04/23/2008 NOLA News

Who should pay to protect New Orleans?
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
If this buffer -- equivalent to the state of Delaware -- had not been destroyed, New Orleans would need little other hurricane protection. ...
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48 hours in New Orleans
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
BIG EASY: Revelers celebrate Mardi Gras on Bourbon St in the French Quarter of New Orleans. More than two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New ...
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festival is yet another survivor of Katrina
USA Today - USA
says Quint Davis, producer/director of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the annual music marathon that was almost crippled by Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Trumpeter Mayfield's Civic Activism Honors Dad Lost to Katrina
Bloomberg - USA
By Patrick Cole April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield lost his father to Hurricane Katrina, his body washed up on a New Orleans street ...
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North American leaders gather in 'comeback' city of New Orleans
Houston Chronicle - United States
Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans in 2005 after levees broke. "I know thousands of Mexicans have participated in the reconstruction of New Orleans," ...
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Arts Enterprise brings New Orleans to forefront
Bowling Green News - Bowling Green,OH,USA
"Katrina was a catastrophic event that uncovered injustice not only limited to New Orleans, but throughout all of society," Griffith said. ...
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New Orleans copes with youth crime wave
United Press International - USA
NEW ORLEANS, April 22 (UPI) -- Two boys in their early teens were charged with armed robbery this week in New Orleans -- another sign of a youth crime wave, ...
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NJ Woman Continues Katrina Relief Fund at Greets and Treats
PR Leap (press release) - Chula Vista,CA,USA
She began collecting the day after the hurricane hit New Orleans, August 29, 2005. "After Hurricane Katrina hit the Golf Coast region in 2005, we thought it ...
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Canadian Students Protest Security and Prosperity Partnership ...
Infoshop News - USA
Student activists from Ontario travel to New Orleans to protest the SPP and the ongoing marginalization of Hurricane Katrina survivors. ...
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04/21/2008 NOLA News

New Orleans tourism nearly doubled last year
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP NEW ORLEANS—The number of visitors to New Orleans nearly doubled last year compared to 2006, and the city is hoping to attract even more tourists with a ...
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At least six killed over weekend in New Orleans
Houston Chronicle - United States
The city has struggled with violent crime since Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005. National Guard troops have helped augment the department as the force ...
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Women's Networks Critical To Survival During Hurricane Katrina
Science Daily (press release) - USA
More than 50 people were evacuated from New Orleans, La., through the efforts of two "core anchors," a 58-year-old woman and her daughter, who initiated ...
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Harper praises Bush at New Orleans summit of North America leaders
The Canadian Press - NEW ORLEANS
... heralded it as a sign of close ties between the neighbouring countries and a reason to celebrate the rebirth of New Orleans following hurricane Katrina. ...
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Bush defends free-trade agreement with Mexico and Canada
The Associated Press -
... and our economies have grown," said Bush, who decided to host the summit in New Orleans to showcase its rebirth following Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Bush seeks to cement legacy of ties with Canada, Mexico
The Associated Press -
... here Monday as a sign of close ties between the neighboring nations and a reason to celebrate the rebirth of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. ...
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The Leak: John McCain's Stopover In New Orleans
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Then Katrina hit Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and the 17th Street Canal Levee in New Orleans failed. On the other side of town, a barge slammed into the ...
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BOOKS: Hurricane Katrina, fact and fiction
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
A New Orleans resident who lost her home in Katrina reads a newspaper in a rescue shelter. REUTERS file photo by Joe Skipper Ahead of World Book Day on 23 ...
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Scott Provides the Hammer, as the Hornets Build a Legacy
New York Times - United States
One of the more complex components of the Hornets' success is judging the impact it has had on New Orleans. Since Hurricane Katrina decimated the city, ...
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Smith Middle Schooler lands in Cleburne after fleeing hurricane
Cleburne Times-Review - Cleburne,TX,USA
So how did Jones end up in Cleburne following the exodus from New Orleans after Katrina struck in 2005, forcing Jones and his family to leave the Avondale ...
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04/20/2008 NOLA News

