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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