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What to Do After a Tornado Strikes Your Town

Don McNay | Posted 05.05.2012

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Disasters bring out the best in Americans. They dig in their pockets to help. It also brings out the worst in people wanting to make a quick buck.

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Brad Pitt To Turn Vacant 103-Year-Old School Into Affordable Housing Complex

Posted 02.22.2012

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Since Hurricane Katrina, Brad Pitt's charity has been focused on building sustainable homes in New Orleans. But, now the generous star is branching ou...

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Makeover of New Orleans Naval Complex Slated for 2013

Susan Buchanan | Posted 02.06.2012

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After a string of natural and man-made catastrophes, New Orleans has become a spot to share expertise on flooding, wind, spilled oil and any other grief that comes down the pike.

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Bring Jesus and the GOP to Thanksgiving! A Music Video Viewing Guide for the Whole Family

Katie Halper | Posted 01.23.2012

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Since the liberal media refused to show the tender face of the Family Leader Thanksgiving GOP debate on national television, most Americans missed out.

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Occupy Y'all Street: Movement Grows Up Down South In Gainesville

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.23.2011

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This is the first in a series of stories and short films on under-publicized Occupy sites. Stay tuned in the coming days for more from our road trip t...

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Condi Rice Walks The Line On Race In Katrina In New Memoir

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.24.2011

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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said President George W. Bush had a "race problem" during Hurricane Katrina, but she defended him against h...

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Name-Dropping with Pollo - Sept. 30, 2011

Pollo Del Mar | Posted 11.30.2011

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Fans of dance and house music won't want to miss my backstage footage from the recent GIRLS4BOYS Tour, when rising dance music acts Kwanza Jones, Liz Primo and Katrina hit LGBT night clubs along the West Coast.

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Former Archbishop Who Gave JFK Eulogy Dies At 98

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 11.29.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — Phillip Matthew Hannan, the former New Orleans archbishop who sought to console a grieving nation with his eulogy for John F. Kenn...

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Heck-of-a-Job Brownie Blames Katrina Victims

Jason Salzman | Posted 11.15.2011

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So, is Brownie proud of his claim to fame? Proud of his response and W's to Katrina? And whether he's proud or not, why remind people of Bush's embarrassment by playing the Brownie line over and over again.

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The Other Hurricane: Still Struggling To Rebuild NOLA On 6-Year Katrina Anniversary

Michael Deibert | Posted 10.29.2011

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The struggle to rebuild New Orleans -- and the debate about what kind of New Orleans that will be -- continues six years on, as the winds and rain of a once-mighty storm grow ever more distant, but never fully disappear.

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How Congress Rewarded the Corps of Engineers for Drowning New Orleans

Sandy Rosenthal | Posted 11.22.2011

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On the sixth anniversary of the levee breaches in and around New Orleans, let us hope that Congress will do better to protect Americans whose lives depend on federal levees.

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"Katrina" Plus Six

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.28.2011

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What most people think they know is that, post-Katrina, "the levees have been fixed." And that could be said to be true. To get Clintonian for a moment, it all depends on what your definition of "fixed" is.

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6 Years After Katrina, Lower 9th Ward Still Bleak

AP | By CAIN BURDEAU | Posted 10.28.2011

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NEW ORLEANS -- In New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, the grasses grow taller than people and street after street is scarred by empty decaying houses, the li...

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Irene's Fury and Your Response

Richard Walden | Posted 10.28.2011

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You're not a First Responder like a fire department or paramedic unit; you're not FEMA; and, do not command the vast logistical resources of an entire government... What would SMART Aid consist of in this situation?

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Hurricane Watch: Protecting Our Ocean Sentries

Vikki N. Spruill | Posted 10.26.2011

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As the East Coast residents prepare for the worst and hope for the best, it is hard to escape the memory of Hurricane Katrina, which wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast at this moment six years ago.

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New in New Orleans: No Matter How Many Skies Have Fallen

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.24.2011

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"Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new li...

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One Woman's Post-Katrina Recipe Project

Nola.com | Scott Threlkeld, the Times | Posted 10.25.2011

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They faced a grueling evacuation the next day, so on Aug. 27, 2005, Michele Montalbano and her family prepared and enjoyed one of their favorite meals...

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Post-Katrina, Mold Worries Subside But Hardly Disappear

Susan Buchanan | Posted 10.18.2011

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This article was published in The Louisiana Weekly in the Aug. 8, 2011 edition. Buildings with bathtub rings and musty smells are less prevalent than...

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A Call For Help To Offer Free Health Care In Post-Katrina New Orleans

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 10.06.2011

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There was a time -- late August, 2005, and immediately thereafter -- when Hurricane Katrina was on all of our minds. Many of us remained focused on th...

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The Great Concessionaire

Will Durst | Posted 10.05.2011

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Sorry if you settled into your recliner ready to enjoy the blessed silence destined to descend on the political playing field in the aftermath of the ...

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Ex-Cop Helped Plot Katrina Shooting Cover-Up

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Posted 09.11.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — A former police detective testified Monday that he participated in a plot to fabricate witnesses, falsify reports and plant a gun ...

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Shearer Uneasy With Corps in New Katrina Film

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.10.2011

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It's easy to forget about Katrina and New Orleans, since it was almost six years ago. But actor/comic/filmmaker Harry Shearer has not forgotten. As a part-time resident of New Orleans he's lived it from the beginning.

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New Orleans Police Allegedly 'Shot First And Asked Questions Later' In Katrina Case

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MARY FOSTER | Posted 08.27.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — A woman who survived a barrage of police bullets but lost her arm in the shooting testified Monday that she never heard police iss...

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Phasing Out State Control of Post-Katrina Schools

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.15.2011

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With 75% of New Orleans students slated to attend charter schools next year, some stakeholders say a management split between the far-away state capit...

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Post-Katrina Urban Gardens

Daniel Klein | Posted 08.14.2011

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This video tells the story of several different New Orleans residents who came back to the city after the storm to rebuild and start making food in th...

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