New Orleans Prepares for North American Summit
Voice of America - USA
As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from New Orleans, the city, which is still recovering from 2005's Hurricane Katrina, is preparing a big welcome. ...
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Soon after some good news, New Orleans sees 4 fresh killings
The Associated Press -
... shot in eastern New Orleans, Officer Sabrina Richardson said. The city has struggled with violent crime since Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005. ...
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Search Courant.com Web enhanced by
Hartford Courant - United States
Katrina is not nearly all there is to New Orleans, but Katrina remains a big part of it. Sure, you can appreciate New Orleans' amazing essence and fantastic ...
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New Orleans now has more restaurants than before Katrina
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
By Patti Nickell Eggs Portuguese is a specialty of Brennan's Restaurant in New Orleans. The restaurant closed because of damage from Hurricane Katrina, ...
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Bush seeks to cement legacy of ties with Canada, Mexico
The Associated Press -
Almost 32 months after Hurricane Katrina struck, New Orleans is still recovering — with uneven success — from the most brutal natural disaster in US history ...
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No Place Like Home: Hurricane Katrina's Lasting Impact
Science Daily (press release) - USA
ScienceDaily (Apr. 18, 2008) — New Orleans residents who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina were over five times more likely to experience serious ...
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Westminster alum shares images from Katrina
Fulton Sun - MO, USA
By CHRIS WALLER While thousands were fleeing the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, photographer David Spielman decided to ...
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04/19/2008 NOLA News

Health Highlights: April 19, 2008
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
From alcohol abuse to the loss of a home, new research continues to assess the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and the toll it extracted from its ...
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Bush Picks Retired General as New Gulf Recovery Chief
New York Times - United States
By ADAM NOSSITER NEW ORLEANS — President Bush on Friday chose as his new Gulf Coast recovery coordinator a retired major general of the Marine Corps Reserve ...
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Oh When The Pinks Came Marching In - On V-Day In New Orleans
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
by Linda Milazzo Page 1 of 1 page(s) For my entire life - years before Hurricane Katrina - I fantasized about New Orleans. I dreamed of being decadent in ...
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New Title Displays God's Power in Midst of National Tragedy
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... handle every aspect of his business, he also assigned her to conduct all his business associated with returning to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Murder down in quarter, New Orleans police say
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
They have been in town since shortly after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005 and the number of police officers dropped by several hundred officers. ...
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04/19/2008 NOLA News

New Orleans gears up for North American summit
Houston Chronicle - United States
But for the New Orleans Police Department, it's more of the same in aa string of high-profile, crowd-generating events early in 2008. ...
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Hornets seek to prolong feel-good story
SI.com - USA
Returning from a two-year displacement to Oklahoma city after Hurricane Katrina, the Hornets were last in the league in attendance at times during the first ...
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Reluctant Witness in New Orleans Murder Trial Killed in Hail of ...
FOXNews - USA
NEW ORLEANS — Less than a week after Guy McEwen was a reluctant witness in a murder trial, he was killed in a barrage of bullets as he ran down a New ...
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Public Opinion Pollsters to Discuss Katrina at Annual Conference ...
AScribe (press release) - USA
... the city before Hurricane Katrina, see the theme as a way for survey research professionals to use their skills to make a contribution to New Orleans. ...
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New Orleans gears up for North American Leaders Summit
International Herald Tribune - France
The Gulf Coast city, which was hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, will host President George W. Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian ...
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Raising the Ante With Liquor Sales Bid
New York Times - United States
The Mardi Gras Zone in New Orleans, once primarily stocked with trinkets, became more of a grocery store and local hangout after Hurricane Katrina; ...
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New levee doubts in New Orleans area
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
The new analysis is part of a comprehensive re-evaluation of levees, floodwalls, pumping systems and other pieces of the hurricane system since Katrina ...
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Flood Warnings in New Orleans--The Rest of the Story
OpEdNews - Newtown,PA,USA
Hurricane Katrina was the kill, but the water never relents—always moving, sometimes retreating, forever on the move. This week the National Weather Service ...
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No place like home: Katrina's lasting impact
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
New Orleans residents who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina were over five times more likely to experience serious psychological distress a year after ...
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A Mississippi mop up
London Free Press - Canada
Since Katrina, hundreds of Londoners have travelled to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast to help rebuilding that is estimated to take up to 20 years. ...
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04/16/2008 NOLA News

