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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06/29/2006 NOLA News

Warner, Webb assail GOP New Orleans aid
WAVY-TV - Portsmouth,VA,USA
... returned from a two-day trip to New Orleans to organize charitable education and health care relief efforts to the city still reeling from Hurricane Katrina. ...

Thanks a billion – but who’ll rescue New Orleans?
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
In talking to a writer friend who lives in New Orleans, I discovered that, since Hurricane Katrina made its destructive way through Louisiana, Mississippi and ...

Ely's recent sound evokes New Orleans
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Ely composed his thoughts about Katrina and his ruminations on immigration, seen ... features rich horns, and it recalls that distinctive New Orleans sound — a ...
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Saints' march back to New Orleans still tempered by Katrina's ...
USA Today - USA
... the Saints totaling $186.5 million to remain in New Orleans through 2011. At the urging of outgoing NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue after Katrina, both parties ...
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Mike McQueen named AP chief of bureau in New Orleans
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... from 1995 to 2003. During his second assignment in New Orleans, he managed the transition of the bureau after Hurricane Katrina.

Trials in New Orleans slowed by Katrina
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
NEW ORLEANS -- City officials are brainstorming ways to ramp up the post-Katrina criminal judicial system, which has cleared only four or five cases since ...
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New Orleans looters get 15 years
Questions and Observations - USA
In sentencing 3 looters who had taken beer, wine and liquor during Hurricane Katrina, the judge said he was sending a message: The judge said he wanted to send ...

06/28/2006 NOLA News

New Orleans' culinary tradition fueling recovery
Henderson Gleaner - Henderson,KY,USA
... In the days, weeks and months after Katrina, a perusal of the New Orleans Food Fest message board, hosted by restaurant critic Tom Fitzmorris, revealed just ...

Springer Donates $1 Million Worth of Products to New Orleans ...
Azom.com - USA
As New Orleans continues to rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Springer Science+Business Media has announced a donation of eBooks to seven of the ...
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Suit claims New Orleans plan discriminates
Herald News Daily - Williston,ND,USA
... "Katrina took a tremendous toll on New Orleans, but it also gave us an opportunity to build an even better city for future generations," he said.
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New Orleans company will boost Mobile port
Mobile Register - Mobile,AL,USA
... Soon after Hurricane Katrina's destruction of much of New Orleans, the Press-Register editorial board said Mobile's future would be altered as well. ...
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New Orleans faces an ongoing disaster
Blue Springs Examiner - MO, USA
... suffering a disaster as great as the 9/11 attacks in New York City, New Orleans was totally forgotten. The government's lack of response to Katrina has been ...

Four dead in shooting north of New Orleans
Reuters - USA
... Police believe that two men from New Orleans came to the trailer and killed a man who was a Katrina evacuee, his girlfriend and two related teenage children on ...
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Custody battle looms over New Orleans dogs
Reuters.uk - UK
... Florida (Reuters) - Two dogs that survived Hurricane Katrina are at the centre of a custody battle between their old owners in New Orleans and their new ones ...
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Venerable Church Burns in New Orleans
New York Times - United States
... The newest threat to New Orleans is a direct outcropping of the storm, in ... Pipes broken during Hurricane Katrina have been leaking 85 million gallons of water a ...

NEW ORLEANS DRAFT PARTY
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
Admission: All ages admitted, attendees are asked to bring five cans of food or a $5 donation for the Second Harvesters of Greater New Orleans food bank. ...
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06/27/2006 NOLA News

