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Katrina aftermath stories: 27 news summaries

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Obama Vows Not to Repeat Katrina Mistakes

He makes his first visit as president to New Orleans

Oct 15, 09 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama promised not to repeat the mistakes the Bush administration made responding to Hurricane Katrina. Speaking to residents of New Orleans' lower 9th ward, Obama said the Katrina disaster was caused not just by “nature, but by a failure of government." By improving communication among state, local,... More »

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 FEMA Orders 
 Katrina Victims 
 Out of Its Trailers 

Residents still rebuilding their homes fret as eviction day looms

May 8, 09 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - FEMA is booting thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims from its trailers at the end of this month whether they have somewhere else to go or not, the New York Times reports. Much of the permanent housing intended to replace the trailers remains unfinished, and as eviction day looms, many of... More »

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(Newser) - New Orleans is sending off the last National Guard troops some 3 1/2 years after they arrived to help patrol the hurricane-ravaged city, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Police say their 1,500 officers are enough to control bad neighborhoods, but not everyone is convinced. "We don't have enough... More »

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 Big Easy Enlists Artists 

Big Easy will host America's largest exhibition of contemporary art

Oct 29, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new biennial meant to restore New Orleans' cultural life—and expand it—opens this weekend in the city, the New York Times reports. With 81 artists participating in Prospect.1 and 50,000 out-of-town visitors expected, the exhibition could be a pick-me-up for a city still trying to come... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • art • Katrina aftermath • Ninth Ward • exhibition

 Don't Get 
 Complacent, 
 Big Easy: 
 Officials 

Much to be done if New Orleans is to survive next big storm

Sep 7, 08 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Orleans residents may be celebrating Hurricane Gustav's near-miss this week, but that's no reason to get complacent, the New York Times reports. Officials admit that protective infrastructure still isn’t up to par, and there were several close calls when Gustav made landfall. “I want everybody to understand—... More »

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New Orleans • Katrina aftermath • hurricanes • Hurricane Gustav

(Newser) - Louisiana is still finding coffins displaced by Hurricane Katrina three years on, the Wall Street Journal reports. Katrina and Rita moved 1,500 bodies from their resting places in the state's swampy south, where floating coffins during floods have long been part of local folklore. Hundreds remain unidentified, and they... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • Texas • New Orleans • coffin • Louisiana • Mississippi • Hurricane Rita • Katrina aftermath • cemetery • Hurricane Gustav

Gustav May Delay GOP Convention

Storm could raise specter of Katrina, detract from McCain

Aug 29, 08 1:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans are considering delaying the start of next week's convention in Minneapolis if deadly Hurricane Gustav hits big, reports the Washington Post. The storm is on course to nail the Gulf Coast with full force early next week, and party officials don’t want America thinking about President Bush’s... More »

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John McCain • Hurricane Katrina • hurricane season • FEMA • Katrina aftermath • McCain 2008 • George W. Bush • Republican National Convention

Judge Clears New Orleans Cops in Katrina Shootings

Officers killed 2 men
walking across bridge

Aug 13, 08 9:48 PM CDT
(AP) - A judge threw out murder and attempted murder charges today against seven New Orleans police officers accused of gunning down two men on a bridge in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In quashing the indictments, District Judge Raymond Bigelow agreed with defense arguments that prosecutors violated state law by... More »

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OPINION

Clinton: Nothing Immune From Bush's 'Waste, Fraud, Abuse'

Cronyism flourishes under Iraq, Katrina

Aug 6, 08 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush White House has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on corrupt deals and unaccountable contractors, Hillary Clinton writes in the Wall Street Journal. If America is going to regain fiscal stability, it must "increase transparency" and put an end to practices like "rewarding companies that exploit tax... More »

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Iraq • Hillary Clinton • Hurricane Katrina • contractors • Halliburton • Katrina aftermath • cronyism • KBR • George W. Bush • war profiteers

Goody Gumbo: Restaurant Reviews Back in New Orleans

City's dining scene is coming back to life after Katrina

Jul 25, 08 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina, the Big Easy finally has its restaurant reviews back, the New York Times reports. Judging that the city's famed eateries can now take the heat, the Times-Picayune has revived a ratings scale of 1-5 beans along with reviews. Many see the move as another... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • restaurant criticism • restaurant • Katrina aftermath

Casino Panel Snagged Aid Intended for Katrina Victims

FEMA sat on donated goods for 2 years, then gave them to state agencies

Jul 17, 08 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Household goods donated to help Hurricane Katrina victims instead ended up in the hands of 11 state agencies, including a gaming commission, CNN reports. FEMA stored 121 truckloads of items two years before handing them over to agencies like the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Leaders of groups helping Katrina victims were... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • aid • FEMA • Mississippi • Federal aid • Katrina aftermath

