04/24/2008 NOLA News

Baker Journal Making a Home Away From Home for Hurricane Victims
New York Times - United States
Baker's City Hall and its churches opened shelters before Hurricane Katrina hit, "with no thought that New Orleans would flood," Mr. Rideau said. ...
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Hagee Says Hurricane Katrina Struck New Orleans Because It Was ...
Think Progress - Washington,DC,USA
... commented on Hagee's offensive beliefs about Hurricane Katrina or his anti-gay comments. Given the fact that McCain will be in New Orleans tomorrow, ...
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New Orleans still devastated, church group reports
Wadena Pioneer Journal - Wadena,MN,USA
The different culture of New Orleans extended beyond the food and house colors. "The people themselves, even before Katrina, were beaten down, downtrodden, ...
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It's official: Hurricane Katrina chased out a huge chunk of NO ...
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
Reflecting patterns of damage from Katrina, turnout across Gentilly, eastern New Orleans and the Lower 9th Ward dropped nearly 60 percent from 2003 to 2007, ...
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New Orleans begins to shake off legacy of Katrina
Opodo - London,UK
The recovery of the New Orleans tourism industry continued in 2007 as travellers began to return to the city that was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina two years ...
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New Orleans Jazz Orchestra to play at Auditorium
Indiana Daily Student - USA
After the devastating Hurricane Katrina, jazz has taken a bit of a back seat, but not in Mayfield's life. Even after the hurricane took the life of ...
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McCain: a lot more work left to do in New Orleans
WWL - New Orleans,LA,USA
McCain's biggest pledge to New Orleanians was that he said he will support Category 5 levees, adding that he understood that Hurricane Katrina's deluge of ...
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Church youth bring hope to New Orleans
Renton Reporter - Renton,WA,USA
This was the third year the high school group from Highlands Community Church has spent Spring Break helping rebuild areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Number of visitors to New Orleans surged in 2007
USA Today - USA
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tourism — the city's largest industry before Hurricane Katrina — rose substantially in 2007, according to a survey conducted by the ...
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O'Dell: 'Rebuild it and they will come'
Houston Chronicle - United States
In early 2007, Powell said he hoped to bring 10000 jobs to New Orleans to help rebuild the Hurricane Katrina-battered middle class. That hasn't happened, ...
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