New Orleans tourism officials tout city as being fun again
Houston Chronicle - United States
The "Come Out and Play" theme was selected after research showed a desire by people to see New Orleans as fun again, Shilstone said. Since Katrina, tourism ...
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U of W campus officers headed to help New Orleans
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
... be done," a group of University of Windsor campus police officers are headed to New Orleans to help rebuild a city still ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. ...
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New Orleans church reopens more than two years after Katrina
Florida Baptist Witness - Jacksonville,FL,USA
... first services at its renovated facilities since Hurricane Katrina. NEW ORLEANS (BP)—Imagine the nation’s worst natural disaster striking your home. ...
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Hornets clinch first division title, Lakers earn top seed
Guardian - UK
The Hornets, originally based in Charlotte, moved to New Orleans for the 2002-03 season. Hurricane Katrina forced them to play all but 10 of their home ...
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American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation ...
CSRwire.com (press release) - USA
American Express is committing $400000 in preservation grants to New Orleans. There are nine historic sites in neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Katrina ...
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NO leaders in DC toot horn about crime
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
... New Orleans business and community leaders were in Washington on Tuesday touting the criminal justice gains in the city since Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Author James Nolan's 'Perpetual Care' is the real deal
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
If New Orleans should ever stop telling its story, it would disappear under floodwaters far deeper than Katrina's, into American cultural amnesia. ...
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Jindal's mental health plans may provide relief in metro area
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
While Jindal is initially focused on New Orleans because of the crisis since Hurricane Katrina, he also plans to increase money in next year's budget for ...
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04/15/2008 NOLA News

Jazz Fest resurgence is music to New Orleans' ears
USA Today - USA
Mona's Café had six locations around New Orleans before Katrina. Today, they have four, after the floods destroyed all their Middle Eastern cuisine ...
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Analyst: NO voters altered
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Katrina changed the face of the electorate in New Orleans and the surrounding area, and those changes will affect local and ...
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Number of visitors to New Orleans almost doubles
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA
AP NEW ORLEANS— Tourism - the city's largest industry before Hurricane Katrina - rose substantially in 2007, according to a survey conducted by the ...
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Group says Orleans courts struggling, but improving post-Katrina ...
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
AP NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A nonpartisan watchdog group in New Orleans says the criminal court system in the city improved in the second half of 2007 but still ...
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Shotgun, Part Two in Katrina Cycle, Will Premiere at Southern Rep ...
Playbill.com - New York,NY,USA
Set four months after the New Orleans flood that followed Hurricane Katrina, the play focuses on "four New Orleanians, white and black living under one roof ...
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Katrina failed to slow Alvarez
Monitor - McAllen,TX,USA
McALLEN - Lili Alvarez remembers having a telephone conversation with her mother in 2005 as Hurricane Katrina headed toward New Orleans. ...
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Beacon of Hope
bestofneworleans.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
The New Canal Lighthouse, a historic lakefront beacon that was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, is about to get a new lease on life. ...
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Louisiana Business: Canada, New Orleans, Construction, Blighted ...
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
A eight-company delegation from the World Trade Center of Montreal, Quebec will be visiting New Orleans April 23-25 to develop business opportunities in the ...
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04/13/2008 NOLA News

New Orleans Restaurants, Still Limping, Lead City's Revival
Bloomberg - USA
After three visits to the city since Katrina hit in August 2005, I've found that the restaurants have been in the forefront of bringing back New Orleans's ...
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Students join New Orleans relief effort
Kingston Daily Freeman - Kingston,NY,USA
By Bonnie Langston, Freeman stafff A Woodstock teenager won't soon forget the lingering devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans after ...
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NO teachers are taking home bigger paychecks after Katrina
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
By Sarah Carr Average salaries for New Orleans public school teachers have jumped by more than 16 percent since Hurricane Katrina, a rise that local ...
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Ailene Voisin: Byron Scott of New Orleans has done his finest ...
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
He subsequently spent two productive seasons on Rick Adelman's staff, twice guided the New Jersey Nets into the Finals, and after Hurricane Katrina ...
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BOOK REVIEW: A wonderful, readable history of New Orleans
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
For those who learned so much about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, he offers a view of its roots and the tragedies of the past.
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Rebuilding their lives
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
Maida Davis joined in Saturday's birthday party, happy to have a home and neighbors after her Katrina ordeal. "I came out of New Orleans with my son, ...
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04/12/2008 NOLA News