ON PATROL IN NEW ORLEANS
Houston Chronicle - United States
... pre-Katrina population, there were 62 percent more burglaries in the first three months of this year than in the same period in 2005, according to New Orleans ...
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New Orleans Library Reopens with RFID
RFID Journal - USA
By Mary Catherine O'Connor. June 27, 2006—Hurricane Katrina nearly closed the book on the New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) system. ...
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Austin to house New Orleans backup computers for emergencies
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... Power outages resulting from Hurricane Katrina disrupted New Orleans' computers numerous times, said Anthony Jones, who heads the New Orleans technology team. ...
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New Orleans poor blacks charge racism over housing
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... about 220,000 New Orleans residents -- half the pre-storm population -- have returned from evacuation, many because of housing issues after Katrina flooded 80 ...
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Crime Increases in New Orleans as the City Recovers from Hurricane ...
PBS - USA
BETTY ANN BOWSER, NewsHour Correspondent: In the days after Katrina, people got used ... city's police department fight a crime wave that has hit New Orleans at a ...
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You have to see New Orleans to believe it
SportingNews.com - USA
I didn't feel I could write a meaningful Good Guys piece about the situation in post-Katrina New Orleans without seeing it firsthand. ...
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New Orleans No. 1 in cell phone use
New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans,LA,USA
... the coordination of family and friends immediately following Hurricane Katrina,” said Tamara ... New Orleans used an average of 1,072 voice minutes per month, an ...
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Anderson Cooper: New Orleans To Washington DC Floods
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
All this weekend, I dreaded that our hero, the man who led the Battle of New Orleans post-Katrina, was going turncoat against the city. ...
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Librarians convene in N. Orleans By Adam Nossiter
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
NEW ORLEANS | The nation's librarians proved themselves an intrepid lot last week ... the city's first major meeting since Hurricane Katrina, and tourism officials ...
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New Orleans' Plans Progressing, Mayor Says
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
New Orleans may take until the end of the year to develop rebuilding plans for ... Ten months after Hurricane Katrina, many areas of the city are still cleaning up ...
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Hornets owner working on team's return to New Orleans
ESPN - USA
... boxes of food to Second Harvest Food Bank on Tuesday to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, said he's working on the team's six games in New Orleans next season ...
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06/26/2006 NOLA News

New Orleans Washes Our Way
TheTyee.ca - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
... Costello was among the many people moved by the effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and its people, including his friend Toussaint, who lost his home to ...
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La. Casinos Post Gains Thanks to Storms
Forbes - USA
... Most of the increase has been centered in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, which both saw big population shifts because of Katrina, and in Lake Charles, where an ...
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New Orleans schools are among Katrina casualties
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,NE,USA
... That’s what happened to Gwen Adams, a fourth-grade teacher who had been with New Orleans schools more than 25 years when Katrina struck, and her peers. ...
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Responses: Louisiana Hates New Orleans
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... Way to spread the message of hate that was prevalent even pre-Katrina. ... Others seem to approaching " Louisiana : I hate New Orleans ." (refering to NY Times ...
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Honore motivates St. Augustine grads
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... After a delay of nearly a year because of Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans City Planning Commission this week is expected to approve a riverfront ...
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Bay Area Teens Help Rebuild New Orleans
New California Media - San Francisco,CA,USA
... with the local Jewish community, and then spent two full days working in Jean Lafitte, a suburb of New Orleans that was hit hard by both Katrina and Rita. ...

Oregon woman lending helping hand in New Orleans
KLFY - Lafayette,LA,USA
An Oregon woman is leading the effort to build a free health clinic in one of the areas of New Orleans hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina last year. ...
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Operation Blessing Opens Free Clinic in New Orleans
Christian Broadcasting Network - Virginia Beach,VA,USA
By Mark Martin. CBN.com – (CBN News) - The opening of a new free health clinic in New Orleans East is a welcome relief for many victims of Hurricane Katrina. ...

