Wednesday, February 06, 2008

02/06/2008 NOLA News

Mardi Gras revelers party in scarred New Orleans
Reuters - USA
Many flooded-out homes and businesses are still abandoned, but experts say New Orleans now has about 70 percent of its pre-Katrina population of nearly half ...
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More Than Super: Fat Tuesday in New Orleans
NPR - USA
And as for any lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina, he said things have gotten better. "We're back to where we were — even stronger," Roy said. ...
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SJSU leads push for bill to rebuild New Orleans
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Dana Hull San Jose State University is 2200 miles from New Orleans. But on Tuesday the spirit of Mardi Gras filled the campus, which is leading a growing ...
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New Orleans deserves the All-Star weekend spotlight
SI.com - USA
AP NEW ORLEANS -- When David Stern announced, in the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, that All-Star weekend would remain in New Orleans, ...
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Hurricane opened larger questions of race, class
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Dlugos moved to Colorado years ago, but she said she lived in New Orleans until age 30. She said some Mardi Gras parades after Katrina reflect residents’ ...
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OK Go Have A Bonerama For New Orleans
CMJ.com - USA
... Home New Orleans, an organization that provides support to musicians still struggling to rebuild their homes and lives in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Friday is Gumbo Day in New Orleans
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
One of NOLA's best gumbo haunts, Dunbar's Creole Cooking, flooded badly following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and has since relocated to the cafeteria ...
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Luling author's house-cleaning crime-solver tidies up New Orleans
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
I loved taking her down into the Quarter, into the places that most people identify with New Orleans." Colley weaves Hurricane Katrina's impact into the ...
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