New study suggests storm frequency, intensity may not ...
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA
Just three weeks before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Emanuel, in a paper published in Nature, wrote that a key measurement of the power dissipated ...
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New High for Political Women; Katrina Hardship Lingers
Women's eNews - New York,NY,USA
Women in New Orleans continue to face economic and health disparities following Hurricane Katrina, according to an April 11 report from the Washington-based ...
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Louisiana Gov Jindal Appoints New Orleans Bar Pilots Examiners
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
There has been a very strong movement to close the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet due to damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
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New Orleans Jazz Orchestra at Chicago's Symphony Center
Chicago Tribune - United States
By Howard Reich | Tribune critic April 11, 2008 New Orleans still struggles in the disastrous aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but that hasn't stopped the ...
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Undercurrent: life after Katrina
UN Observer -
New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was a devastated city: neglected by the authorities, deprived of basic services, deserted by thousands of its ...
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Let the good times roll at New Orleans music festival
Boston Herald - United States
For Neville, New Orleans hasn’t been the same since Katrina roared through in August 2005, flooding 80 percent of the city - including his house. ...
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Rivalry between Saints, Hornets has grown since storm
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
... and franchises has been evident since the Hornets migrated to New Orleans from Charlotte, NC, six years ago and has heightened since Hurricane Katrina, ...
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Initial Thoughts On "The Great warming"

I honestly think that we can change the world together, for the better, and get a lot of enjoyment, satisfaction, and fulfillment out of the effort.  Additionally, I think that the effort can form the basis for a lot of common ground between people who currently feel divided, and restore our sense of community and connectedness in the process. It can give us a common focus, a common problem, instead of a common "enemy."

I just finished watching "The Great Warming," a film on the scale of "An Inconvenient Truth," but with as much solution presentation as problem presentation. It's narrated by Keaneau Reeves and Alannis Morrisette. It will be one of the films I am reviewing for the Sundance Channel, and airs in late spring of this year.

What I found inspiring about the film at first glance was how it presented the growing evangelical movement toward environmental stewardship based on both religious reasoning and science. This gave me a great sense of hope. All over the world, the "grass roots" are waking up to the problem in a big way, across all walks of life. The "green age" is coming. The only question is if we will move collectively fast enough.

I firmly believe that we must work to educate and break down barriers to common ground and effort being established. We need to work together to push public policy and private action in a sustainable direction, and I believe we can.

No situation, political, cultural, or economic is static. Change is coming, and each of us must lend shoulders to the oars and tiller of this great ship to turn our course. I see many positive signs, and all one has to do is look and learn to see the course.

The little things add up - it took a huge collection of individual decisions and actions to get where we are, and it will take the same to get where we will go. The difference is knowledge, and in  this early part of the green age, every one of us that can show a way forward to even one other makes a difference that adds to the overall result.

Seeds of change are sprouting - and we need to nourish them.

