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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