Missed opportunity: Houston deserves a chance to host the Essence ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
Planners of the Essence Music Festival, a popular New Orleans institution, chose to bring the event to Houston after Hurricane Katrina damaged the Superdome. ...

New Orleans residents get Katrina tattoos
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
NEW ORLEANS - Sean Jeffries never thought he'd feel so strongly about something ... were trapped in a city that spiraled into chaos following Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Second lawsuit blasts east NO landfill
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... court to attempt to force the closure of another eastern New Orleans dumping site ... tracked a permit for Old Gentilly in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, citing an ...
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Jobless Katrina evacuees spur 'deadbeat' debate
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
... who wants what he calls “deadbeat” evacuees from New Orleans out of ... the city’s southwest pocket where many of 150,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees settled ...
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New Orleans City Attorney Addresses Cars Controversies
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... s Office of New Orleans, at the request of the New Orleans City Council ... subsequent disposition of vehicles donated to the City in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Ominous New Orleans and Louisiana Clouds as Hurricane Season ...
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... committed to the type of hurricane protection that ... rates have reportedly tripled post Katrina and there ... Those living in New Orleans and Louisiana this summer ...
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ACLU: sheriff's hairstyle comment racist
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... Strain has said his comments were meant to alert St. Tammany residents about possible "spillover crime" from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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07/06/2006 NOLA News

Orkin Donates Time, Services to Treat Mold-Damaged New Orleans ...
PCT Online - USA
ATLANTA — Almost a year after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated New Orleans, the after-effects of extensive flooding and roof damage continue to ...

Baptist churches unite to rebuild New Orleans congregations
Associated Baptist Press - Jacksonville,FL,USA
... The group also helped reimburse churches outside New Orleans that housed or fed Katrina evacuees, putting a strain on the host congregations' budgets. ...

New Orleans offers new rebuilding plan
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mayor Ray Nagin and community leaders announced Wednesday an ... plans for this city still struggling to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina. ...
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New Orleans family files lawsuit to get dogs back
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... Fighting in the court of public opinion didn’t work, so a New Orleans family has taken its fight to regain two dogs lost in Hurricane Katrina to the Pinellas ...

New Orleans Rap Group Sqad Up Readies for New Album 'We Here Now'
Top40-Charts.com - Ricking,NY,USA
New Orleans, LA ... ways with Flip as well to focus solely on the new album without ... has thrown at them and even more heartfelt the devastation of Katrina, (all four ...
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Realtors® Register for New Orleans Convention at Record Pace
RisMedia.com (press release) - Norwalk,CT,USA
... Bill Clinton, co-chairs of the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, will address the General Session of the 2006 REALTORS® Conference & Expo in New Orleans on Saturday ...

Hill, McGraw resume tour in New Orleans
KLFY - Lafayette,LA,USA
... about the lack of progress in hurricane-torn New Orleans. Proceeds from their tour will be donated to a charity run by the artists benefiting Katrina victims.
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Library Convention helps New Orleans recover from Hurricane ...
Travel Daily News International - Athens,Greece
With the eyes of America on New Orleans’ recovery from Hurricane Katrina, nearly 17,000 librarians, exhibitors and library supporters attended the first ...
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New Orleans July 4th: Fireworks, Crime and Protest
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... Katrina changed so much yet, so little. ... The mindless crime and civil unrest was reality shooting New Orleans and all involved into the present full of current ...

07/04/2006 NOLA News

Kate Hudson wants a home in New Orleans
Fametastic - UK
... in New Orleans after falling in love with the city while filming Skeleton Key there last year - but is worried it won’t be the same after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Flood Gates Closure Could Cause New Orleans Street Flooding
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
Should a substantial hurricane or storm hit the New Orleans area and if the flood ... However, nothing could be compared to Katrina as the US Army Corps levees ...
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Many at festival say they would prefer New Orleans
Houston Chronicle - United States
And for many die-hard fans of the three-day Essence Music Festival, who made their first trek to Houston, they hope next July it will return to New Orleans. ...
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Public Housing Redevelopment Sparks Multi-City Protest & Lawsuit
Louisiana Weekly - New Orleans,LA,USA
... the HUD plan. Prior to Katrina, New Orleans was ranked 38th in urban population, but was fifth in number of public housing units. ...
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New Orleans and Louisiana Essence of July 4
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
New Orleans and Louisiana are enjoying Independence Day after experiencing the most ... history—with the double blow of major catastrophes, Katrina and Rita ...
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07/03/2006 NOLA News

WC Retro: Dreaming a New New Orleans, Version 1
WorldChanging - USA
... The poor of New Orleans have suffered the worst of the worst, starting well before Katrina; the New New Orleans must promise them a much better life. ...