Dan

04/11/2008 NOLA News

Archdiocese of New Orleans to close more parishes in Katrina aftermath
Catholic News Agency - Denver,CO,USA
This will result in a reduction of the number of parishes in the archdiocese from the pre-Katrina count of 141 to only 108, the New Orleans Times-Picayune ...
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Acquittal in musician's death renews focus on New Orleans crime
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
... one of the high-profile murders that led to a mass protest in 2007 over the violent crime that has marred New Orleans' recovery from Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in New Orleans
Reuters UK - UK
By Verna Gates NEW ORLEANS (Reuters Life!) - More than two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, new cultural life is coursing through the ...
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band keeps magic of New Orleans alive
Washington Observer Reporter - Washington,PA,USA
By Brad Hundt, Staff writer After Hurricane Katrina tore New Orleans apart, Ben Jaffe made a trip to Sea Saint Studio, a legendary recording studio where ...
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New Orleans recovery drive hopes to tap China firms
Reuters - USA
Nagin, in his second term as mayor of New Orleans, said the city had spent $6 billion to $7 billion rebuilding after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in ...
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Minor Crime, Major Time
Georgetown University The Hoya - Washington,DC,USA
... attracting roughly 30 students to travel down to New Orleans in early March and assist in the ongoing recovery effort in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. ...
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All Around the Liberal Arts
Macalester College The Mac Weekly - St. Paul,MN,USA
... Memorial Library, the main library at this New Orleans school. The items were removed and restored after Hurricane Katrina laid havoc on the collection. ...
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Volunteer inspired, adopts displaced Hurricane Katrina dog
KTKA.com - Topeka,KS,USA
Myra is one lucky pet that was adopted when her owner, Shawna Castillo, volunteered at a New Orleans animal shelter during spring break. ...
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Louisiana, New Orleans brace against cresting of flooded Mississippi
The Ranger - San Antonio,TX,USA
Built to handle a maximum capacity of 20 feet, the levees' failure during Hurricane Katrina buried the city under water, causing widespread damage and loss ...
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UPDATE: Lack Of Katrina Talk In Race Worries Louisiana
CNNMoney.com - USA
New Orleans ' troubles began the morning of Aug. 29, 2005 , when Katrina smashed into the Louisiana coast with a storm surge that reached 20 feet in some ...
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04/10/2008 NOLA News

Local teens head to New Orleans to help Katrina victims
Easton Journal - Raynham,MA,USA
By Staff reports More than two years have passed since Hurricane Katrina destroyed thousands of homes, congregations and communities in Louisiana and ...
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New Orleans archdiocese plans to cut churches
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
By BECKY BOHRER AP NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Archdiocese of New Orleans, in a nod to post-Hurricane Katrina realities, unveiled a reorganization plan Wednesday ...
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Students at Sharon Academy Heading to New Orleans
Randolph Herald (subscription) - VT, USA
In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, there were suddenly more than 1.3 million citizens who were homeless and in need of food. ...
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Louisiana Supreme Court upholds Katrina flood exclusions
Reuters - USA
New Orleans attorney John Houghtaling, who represents the about 1000 property owners in Hurricane Katrina cases against insurers, said he was "shocked" by ...
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As FEMA shuts trailers in New Orleans, rebuilding need mounts
BP News - Nashville,TN,USA
Thirty months after Hurricane Katrina and its floodwaters wiped out their homes, thousands of New Orleans residents in FEMA-provided trailers are having to ...
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V-Day organizers turn Superdome into 'Superlove'
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
What Ensler has produced in New Orleans -- with input from the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women and New Orleans activists such as the Katrina ...
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New Orleans trip offers new world view
Inside BU - Binghamton,NY,USA
Mental health services have not been available to people in this area since soon after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. When people ask me how my trip was, ...
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Volunteers moved by work in New Orleans
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
The volunteers spent a week in the east side and Lower Ninth Ward — areas still in disrepair since Hurricane Katrina. A video showed images of boarded-up ...
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04/09/2008 NOLA News

Government Ignores Lessons of Katrina
Daily Nexus - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
I may be back from Spring Break, by my heart is in New Orleans. On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans around 4 am As a result Lake ...
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Blog: Teens shocked by devastation in New Orleans
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
During the time in New Orleans we got to see where Hurricane Katrina hit. All of the houses made me cry. Just to see how someone's house and life can be ...
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First Student New Orleans Moves into New Facility
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
The First Student school bus operation in New Orleans has come back from the devastation left behind by Hurricane Katrina and has moved into a new facility. ...
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Eagle Rock makes service trip to New Orleans
Estes Park Trail Gazette - Estes Park,CO,USA
While fundraising was underway, students also participated in a class that focused on issues surrounding Hurricane Katrina such as the science behind ...
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New Orleans' Chief Technology Officer to Speak at Colorado ...
FOXBusiness - USA
... April 17th at 10:15 am Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the City of New Orleans was able to streamline business processes for ...
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The rebuilding of a city called New Orleans
Hudson Hub-Times - Hudson,Ohio,USA
Hurricane Katrina struck the coast of Alabama and New Orleans in August 2005 and caused an estimated $125 billion in damage and killed 1836 people from ...
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Celebs descend on New Orleans for V-Day celebration
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
This year, the focus is on "Katrina Warriors" - the women of New Orleans - for their strength and resilience in the face of devastating loss. ...
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The New Orleans reality
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
We open our homes to displaced New Orleans residents following the horrific Hurricane Katrina. We’re told our traffic stinks [really? ...
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Searching Debris of Katrina for Memories Left Behind
New York Times - United States
By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN NEW ORLEANS — Kierstyn Cyrus cracked open the front door of her ruined home, a single goal in mind, just one precious thing she wanted ...
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04/05/2008 NOLA News

