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USA How Ray Nagin became the first New Orleans mayor to face bribery charges

New Orleans has a long, colorful history of corruption, but some see a post-Katrina change in attitudes with the indictment Friday of former Mayor Ray Nagin on 21 corruption and bribery charges.

By Staff Writer / January 19, 2013

AP/File

A youthful Ray Nagin, a New Orleans cable executive, breezed into the mayor's office in 2002, bent on reforming what was perceived as a corruption-plagued administration run by former Mayor Marc Morial.