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Feral chickens have proliferated in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina

Since Hurricane Katrina, Ruby Melton's 9th Ward enclave has welcomed a new species of neighbor: clucking, crowing, prancing chickens that dart across streets and nest in the trees.

New Orleans pizza delivery man blinded by bleach in robbery

A New Orleans pizza delivery man is still having trouble seeing after a robber threw bleach in his eyes last week in an effort to steal a pie he ordered.

New Orleans runs $5m anti-British campaign – paid for by BP

The B in BP may no longer mean British, but tell that to New Orleans. The city is using a $5m cheque from the company to launch what might be seen as only a slightly tongue-in-cheek anti-British campaign, aimed at luring tourists who might be discouraged by the approaching oil spill.

Louisiana: New Orleans picks first white mayor in 32 years

NEW ORLEANS — In an event-packed weekend here that included the New Orleans Saints' first-ever trip to the Super Bowl and seven Mardi Gras parades, Mitch Landrieu, the state's lieutenant governor and scion of a well-known Louisiana political family, captured enough attention to become the city's 61st mayor.

Computers, records seized at ACORN offices in Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS — State investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization's national headquarters was based in New Orleans.

Obama makes first trip to New Orleans as president

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, who accused former President George W. Bush of leading a government "that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns," is hearing directly from New Orleans residents who have struggled to rebuild their city since the 2005 hurricane season.

Good times for New Orleans tourism are rolling once again

Kitty Bean Yancey USA Today 08/28/2009
Doctor: I 'got rid of' patient after Katrina

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana's top prosecutor said Friday he will not reopen a probe into allegations of euthanasia at a hospital crippled by Hurricane Katrina, despite new statements from a doctor that he drugged a terminal patient to "get rid of her faster."

Good times for New Orleans tourism are rolling once again

Four years after being knocked down by Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2005, New Orleans is regaining its footing with tourists.

Former Sand and Gravel Subcontractor Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison After Conspiracy and Bribery Conviction in Connection With a Levee Reconstruction Project

A former sand and gravel subcontractor was sentenced today to serve five years in prison and to pay a $5,000 criminal fine by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier after being convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy and bribery in connection with a $16 million hurricane protection project for the reconstruction a New Orleans levee, the Department of Justice announced today. The project involved the Lake Cataouatche Levee, which is south of New Orleans.

Rising sea level to submerge Louisiana coastline by 2100, study warns

A vast swath of the coastal lands around New Orleans will be underwater by the dawn of the next century because the rate of sediment deposit in the Mississippi delta can not keep up with rising sea levels, according to a study published today.


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