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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