05/11/2008 NOLA News

'Quick pick' yields a fast fortune for one Katrina victim
Houston Chronicle - United States
16 at the gas station in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie. But he stopped at the station again that day to buy milk — at the request of his wife, ...
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ABC Calls Myanmar Cyclone 'Asia's Katrina'
NewsBusters - USA
It was like Katrina going into New Orleans." But, in truth, cyclone Nargis was much, much stronger and more deadly than Katrina and any comparisons is ...
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Who will bear the burden of improved flood safety?
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
Al Lee, corps commander in New Orleans, gives the green light to start selecting a private contractor to design and build the structures. ...
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Katrina cost could inflate with pump costs
United Press International - USA
NEW ORLEANS, May 10 (UPI) -- A discrepancy in the cost of several sewer pumps for New Orleans could increase the final cost of the city's Hurricane Katrina ...
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Tim Costello
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
This scenario is the story of the people of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. America has the world's largest economy, and extraordinary ...
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Prose resigns as BRCTV station manager to focus on New Orleans
Boothbay Register - ME USA
... access television station while working to rebuild homes in the lower ninth ward of New Orleans, an area particularly hard hit by Hurricane Katrina. ...
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Nagin at midterm: What's the scorecard?
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
While taxpayers have learned in post-Katrina New Orleans that private citizens and businesses move faster than government, they lament that Nagin hasn't ...
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