Welcoming New Orleans Boosted by ALA Conference
Library Journal - New York,NY,USA
A sweaty, welcoming, and well-fortified New Orleans is playing host to some 17,000 ... the first major conference in the city since Hurricane Katrina and its ...
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Mayor wants assessment of New Orleans' criminal justice system
KATC - Lafayette,LA,USA
NEW ORLEANS -- Mayor Ray Nagin appointed former Louisiana Attorney General Richard Ieyoub ... city criminal justice system that was banged up by Hurricane Katrina. ...
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ON PATROL IN NEW ORLEANS
Houston Chronicle - United States
By THOMAS KOROSEC. NEW ORLEANS - Michelle Smith says she enjoyed the months of crime-free life on Josephine Street that followed Hurricane Katrina. ...
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06/25/2006 NOLA News

“Ethnic Cleansing” in New Orleans
Center for Research on Globalization - Canada
... New Orleans, the city where Hurricane Katrina struck in September 2005 is barely covered in the media these days. The failure to ...

Katrina left mark on Legends shortstop
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... Celebrity baby pictures need publishing. Hurricane Katrina was bad. What happened to New Orleans was sad. But there's a new story every day. ...

Louisiana legislature way off course with tax measure
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... Because of Hurricane Katrina, several levees that protect New Orleans, which sits below sea level, broke. The city was flooded. Lives were lost. ...
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Campers send hope to kids in New Orleans camps
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... and other campers were sending kind words to kids at a sister camp at Loyola University in New Orleans, where many were affected by Hurricane Katrina last year ...

New Orleans courts struggle to regroup
Boston Globe - United States
... It's a spring morning in the New Orleans court system's long road back from Hurricane Katrina. This session of magistrate court ...
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New Orleans struggles to cope with water leaks
Baltimore Sun - United States
NEW ORLEANS // Underground leaks and cracks in the city's water system because of Hurricane Katrina cause the loss of 80 million to 100 million gallons of ...
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Church group departs for New Orleans
New Bern Sun Journal - New Bern,NC,USA
A group of 11 youths and five adults from River Bend Baptist Church is headed to New Orleans on a relief mission 10 months after Hurricane Katrina battered the ...

NO to lose its chief librarian
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... Fla., firm that is a contractor for employee-assistance programs, could not find work in New Orleans, even though, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, there is ...
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Tsunami workers shocked by state of New Orleans
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
... Katrina flooded 80% of New Orleans and only about half of the city’s residents have returned. In the Lower Ninth Ward that the ...

06/24/2006 NOLA News

Louisiana, New Orleans Area FEMA Flood Maps Online
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... flood maps on its web site http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/recoverydata/katrina/katrina_la_maps.shtm. The maps include Jefferson , Orleans , Plaquemines, St ...

In devastated, desolate Big Easy, visitors find hopeful signs of ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... It's East New Orleans, recently inhabited by a mostly African American middle class. It's an area where Katrina floodwaters reached more than 8 feet in places. ...
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Design summit focuses on South Bronx, New Orleans
Aspen Times - Aspen,CO,USA
... Other projects will include the manufacturing of furniture out of waste materials from Hurricane Katrina's devastation in New Orleans to raise money and ...

New Orleans, Louisiana Needs Home Money Faster, Sooner
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... real estate (generally) as part of the federal home block grants passed post-Katrina. ... To build Louisiana and New Orleans , an October timetable is unacceptable ...
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In New Orleans, guard 'not here to eat beignets'
Oxford Press - Oxford,OH,USA
... A lively drug trade has helped send New Orleans' murder rate, long ranked among the nation's worst, even higher than it was before Katrina by some reckonings. ...

New Orleans enforces youth curfew
Political Gateway - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
NEW ORLEANS, June 24 (UPI) -- New Orleans has begun enforcing its new attempt at ... youth curfew imposed immediately after Hurricane Katrina devastated the ...

Teens work on New Orleans recovery
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... Crossroads Project, whose goal is to build 40 homes in 10 weeks in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward. It was one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. ...

New Orleans Is Happy Host to Meeting of Librarians
New York Times - United States
... "The ALA was very careful to reassure us that New Orleans would be ready for us," said ... "Katrina wasn't the problem," Susan Pittman of St. Mary's, Ohio, said. ...
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New Orleans in the grip of a Depression Epidemic
MedIndia - India
... in New Orleans who deals with psychiatric cases called attention to the annual rate of suicides of more than 26 per 100,000 in the months after Katrina. ...
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Katrina evacuees return to New Orleans after NY sojurn
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
CHAPPAQUA — Ten months after Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of New Orleans and brought the Gertlers to Chappaqua, they are returning today to resume a life ...

