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Katrina Louisiana, New Orleans: Recalling A Week Of Horror
September 6, 2010With the five year anniversary of Katrina being commemorated this week, and a major hurricane moving up the east coast, the focus of the national news media has been how government at all levels fails to respond. Levees collapsing, inadequate evacuation efforts and political bickering have been reviewed on the news nightly, and highlighted by the new Spike Lee film "If God Willing and Da Creek ...
Louisiana zydeco band rocks Long's Park
September 6, 2010Five years ago Sunday, Hurricane Katrina made landfall and turned much of New Orleans into a swampy wreck.To mark the date, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band on Sunday flooded the rolling field surrounding the Long's Park amphitheater with the relentless enthusiasm of zydeco.Chenier has ...
Obama Love/Hate in the Gulf
September 6, 2010New Orleans welcomed Obama’s remembrance of Katrina warmly yesterday, but his drilling moratorium remains unpopular, and many have convinced themselves that Bush did a better job.
University of New Orleans charts its course for future in athletics
September 6, 2010It hopes to upgrade club football team to NCAA-sanctioned team
The almanac
September 6, 2010By United Press International UPI Almanac for Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Almanacs - History - Weather - Farmers' Almanac - Great Lakes
Brady adds Final Four coach to staff
September 6, 2010JONESBORO — Arkansas State’s John Brady listed several parallels between his career and that of Richard Williams, another former Southeastern Conference basketball coach who took a team to the Final Four.
theGrio video: The nightmare of Pontchartrain Park
September 6, 2010For nearly five consecutive decades Pontchartrain Park was considered a safe haven for working-class and upper-income blacks in New Orleans. Then disaster struck. New Orleans - Pontchartrain Park New Orleans - United States - Pontchartrain Park - Louisiana
Hurricane Katrina anniversary events, festivals and more in New Orleans this weekend
September 6, 2010Events happening in and around New Orleans.
Names & Faces
September 6, 2010Scott Fujita New Orleans left a lasting impression on the Browns linebacker. Fujita, who won a Super Bowl last season with the Saints, has donated $25,000 from his playoff earnings to two Louisiana groups that specialize in coastal restoration, and in June he... Super Bowl - Cleveland Browns - Linebacker - New Orleans - New Orleans Saints
Katrina Louisiana, New Orleans: Recalling A Week Of Horror - Bayou Buzz
September 6, 2010Katrina Louisiana, New Orleans: Recalling A Week Of Horror Bayou Buzz As early as the Friday afternoon before, the national weather service was predicting a direct hit on New Orleans with a minimum of Hurricane Four intensity. ... |
