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New Orleans' razing craze aims to clear way for post-Katrina recovery
New Orleans is on a mission to raze thousands of properties abandoned after hurricane Katrina. Many are in neighborhoods, such as the Lower Ninth Ward, where poor and minority residents were concentrated.
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Mardi Gras? Nah, it's New Orleans' Saints Super Bowl warm-up.
The Saints' run to the Super Bowl has come to symbolize New Orleans' post-Katrina revival. The result has been a party not seen for generations – even in the city that calls Mardi Gras home.
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Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans
New Yorker reporter Dan Baum offers a vivid portrait of New Orleans from hurricane Betsy up through Katrina.
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How New Orleans weathered Gustav
From levee-buttressing heroics to beefed-up security, the Crescent City charts a post-hurricane course.
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Exodus ahead of hurricane Gustav more thorough - but some won't go
Nearly 1 million people moved inland from the Gulf Coast over the weekend. The mass evacuation is a first test of a new and complex safety plan.
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