06/23/2006 NOLA News

Louisiana: I hate New Orleans
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... My friend is right that New Orleans cannot return to the dysfunctional City pre-Katrina. As much as we might care, if you are poor ...

Good Guys: Rushing to Katrina aid
SportingNews.com - USA
... Notably, the first house built in New Orleans post-Katrina, a Habitat for Humanity home for a low-income family, was funded by athletic money -- a donation ...
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What's really going on in New Orleans
Westborough News - Westborough,MA,USA
... It's been nearly nine months since Hurricane Katrina's disastrous effects. Even back in January, President George Bush told New Orleans he was glad they "had ...

Report: New Orleans' Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Nearing ...
Standard-Speaker - Hazleton,PA,USA
NEW ORLEANS - A new report claims New Orleans is nearing ... The report in the New York Times said suicide has tripled in the city since Hurricane Katrina. ...
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New Orleans buses get extended federal subsidy
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... in New Orleans will continue to operate until Nov. 30 following a decision by the Federal Emergency Management agency to continue a post-Hurricane Katrina ...
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Louisiana Crime Not Just New Orleans
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
However, it is on the steady increase and the dreams of some that post-Katrina New Orleans would be practically crime free have been dashed. ...
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New Orleans sheriff's deputy, 3 others busted in drug deal
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... All four men, from New Orleans, were booked with possession of heroin with intent to ... He left the department after Hurricane Katrina, but returned to work in May ...

Louisiana Business Shorts: Baton Rouge Chamber, State Medical, New ...
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... response systems that were revised and implemented shortly after Hurricane Katrina. ... and social factors impacting the healthcare community in New Orleans in the ...

Alive & fishing in Louisiana
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... At Empire, about 50 miles south of New Orleans, Katrina hooked to the east and Mississippi's coast. This portion of Plaquemines ...
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Outside New Orleans, cities stem crime on their own
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
... District - an area in the southwest with large numbers of Katrina evacuees ... In New Orleans, the situation is more desperate because housing and jobs are still so ...
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06/22/2006 NOLA News

New Orleans Hip-Hop Creates The Restless Natives
TLA-PROnline - USA
... lost everything they owned in the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. Their unification is a strong testament of the passion that still thrives in New Orleans Hip Hop ...

New Orleans Pastor: Prayers, Saints' Presence Will Bring City Back
Agape Press - Tupelo,MS,USA
... Like many other cities and towns throughout the Gulf States region, New Orleans has been permanently marked by Hurricane Katrina. ...

RTA chairman quits in dispute over New Orleans bus system
KATC - Lafayette,LA,USA
... for keeping buses and streetcars rolling in the city following Hurricane Katrina. ... by e-mail in response to an inquiry by The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. ...
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Hurricane Katrina changes the face of AIDS in New Orleans
Bay Windows - Boston,MA,USA
NEW ORLEANS — Just several weeks into the 2006 hurricane season, government and community-based ... to get back on their feet after Hurricane Katrina broke the ...

Miles from New Orleans, others pay Katrina's price
KATC - Lafayette,LA,USA
... But Collins doesn't live in New Orleans or even Florida. She lives in New York City. Hurricane Katrina may have made landfall on the Gulf Coast last year, but ...

Longines raises $220,000 for New Orleans charity
National Jeweler - New York,NY,USA
... benefit performances of The Pajama Game on Broadway last week, fetching $220,000 that will be used to help New Orleans musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina. ...