Jazz trumpeter leads New Orleans' cultural rebirth
Reuters - USA
By Larry Blumenfeld NEW YORK (Billboard) - New Orleans trumpeter Irvin Mayfield's brand-new album nearly didn't see the light of day. Hurricane Katrina left ...
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Entergy New Orleans is Jazzed
Energy Central - Denver,CO,USA
After Hurricane Katrina, Entergy New Orleans lost its 190000 customers to a mandatory evacuation. The smallest subsidiary of Entergy Corp. had to repair 75 ...
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Professor Eric Hirsch Gives Students Lesson on Hurricane Katrina
PC The Cowl (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
The course focused on the devastating Hurricane Katrina of 2005 which essentially destroyed the city of New Orleans and left tremendous numbers of people ...
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New Orleans may skip crash
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
AP Money and jobs generated by Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts will likely shield the New Orleans region from a major blow in an expected national ...
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Court upholds dismissal of Katrina victim's wrongful death suit
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN AP NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the son of an elderly woman ...
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La. Company Gets Flood Barrier Contract
CNNMoney.com - USA
... Hurricane Katrina. Shaw has been employed to handle everything from pumping flood waters out of New Orleans to building shelter for hurricane victims. ...
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Katrina bridge suit OK'd
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
AP A New Orleans civil judge has ruled that a case brought by a couple who were turned back by police when they tried to cross a Mississippi River bridge ...
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Telling the Katrina ...
Colby Magazine - Waterville,ME,USA
The population of New Orleans, which in 2005 was close to 500000 is now estimated at just under 300000. Katrina was an equal opportunity destroyer, ...
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New Orleans school system teeters
NYSUT.org - Latham,NY,USA
Long before Hurricane Katrina ravaged a city known for its bigger-than-life persona and Southern hospitality, New Orleans public schools were in crisis. ...
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04/07/2008 NOLA News

New Orleans UU churches launch fundraising campaign
uuworld.org - Boston,MA,USA
... congregations in New Orleans are beginning a national fundraising campaign to raise $2.7 million to further their recovery from Hurricane Katrina. ...
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VIDEO: National Guard Conducts Hurricane Exercise
KALB-TV Newschannel 5 - Alexandria,LA,USA
Federal, State, and local New Orleans emergency agencies participated in the exercises, in addition to the National Guard. The hurricane season starts June ...
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ON THE WATERFRONT: Katrina damage limits access to port facilities
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
New Orleans Cold Storage, a poultry exporter now housed on the Industrial Canal, has had serious trouble since Hurricane Katrina. The storm blocked the main ...
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A speck in katrina's eye
MWC News - Vancouver,Canada
EVER, and the New Orleans Superdome is crosshaired directly in the middle of Katrina's unerring greenish blue eye. I call Hertz. They joined United and god ...
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Hurricane price tags soaring on crowded US coast
Reuters - USA
Katrina, which swamped New Orleans, was the costliest natural disaster in US history, with damages of $80 billion. But a study published earlier this year ...
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The Two Americas
MWC News - Vancouver,Canada
Contrast this with George W. Bush's reaction to Hurricane Katrina. The day after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Bush was playing golf. ...
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04/08/2008 NOLA News