HUDSON HOUSE HUNTING IN NEW ORLEANS
Contactmusic.com - Burley in Wharfdale,Ilkley,UK
KATE HUDSON is hoping to help the post-Hurricane Katrina effort in New Orleans, Louisiana by buying property in the devastated city. ...

Louisiana A Wi-Fi Hurricane Vacuum While New Orleans Readies
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... general public in the event they are being displaced during the next Katrina.. ... Calif and is building similar Wi-Fi networks in New Orleans , Philadelphia , San ...
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Nagin says New Orleans is recovering
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... at the Essence Music Festival's empowerment seminars, being held outside New Orleans for the first time because of lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Guard, State Police Make New Orleans Safe
Washington Post - United States
... Steve Dabadie at the temporary police headquarters in New Orleans on Monday, July ... considered the worst criminals in the city before Hurricane Katrina struck on ...
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New Orleans sailor feels at home
PensacolaNewsJournal.com - FL
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina hit her hometown, Meredith Provensal felt at home Sunday. The New Orleans native was one of dozens of competitors in ...

Robin is Batman in New Orleans
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA
... We shot the whole series in New Orleans, and one thing is certain, the ... The French Quarter, fortunately, was not engulfed during Hurricane Katrina, which means ...

New Orleans opens heart to librarians
Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD,USA
... executive director of Frederick County Public Libraries, said he was pleased to be at the first major convention in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. ...

New Orleans Katrina Rebuild Control: Blanco, Nagin, Bush and ...
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... Was he referring to not-for-profit agencies like the New Orleans Foundation who have ... it, Bush was doing such a poor job keeping track of Katrina rebuild that ...
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07/02/2006 NOLA News

White House suitors deluge New Orleans
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... primary and caucuses, the Gulf Coast region ravaged by Hurricane Katrina has emerged ... walked amid the rubble of what were once homes in New Orleans neighborhoods ...
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New Orleans fans put faith in a new Saint
MSNBC - USA
... Reggie Bush did not watch Katrina. ... 29, 2005, gazing at the destruction of New Orleans. He saw the pictures of the flood, caught some clips on television. ...

A Sign That New Orleans Is Finally Getting Back On Its Feet
Deadspin - New York,NY,USA
... know if you’d call him a marquee free agent, but for New Orleans/Oklahoma City ... over five years, in what may be a gross misappropriation of Katrina relief funds ...

Ex-New Orleans mayor says city still in crisis
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Less than half of New Orleans' pre-Katrina population of 455,000 has returned and many of the most devastated neighborhoods, where people have not been able to ...
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Crisis of culture in New Orleans
Chicago Tribune - United States
... At first glance, a semblance of cultural stability has returned to New Orleans, 10 months after Hurricane Katrina shattered the city. ...

Signs of life in New Orleans
Houston Chronicle - United States
... and the difference between this gang — the first major post-Katrina convivium — and ... to read too much into this, but it's a sign that New Orleans is ready ...

