Tuesday, January 29, 2008

01/29/2008 NOLA News

Bush seeks to make amends on New Orleans
Reuters - USA
Katrina flooded 80 percent of New Orleans and killed about 1400 people. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and then-Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco criticized Bush ...
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New Orleans Police Officer Shot to Death
The Associated Press -
... where hopes were high that a new year could hold back a wave of crime that has been a dark backdrop to the rebuilding effort since Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Democrats claim FEMA downplayed formaldehyde risks in Katrina trailers
USA Today - USA
... research to downplay the danger posed by formaldehyde in trailers issued to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a New Orleans newspaper reports. ...
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Powell: Challenges Remain for NO
Houston Chronicle - United States
While economic development was a perennial topic long before Katrina, Pamela Meyer, director of business development for Greater New Orleans Inc., ...
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Boost for struggling New Orleans
WWSB ABC 7 - Sarasota,FL,USA
... from Hurricane Katrina. The conference will include leaders from the US, Mexico and Canada. The White House says holding the meeting in New Orleans will ...
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New Orleans officer killed with own gun
kjrh.com - Tulsa,OK,USA
Cotton was 24 years old and among the first graduates of the police academy after Hurricane Katrina. Police say the suspect, Bernell Johnson, was arrested ...
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URI Honors students raise funds for Katrina victims, encourage ...
URI The Good 5 Cent Cigar (subscription) - Kingston,RI,USA
The "Night for New Orleans" also featured a short documentary about Rhode Island's hurricane preparedness created by students Astrid Drew, Chris Barrett and ...
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Indiana Company Offers Funds to New Orleans
Inside INdiana Business (press release) - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Warsaw-based DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. has offered funding to help rebuild portions of New Orleans City Park that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. ...
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