New Orleans House `Flippers' Reap Profit, Spur City's Rebound
Bloomberg - USA
June 22 (Bloomberg) -- Before Hurricane Katrina, Kyle Curry edited film in a New Orleans production studio. Now, he lugs a toolbox ...
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With first big meeting coming, New Orleans offers assurances
Houston Chronicle - United States
... American Library Association convention in New Orleans is more than a boost to the typically slow summer convention season: It's a prime, post-Katrina test of ...
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LSU to play game in New Orleans for Katrina relief
ESPN - USA
The Lady Tigers will face Louisiana Tech in the New Orleans Arena on Dec. 30 in what the school dubbed the Katrina Relief Basketball Classic. ...

New Orleans is awash in mental health problems
International Herald Tribune - France
... New Orleans is experiencing what appears to be a near-epidemic of depression and post ... say is close to triple what it was before Hurricane Katrina struck and the ...
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06/21/2006 NOLA News

US House Approves New Orleans Area Military Spending
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... The Program was located in New Orleans until temporarily relocated to North Virginia after Hurricane Katrina. Living accommodations ...
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Soldiers sent to New Orleans
Calgary Sun - Canada
By AP. NEW ORLEANS -- Nine months after they rode to the rescue in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, National Guardsmen carrying M-16s returned to the city ...
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New Orleans gripped by depression epidemic
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... coroner in New Orleans who deals with psychiatric cases, said the suicide rate in the city was less than nine a year per 100,000 residents before Katrina, and ...
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Costello, Toussaint keep New Orleans in the forefront
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... his destroyed home in his swamped neighborhood, Toussaint and Costello bring the specter of Hurricane Katrina and the disaster of New Orleans onstage with them ...
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Depression rocks post-Katrina New Orleans
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
NEW ORLEANS, LA, United States (UPI) -- Experts say depression is at a high level in New Orleans as the city suffers from Hurricane Katrina`s wrath nearly 10 ...
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Nat'l Guard fans out in deserted New Orleans areas
Reuters - USA
... 21 (Reuters) - National Guard troops fanned out in three New Orleans neighborhoods on ... deserted areas as the city struggles to recover from Hurricane Katrina. ...
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MONICA CARTER: Is New Orleans rebuilding its image?
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
... One, New Orleans: Proud to call it home. ... but I imagine those stickers may have come sometime in the past 10 months, following Hurricane Katrina's devastation. ...
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Census Figures Shows New Orleans Decline and Louisiana Change
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
These estimates are for July 1, 2005 and therefore do not reflect any effects of Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans was the 8th fastest losing city from July 1 ...
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New Orleans braces for convention comeback
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... Before Katrina, conventions pumped an estimated $6 billion annually into the New Orleans-area economy. The last four months of the ...
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Trombone Shorty longs for New Orleans
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Glenwood Springs,CO,USA
... Touring has kept Andrews on the road for most of the last year and a half, although he was in New Orleans when Katrina hit. "The ...

National Guard Not Needed: Local Cops Should Handle New Orleans' ...
FOX News - USA
... I'm told the New Orleans Police Department is up to speed, at pre-Katrina staffing. If that's true, you have to wonder what speed. ...
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HUD to New Orleans Poor:

Bill Quigley
HUD to New Orleans Poor:
"Go F(ind) Yourself (Housing)!"

In Louisiana, a Sinking Island...

In Louisiana, a Sinking Island
Wars With Water and the Government

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06/13/2006 NOLA News

New Orleans Seminary president
Dallas Baptist Standard - Dallas,TX,USA
... New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary President Chuck Kelley said, reporting to the Southern Baptist Convention for the first time since Hurricane Katrina ...

US Gives Charter Schools a Big Push in New Orleans
Civilrights.org - Washington,DC,USA
... There are at least 45 charter schools in Louisiana, with most having opened since Hurricane Katrina. The highest concentration is in New Orleans, where the ...
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Costly New Orleans Levee Repairs Still Inadequate
PBS - USA
... the floodwalls. I think New Orleans can be confident in its hurricane protection system because it is better and it is stronger.
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Nine Months After Katrina, New Orleans 'Not Any Better ...
CNSNews.com - Alexandria,VA,USA
By Nathan Burchfiel. (CNSNews.com) - New Orleans has seen no improvement since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina nine months ago, according to a Mississippi ...