New Orleans neighborhood sees spike in crime
Baltimore Sun - United States
... the downtown New Orleans business district, the Central City neighborhood has long been the scene of drug traffickers' turf wars. Since Hurricane Katrina, it ...
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New Orleans schools to see drastic changes
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
... Improving public schools is a key part of efforts to rebuild the post-Katrina economy of the New Orleans area and southeast Louisiana. ...
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Six Flags offers deal to exit New Orleans
United Press International - USA
... reports. Six Flags New Orleans was devastated during Hurricane Katrina. Six Flags originally said it hoped to reopen the property. ...
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Katrina shocks New Orleans visitors 10 months on
ABC News - USA
He had read the newspapers, watched TV and talked with friends about the devastation wreaked on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. ...
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07/01/2006 NOLA News

New Orleans fear summer storms may flood city
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
NEW ORLEANS: Never mind the hurricanes, it is rain New Orleans has to fear, say residents who fear inadequate repairs from Hurricane Katrina have opened the ...
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Harsh reality of city's ruin mingles with sense of hope
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... disabled sister to have a heart attack and die a few months after Katrina. ... We drive back to New Orleans through the Lower Ninth Ward along Claiborne and North ...
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New Orleans Will Be A Presidential and Congress Election Issue
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
For many reasons they should. Over ten months post Katrina, the city of New Orleans is destroyed and the money has only trickled. ...
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GI Joe Drops in on New Orleans
ABC News - USA
... June 30, 2006 -- New Orleans routinely rolls out the red carpet for conventions ... after $60 million was spent on repairs and renovations after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Chased Out of New Orleans, Confederate Is Rising Again
New York Times - United States
... Real horror, in the form of Hurricane Katrina, intervened. Now Confederate has moved within the old Confederacy, from New Orleans to Birmingham, Ala., not far ...

A Visit with the Soul Queen of New Orleans
NPR - USA
Weekend Edition - Saturday, July 1, 2006 · For a brief time, singer Irma Thomas, a New Orleans icon, was feared missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ...

Six Flags wants out of New Orleans agreement
KLFY - Lafayette,LA,USA
... owns Six Flags New Orleans does not want to reopen the flood-ravaged eastern New Orleans theme park ... The amusement park has been closed since Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Essence Fest moves from New Orleans to Houston
WKYT - Lexington,KY,USA
... Reliant Park is the same venue that became temporary home to thousands of New Orleans evacuees last year after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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New Orleans’ Latino Health Outreach Project
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
... Like most organizations that began in New Orleans after Katrina, we are struggling with our own transition from a stop-gap emergency response crew to a rooted ...

Historic black New Orleans college reclaims campus
Reuters - USA
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - One of New Orleans' historic black colleges reclaimed its campus from Hurricane Katrina on Saturday in a graduation ceremony at which ...
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06/30/2006 NOLA News

New Orleans soul queen will close festival
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... her first Grammy nomination in 1989, became a headliner at the New Orleans Jazz & ... her home were both destroyed last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ...
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New Orleans Police Still Struggling
Forbes - USA
... the stresses of the job and the uncertainties that surround New Orleans' revival, he ... whose predecessor left under fire about a month after Katrina, is working ...
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US House To Hold Briefing In New Orleans on Hurricane Protection
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... a field briefing at NASA´s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on the ... Society of Civil Engineers´ (ASCE) evaluation of the pre-Katrina levee system and ...
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Essence Fest kicks off in Houston with New Orleans on its mind
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... Orleans mayor and current Urban League President Marc Morial and Marian Wright Edelman on the rebuilding of New Orleans and the effects of Katrina on children. ...
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HUD Says Demolition of New Orleans’ Projects ‘About the Next ...
Black America Web - Dallas,Tx,USA
... the city. Before Katrina, 5,100 families lived in public housing units in New Orleans; only 1,100 have returned since the storm. ...
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FEMA to New Orleans: Build lower than Katrina flood
Reuters - USA
NEW ORLEANS, June 29 (Reuters) - As New Orleans rebuilds tens of thousands of homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the US federal disaster agency has ...
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Shades of New Orleans in Ohio
Ohioans for Concealed Carry - Cleveland,OH,USA
... View Ohio, as well as other areas stricken by recent flooding, have gotten a small taste of conditions following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans last year. ...

Georgia police officer, New Orleans suspect killed in shootout
KLFY - Lafayette,LA,USA
Authorities have NOT identified the suspect. But some who knew him said he moved to the area from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Power Outages Plague New Orleans
ABC News - USA
... Thomas is also worried about the populace that hasn't returned since Katrina. ... Extensive leaks in the system cost New Orleans hundreds of thousands of dollars. ...
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