 Big Easy's Streetcars
 Finally Full Speed 

Line disconnected by Katrina can runs its course again

Jun 23, 08 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Streetcars clang-clanged their way down South Carrollton Ave. yesterday, and for many, the sound was as sweet as New Orleans jazz, the Times-Picayune reports. For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the whole St. Charles Ave. streetcar line is running, and it should bring both tourism and a sense of... More »

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Storm Warning:
Hurricanes May
Drive Gas to $6

Disruptive Atlantic season could upset already dicey market

Jun 2, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - This year’s hurricane season—which started yesterday—could spawn a dozen or more named storms, potentially disrupting flow of gasoline across the nation and pushing gas prices beyond $5 or even $6 a gallon, reports CNNMoney. Traders already appear to be including a hurricane premium of 10 cents per... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • hurricane season • gas prices • oil refineries • oil price • Katrina aftermath

 McCain Blasts 
 Katrina Response 

GOP candidate calls Bush team's efforts 'disgraceful'

Apr 24, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain slammed the Bush response to Hurricane Katrina as “terrible and disgraceful” today after a tour of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. "Never again, never again” will a disaster be handled so poorly, said McCain, making his most distinct break yet from the current administration, the Washington Post ... More »

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John McCain • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Bobby Jindal • Katrina aftermath • George W. Bush

In Surprising Turn, Scruggs Pleads Guilty

Famed Miss. lawyer may serve 5 years
in bribery case

Mar 14, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dickie Scruggs, one of the nation's top class-action attorneys, entered a surprise guilty plea today in Jackson, Miss., to charges of conspiracy to bribe a judge, the Clarion-Ledger reports. Federal prosecutors said they would recommend 5 years in prison for Scruggs, who also faces a $250,000 fine. He pleaded... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • FBI • Trent Lott • bribery • Mississippi • Dickie Scruggs • Katrina aftermath • trial lawyers

B&N Chief Gives $20M
for Katrina Relief

Money will support building of 20 new houses

Feb 26, 08 8:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The chair of Barnes & Noble and his wife are donating $20 million to New Orleans in what may be the biggest Katrina relief project yet, the AP reports. Leonard Riggio said today that the funds will build 20 new houses in a racially mixed neighborhood for lower-income families. Those... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • housing • houses • reconstruction • Katrina aftermath • Leonard Riggio • Louise Riggio • Barnes & Noble

Post-Katrina, Mardi Gras Revels

Hurricane's shadow still looms, but New Orleans revelers make a comeback

Feb 5, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Super Tuesday means Mardi Gras in Louisiana today, and the New Orleans bacchanal is slowly finding its feet 3 years after Hurricane Katrina. The predominantly black Zulu parade has as its king this year a 62-year-old native who left the Big Easy for Houston after the levees broke. He's only... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Louisiana • Mardi Gras • Louis Armstrong • Katrina aftermath • Zulu Parade • Frank Boutte

US Hurricane Aid
Snarled in Red Tape

$3.5B to replace schools and firehouses languishing in accounts

Jan 11, 08 3:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Billions of dollars in FEMA aid earmarked for rebuilding infrastructure pulverized by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes have yet to be spent on thousands of important projects such as replacing schools and firehouses, USA Today reports. Out of $4.5 billion in aid to Louisiana and Mississippi, only $1 billion... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • Louisiana • aid • FEMA • infrastructure • Gulf Coast • Katrina aftermath

Katrina Victims' Claims Number in the Trillions

New Orleans residents seek damages from Corps of Engineers

Jan 7, 08 5:14 PM CST
(Newser) - New Orleans residents have peppered the Army Corps of Engineers with claims for trillions in damages, USA Today reports, asking for sums higher than the nation’s entire economic output. One claim alone seeks $3 quadrillion. In all, the corps has received more than 489,000 claims, with... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • lawsuit • Hurricane Rita • Amry Corps of Engineers • levees • Katrina aftermath

NRA Sues for Guns Seized After Katrina

But arms org still seeks survivors who owned the weapons

Dec 27, 07 4:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The National Rifle Association has filed a federal lawsuit to recover hundreds of guns seized from New Orleans residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, AP reports. The suit claims that residents were left "at the mercy of roving gangs, home invaders and other criminals" because they lost their... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • NRA • lawsuit • Katrina aftermath • guns

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