Books for Understanding New Orleans: Association of American ...
TMCnet - USA
... The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans by Susan Larson (LSU Press ... Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina, edited by Eugenie L ...

Local Company Reopens Restaurant in New Orleans
6abc.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... it will reopen a food court and restaurant in New Orleans' hurricane ravaged convention ... at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center since Hurricane Katrina struck ...
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Southwest adds more flights in New Orleans
KATC - Lafayette,LA,USA
... has added six daily non-stop flights from New Orleans' Louis Armstrong ... Southwest was the airport's largest carrier before Hurricane Katrina virtually forced ...
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Usher helps clean up New Orleans school
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... work gloves, grabbed a pair of trimmers and chopped away at a patch of vines that had overtaken a fence at a New Orleans school shuttered by Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Police Struggles in New Orleans Raise Old Fears
New York Times - United States
NEW ORLEANS, June 9 — Within the Police Department here, the SWAT team is known as The Final Option. Before Hurricane Katrina, it was assigned to the city's ...
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New Orleans Swat Team Short Of Fire Power
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA
(RTTNews) - The Swat Team of the New Orleans Police Department ... of the city are returning back after the mammoth destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. ...

AFL-CIO Plans New Orleans Boom
Civilrights.org - Washington,DC,USA
... It also is one of the largest yet for New Orleans and seeks to bring new housing to a city where Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than 100,000 homes. ...

06/11/2006 stories

Corps of Engineers working on plan to close MRGO
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... was dug as a short cut to New Orleans, but today ... much of the flooding in the parish when Katrina slammed into ... 29 hurricane, sections of it are only 23 feet deep ...
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New Orleans Facing Long Hot Summer and Infrastructure Meltdowns
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
... the many challenges caused by Hurricane Katrina, and due to a miscommunication, payment was delayed to one of our vendors. The City of New Orleans intends to ...
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Residents, volunteers clean public housing units
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A handful of residents and volunteers spent Saturday ... at a housing project still shuttered more than nine months after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Parents choosing charter schools
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... prepare to open for the first time in Orleans Parish since Hurricane Katrina, officials at ... on enrolling their students at one of the new schools already ...
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Overcoming bureaucracy key to responding to Katrina, doctor says
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... challenge in helping care for the thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees who ... Michael Brown, quit under fire two weeks after Katrina hit New Orleans on Aug ...

Another View: New Orleans levees
Statesman Journal - Salem,Oregon,USA
... of Engineers admitted responsibility for much of the destruction of New Orleans. ... Category 3 protection, with the result that Hurricane Katrina overtopped the ...
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William Joyce’s limited-edition prints to benefit hurricane ...
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
... the Shreveport Regional Arts Council with a Chairman’s Award for its leadership and support of the New Orleans arts council directly after Hurricane Katrina. ...

Like Texas, Georgia Won’t Count Scores Of Katrina Evacuees
KWTX - Waco,TX,USA
... officials will exclude the test scores of evacuees from Hurricane Katrina from the ... Many evacuees were from New Orleans, which had the lowest performing schools ...
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Katrina's winds blow music legends together
MLive.com - MI,USA
... latest collaboration, with the legendary New Orleans composer, arranger ... by the pair and one new Costello song ... city last summer in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. ...
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New Orleans has different feel after destruction from Katrina
Gwinnett Daily Post - Griffin,GA,USA
I had been itching to get back to New Orleans since last summer’s devastating ... My favorite said “I survived Hurricane Katrina and all I got was this lousy T ...

Instability Returns for Katrina Evacuees
Washington Post - United States
... Tran began eighth grade in flight from the hurricane that flooded his New Orleans home ... in the demographic and educational upheaval unleashed by Katrina. ...