Ray Nagin

China: Red Rocker Video for a Mayor Fresh Out of Quarantine

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 06.10.2009 | Entertainment


Karen Dalton-Beninato

Now that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is cleared to leave Shanghai, here's something to remember his quarantined stopover with: The Red Rockers new wave classic "China" video.

Ray Nagin Quarantine In China Over

AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 06.10.2009 | World


NEW ORLEANS — After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin figured he could get through just about anything. But being held in quarantin...

RAY NAGIN QUARANTINED By Chinese Officials Due To Swine Flu Concerns

wbztv.com | Posted 06.08.2009 | Home


Chinese authorities have quarantined New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife in a Shanghai hotel after a passenger on their flight exhibited symptoms...

New Orleans Mayor Quarantined In China: Ray Nagin And His Wife Were On Plane With Passenger Showing Flu-Like Symptoms

AP | Posted 06.07.2009 | World


NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife have been quarantined in China after a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like sympt...

Carville and Rove Duke It Out at Radio City Music Hall

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media


Marcia G. Yerman

Instead of getting Ali and Frazier, the crowd braced itself for a confrontation between Carville -- "The Ragin' Cajun," and Rove -- "The Boy Genius." There was drama and theatrics galore.

Katharine Zaleski

Party Switches Made By Famous Political Figures (SLIDESHOW)

HuffingtonPost.com | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 04.28.2009 | Politics


Senator Arlen Specter's announcement Tuesday that he would switch from the Republican to the Democratic party came as a surprise to many. But party ...

White House Super Bowl party guest list

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics


Christina Bellantoni

First published at WashingtonTimes.com The White House just released a list of all the members of Congress invited to Steelers fan President Obama's S...

New Orleans Mayor Disappears Amid Corruption, Crime, Scandal

GQ | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


To get to C. Ray Nagin's office in the boxy modernist City Hall building in downtown New Orleans, one must pass through metal detectors in the lobby, ...

New Orleans Reopens To Residents Who Fled Gustav

AP | MARY FOSTER and MELINDA DESLATTE | Posted 09.03.2008 | Home


NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of people who fled Hurricane Gustav forced New Orleans to reluctantly open its doors Wednesday, but more than a million ...

New Orleans Orders Mandatory Evacuation Ahead Of Gustav

AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 08.30.2008 | Green


NEW ORLEANS — Spooked by predictions that Hurricane Gustav could grow into a Category 5 monster, an estimated 1 million people fled the Gulf Coa...

Deconstructing Ray Nagin's State of the City Report

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Georgianne Nienaber

A dumpster load of money has either been allocated or earmarked for New Orleans, but where is the money? It sure as heck isn't in the lower ninth, which now resembles a cow pasture.

YouTube-Google Presidential Forum In New Orleans Announced

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics


Google and YouTube on Monday announced plans for a general election presidential forum this September in New Orleans, Louisiana. "The forum will be a...

Interview Primer: Don't Come at Me With That Foolishness

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.24.2008 | Media


Karen Dalton-Beninato

USA Today just covered New Orleans Mayor's Ray Nagin's ire over the fact that a local anchor at WWL is running a story about his schedule last year.

Mayor Ray Nagin Blows Up During Interview

USA Today | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


No one can accuse New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin of hiding his emotions. During a live TV interview, he told two reporters that he wanted to have "a good...

Now He Tells Us

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.27.2007 | Politics


Harry Shearer

BOSTON--Sunday's NYT runs a piece on California officials mulling changes in development strategies in the wake of this week's fires. Two nuggets: th...