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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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New Orleans stories: 113 news summaries

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New Flood Gates Protect
the Few, Not the Many

Charges surface of preferential treatment for rich neighborhoods

Aug 17, 07 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Orleans is still at severe risk from a serious flood, even though the Army Corps of Engineers has spent 2 years and $1 billion on the city's hurricane protection system. What's more, much of what's been done will benefit only wealthier neighborhoods. “We’re still with this damned... More »

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weather • Hurricane Katrina • wealth • New Orleans • storm • flood • hurricane

Edwards Linked to Katrina Foreclosures

Populist candidate
has $16M invested
in subprime lender

Aug 17, 07 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards, who has railed against "shameful" subprime lenders on the campaign trail, has $16 million invested in a fund that has foreclosed on Katrina victims. A Wall Street Journal investigation has identified 34 New Orleans homeowners facing foreclosure suits from an arm of Fortress Investment Group, which Edwards... More »

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John Edwards • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • subprime mortgages • foreclosure • Fortress Investment Group

New Orleans
Pol Admits
Taking Bribes

Councilman collected $20K for contract in city plagued by problems

Aug 14, 07 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - As if New Orleans didn't have enough to contend with, a city councilman yesterday pleaded guilty to accepting $20,000 in bribes and resigned. Oliver Thomas confessed he collected the money from a restaurateur seeking to keep a lucrative city contract. He also demanded the businessman hire a friend of... More »

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New Orleans • Louisiana • bribery • bribe • corruption • Oliver Thomas

New Orleans Hits 60% of Pre-Katrina
Population

Residents trickling
back at 1% a month

Aug 9, 07 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The population of New Orleans has rebounded to 60% of its pre-Katrina level nearly two years after the storm, the AP reports, based on the lastest survey. The city had 273,600 residents last month, up 50,200 from a year ago; 455,000 called the Big Easy home in... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Big Easy • population • natural disaster

Pack Your Bags and Shout 'Aieee!'

Creepiest destinations have everything from ghosties to UFOs

Aug 8, 07 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Do you like scary movies? Then you may enjoy the real thing even more. The Discovery Channel finds 10 spots guaranteed to send your shorts to the dry cleaners.
  1. Lizzy Borden Bed-and-Breakfast, Fall River, Mass.
  2. Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, Calif.
  3. Roswell, NM
  4. Salem, Mass.
  5. New
... More »

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travel • Hollywood • New Orleans • list • Roswell • horror • Salem • Mütter Museum • Gettysburg

Nagin to Feds: Cut Red Tape

New Orleans mayor tells Congress
of dire need for docs,
mental health workers

Aug 2, 07 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ray Nagin delivered an unscripted plea to Congress yesterday, asking for a more urgent response to the health-care crisis that has plagued New Orleans since Katrina hit in 2005. Both Republicans and Democrats echoed the mayor's frustrations at the federal government's inaction on the city's pronounced shortage of physicians and... More »

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health care • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • aid • insurance • mayor • Ray Nagin • disaster

Doc Won't Face Katrina Murder Charge

New Orleans grand jury declines
to indict accused physician

Jul 25, 07 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A grand jury yesterday refused to indict a doctor accused in the deaths of nine patients who died while trapped in a hospital in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Prosecutors alleged Anna Pou injected patients with lethal amounts of painkillers and sedatives; her lawyer says the Louisiana AG was attempting... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Dr. Anna Pou • Charles Foti • Katrina aftermath

The Big Easy Wants Jews

Cash incentives offered to Jews who come to New Orleans

Jul 19, 07 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jewish leaders are recruiting members of the faith to pull up stakes and move to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans. They've hired an Israeli ad agency to get the message out, and they're appealing to Jews' sense of social responsibility to help heal the shattered city. And there are aliyah-inspired cash incentives... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Jews

Nurses, Prosecutors Joust Over Post-Katrina Testimony

Caregivers accused in deaths of elderly patients

Jun 20, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina continues to unfold in the courts, where prosecutors have offered to drop second-degree murder charges against two nurses in exchange for their testimony about the deaths of four patients. The motions may be a sign that the case against the nurses is weak, the Times-Picayune ... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • nurses • New Orleans • hospitals • murder • euthanasia • Katrina aftermath

Cop in Katrina Brutality Case
Kills Himself

Trial for beating of unarmed man was set for next month

Jun 12, 07 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former New Orleans police officer Lance Schilling, set to be tried next month for the caught-on-camera beating of an unarmed man just after Hurricane Katrina, died yesterday of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face. He and his partner were charged with beating a 64-year-old retired schoolteacher who had... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • suicide • New Orleans • police • battery • Lance Schilling

Feds Beef Up Presence in New Orleans

Surge in violent crime endangers post-Katrina rebound

Jun 4, 07 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Violent crime is such a pressing problem in New Orleans that the federal government is shoring up the local criminal justice system, USA Today reports. Crime was up 107% in the first quarter of 2007 over the previous year, a jump the NOPD attributes to population growth—but the increased... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • FBI • New Orleans • crime • law enforcement • Eddie Jordan • ATF • DEA • homicide • Katrina aftermath

NRA Targets Post-Katrina Gun Seizures

13 states pass laws barring cops from confiscating firearms in emergencies

Apr 16, 07 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - After New Orleans cops confiscated guns in the wake of Katrina, 13 states have barred officials from seizing firearms in emergencies. NRA types were livid over the post-hurricane gun grab, which they vowed would not be repeated. “You don't go and abuse good citizens because of a concern for... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • NRA • weapon • emergencies • Katrina aftermath

New Fad in New Orleans: Guns

Citizens arm themselves against crime wave

Apr 5, 07 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Violent crime is storming post-Katrina New Orleans with almost the force of the 2005 hurricane, Time reports. The city has America's highest murder rate, and weapons sales are skyrocketing as citizens take to arming themselves.  "They're not gun aficionados," a gun shop owner says of the recent... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • crime • Louisiana • violence • concealed weapon • weapon • Big Easy • Katrina aftermath • guns

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