OPINION: The hurricane of coverage is no more, but New Orleans remains

Whitworthian - Spokane,WA,USA
"I am from Texas and so we got a lot of refugees after Katrina, so the storm was more of a real thing to me than maybe others. [In New Orleans] we saw a lot ...
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15 firefighters off to help New Orleans rebuild
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 30, 2005, and flooded 80 percent of New Orleans. It was the fifth-deadliest recorded hurricane, killing 1836 people ...
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Students Plan a Trip to New Orleans to Aid in Recovery Efforts
Monroe Street Journal - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
Though Hurricane Katrina may seem like a thing of the past for most Americans, as the third anniversary approaches, much of New Orleans remains in ruins. ...
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Man gets probation for Hurricane Katrina fraud
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Waterloo,IA,USA
WATERLOO — A former New Orleans man was sentenced to probation for allegedly taking more than $18000 in assistance following Hurricane Katrina. ...
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New Orleans Jazz Fest coming up
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
For Neville, New Orleans hasn't been the same since Hurricane Katrina roared through in August 2005, flooding 80 percent of the city—including his house. ...
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US appeals court vacates $1 million award in Hurricane Katrina ...
International Herald Tribune - France
... insurance company over Hurricane Katrina damage. The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans also ordered a new trial for the lawsuit that Norman ...
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In New Orleans, joy abounds as congregation returns home
BP News - Nashville,TN,USA
Everybody has foes, and Hurricane Katrina was a formidable foe, Luter preached. "What can be said about the worst natural disaster in the history of our ...
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Cedar Falls man sentenced for posing as Katrina victim
WHO-TV - Des Moines,IA,USA
Authorities say Ballier received government aid after claiming his home in New Orleans was damaged by the hurricane in 2005. ...
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Music Preview: Preservation Hall Band seeks to preserve old jazz
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The band, out of the Dixieland tradition, is touring behind a unique box set, "Made in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions," released last year. ...
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Katrina victims face foreclosure
USA Today - USA
... NEW ORLEANS — Letitia Youngblood struggled through repairs, government paperwork and shady contractors to rebuild her home after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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04/04/2008 NOLA News

20 Important Facts about the Recovery of New Orleans following ...
Bayou Buzz - Metairie,LA,USA
FACT: Mayor Nagin began planning for recovery immediately following Hurricane Katrina, convening the Bring New Orleans Back Commission just 30 days after ...
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Economist: New Orleans likely to avoid worst of national slowdown
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
Money and jobs generated by Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts will likely shield the New Orleans region from a major blow in an expected national recession ...
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Guilty Plea in Katrina Kickbacks Case
The Associated Press -
... councilman from a New Orleans suburb pleaded guilty Thursday to seeking kickbacks from a subcontractor doing cleanup work after Hurricane Katrina. ...
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OPENERS: SUITS; The Deal Must Go On, Even in New Orleans
New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN New Orleans is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina, but that isn't stopping some of Wall Street's top deal makers and ...
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While on break, the bayou is just not for crying
Binghamton University Pipe Dream - NY, USA
Yet whenever I tell people I went to New Orleans for spring break, they ask if I witnessed the devastation of Hurricane Katrina before they even ask if I ...
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Spring break trip to New Orleans offers teen moms chance to give back
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
The 17-year-old mother will be spending spring break in New Orleans with other teen mothers to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina and visit civil rights ...
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Effort mired in bureaucratic hash
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
September 11, 2005 When the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Michael Brown, promised $2000 debit cards to Hurricane Katrina's neediest ...
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Cultural genocide: In Tibet or New Orleans?
Workers World - USA
... US The Hurricane Katrina tragedy and aftermath provide a clear illumination. “The roots run deep in New Orleans” is a popular saying amongst Black New ...
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Harvard Kennedy School Continues Leadership Development in New Orleans
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... to the New Orleans neighborhood of Broadmoor in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to assist residents in designing a strategy for neighborhood recovery. ...
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New Orleans Mayor Plans Trip to China
Houston Chronicle - United States
The trip comes amid ongoing efforts to rebuild New Orleans' tourist-dependent economy after Hurricane Katrina, which struck August 29, 2005. ...
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