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Hey, if your town was about turn into a scene from "28 Days Later" and be overrun with crazed, slobbering, vomiting zombies, you'd head for higher ground, too. As if Hurricane Katrina was not bad enough. My distaste for Mardi Gras started one Monday...
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On stem cell research, he opted neither for extreme liberalisation, nor prohibition: he allowed non-embryo based research and research on already destroyed embryos. He was accused by the American left for “not caring about African Americans” when...
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin speaks about the economic redevelopment of New Orleans at a news conference in New York in this September 1, 2006 file photo. Former New Orleans Mayor Nagin, the colorful and controversial spokesman for the city after the... View Photo »
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You know your job creation record is bad when you brag about leapfrogging a state ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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Some carry Barbie dolls dressed up as royalty, and many are decorated with tiny Christmas lights. As with other alternative groups, membership in 'tit R?x has grown. Jeremy Yuslum, one of the founders, thinks that's partly because of Hurricane Katrina,...
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Both sewage plants, one each in Picayune and Poplarville, use ultraviolet light as part of the wastewater treatment process. The facilities have increased the wastewater treatment capacity in both cities. Hurricane Katrina grant money paid for the work...
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The planned development in Lathrop and other flood-prone places also has raised questions about whether the state's flood control spending is heading off a potentially disastrous problem or will exacerbate it in the long run. After Hurricane Katrina on...
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Mayor Ray Nagin talks on a mobile phone as he waits for rain to subside at an event commemorating the upcoming anniversary of Hurricane Katrina at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana in this August 26, 2006 file photo. Former New Orleans Mayor... View Photo »
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We wanted to do something to help out after Hurricane Katrina and help the people cope ... We understood what they’re going through because we went through it ourselves. We would perform to get everyone miles away from the trauma and allow them to still have a good time. Through performance, we tried to...
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79 Horton Plaza, downtown. Tickets: $32-$51 (students $18; other discounts available). Phone: (619) 544-1000 Online: sdrep.org The piece, whose San Diego Rep production is a local premiere, uses George W. Bush’s election and the signal events of the...
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The planned development in Lathrop and other flood-prone places also has raised questions about whether the state's flood control spending is heading off a potentially disastrous problem or will exacerbate it in the long run. After Hurricane Katrina on...
About Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest hurricane on record that made landfall in the United States. Katrina formed on August 23 during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and caused... Full Article
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NEW ORLEANS, LA - SEPTEMBER 3: Drainage pumps built after Hurricane Katrina remain idle as Tropical Storm Lee hits the area September 3, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned of heavy rain across southeastern and south-central Louisiana and...
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Chef Eric Damidot poses in the 8 Block Kitchen & Bar at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans in this undated handout photo. After spending nine years in Las Vegas, the 41-year-old Damidot is the head chef at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, which reopened last October after a $275 million...
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Louise Riggio, wife of Barnes & Noble chairman Leonard Riggio, holds Gerard Veal, 3, during an event to commemorate the 101st and final home built by 'Project Return Home,' a rebuilding effort started by the couple, after Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Veal's...
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Gerard Veal, 3, and his sister Mia Veal, 5, participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony with singer Tony Bennett, right, Barnes & Noble chairman Leonard Riggio, center, and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, third left, to commemorate the 101st and final home built by 'Project Return Home,'...
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Barnes & Noble chairman Leonard Riggio, right, hugs singer Tony Bennett during an event to commemorate the 101st and final home built by 'Project Return Home,' a rebuilding effort started by Riggio after Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011.
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Dorothy Booker, 90, holds hands with Angela Isla, hand visible left, during an opening prayer, at an event to commemorate the 101st and final home built by 'Project Return Home,' a rebuilding effort started by Barnes & Noble chairman Leonard Riggio and his wife Louise, after Hurricane...
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Right to left, New Orleans City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, singer Tony Bennett, Louise Riggio, and Barnes & Noble chairman Leonard Riggio, hold hands during an opening prayer at an event to commemorate the 101st and final home built by 'Project...
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People enter trailers, still in place since Hurricane Katrina, which are used as administration offices, at Southern University at New Orleans, in New Orleans, Tuesday, April 26, 2011. More than five years after Hurricane Katrina nearly wiped out Southern University at New Orleans,...
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Lower 9th Ward resident Robert Green, who lost his mother and niece in Hurricane Katrina, replaces a wreath from last year with a new one, at the spot his home landed after the flooding, commemorating the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.
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A member of the Big 9 marching club plays trumpet in a second line commemorating the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.
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Caryan Hurst, 2, granddaughter of Lower 9th Ward resident Robert Green, who lost his mother and niece in Hurricane Katrina, walks with an umbrella during a second line commemorating the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.
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People march through the streets of the Lower 9th Ward to commemorate the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.
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Phyllis Montana LeBlanc walks with an American flag through the Lower 9th Ward section of New Orleans during event commemorating the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011.
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New Orleans Police Deputy Superintendent Kirk Bouyelas leaves Federal Court after five current or former police officers were convicted in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. Former officer Robert Faulcon, Sgts. ...
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U.S. Attorney Jim Letten, left, and FBI Special Agent-In-Charge David Welker address the media outside Federal Court after five current or former police officers were convicted in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011.
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Rebecca Glover, aunt of a victim of a separate civil rights case against New Orleans police officers, hugs supporters of victims and their families outside Federal Court after five current or former police officers were convicted in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after...
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Demonstrators react outside Federal Court as they receive word by phone that five current or former police officers were convicted in the deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. Former officer Robert Faulcon, Sgts. Robert...
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In this Dec. 21, 2011 photo, Rene Brunet Jr. , 90, second left, former operator of the long-closed Joy Theater, tours the theater as it is readied for reopening on Canal Street in New Orleans. From left to right are spokesperson Sandie McNamara, Brunet, son Brian Brunet, partially...
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In this Dec. 21, 2011 photo, Rene Brunet Jr. , 90, with cane, former operator of the long-closed Joy Theater, tours the theater with his son Robert Brunet, right, as it is readied for reopening, on Canal Street in New Orleans. In its new incarnation, the Joy will be a performing arts...
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In this Dec. 21, 2011 photo, Rene Brunet Jr. , 90, left, former operator of the long-closed Joy Theater, looks at the original outside ticket window with his son Rene Brunet III as he tours the theater as it is readied for reopening, on Canal Street in New Orleans. But in its new...
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