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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Copeland's of New Orleans in Alexandria closes | thetowntalk.com
'The Rachel Maddow Show' comes to New Orleans for K+5 anniversary shows | nola.com
Monday, August 30, 2010
Obama Calls New Orleans a 'Symbol of Resilience' on Katrina Anniversary | voanews.com

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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Looking back on New Orleans 5 Years After Katrina
- The Monkey Speaks His Mind
- Reflections on a Trip to New Orleans 5 Years After Katrina
- Evacuation and the days following
- Vincent Laforet
- Katrina 5.0 at @LAStateMuseum last night (YatBazaar)
- Five years out and Katrina memories come flooding back
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Technology and the Katrina Recovery | Huffington Post
Although its role isn't quite heroic, technology has and continues to play an important role in the recovery of the community and the economy...
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Five Years After Katrina, A Return To Bay St. Louis, Mississippi | NPR.org
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Food Wars » New Orleans Po-boy War | Travel Channel
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Former New Orleans airport director faces federal charges | WWL.com
The former airport director at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans faces criminal charges in an alleged case of Katrina fraud.
Feds to remove temporary cap from Gulf well | volunteertv.com
The federal government says it will start work Monday to remove the temporary cap keeping oil from gushing out of BP's blown-out Gulf well so that it can raise a key piece of equipment from the seabed.
Feature Photo: Early "red cars" on Canal Street | CanalStreetCar (dot com)
Single-truck operation on Canal Street. The green streetcars on the left are Ford, Bacon & Davis cars operated by the New Orleans & Carrollton Railroad Company. The red-yellow streetcar near the center of the photo is a Brill single-truck, operated by the New Orleans City RR. The red-yellow car to the right is a mule-drawn "bobtail" car operated by NOCRR...
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Project Breathes New Life Into Pontchartrain Park | WDSU
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, there are signs of new life in Gentilly, where new homes are going up as part of the Pontchartrain Park Community Development Project. The project is spearheaded by award-winning actor Wendell Pierce, a New Orleans native and star of the HBO show "Treme."
Gallery: Lakeview in the Katrina flood, and five years after (32 photos) | nola.com

Video Essay: Trip Down Katrina Battered Highway | AP News
90 on 90: All along Highway 90 on the Gulf coast, many are still reeling from Hurricane Katrina. (Aug. 25)
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The state of working musicians in New Orleans: 'Half the gigs ... and the work pays less' | @PopHiss Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times
According to the third annual State of the New Orleans Music Community Report, there are 50% fewer gigs in the Crescent City than there were before the storm, and it has been that way for the last two years.
Stars Who Stayed the Course Rebuilding New Orleans | FOXnews.com

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Law & Disorder - an online investigation into questionable shootings by the NOPD in wake of Katrina | PBS.org


Behind the enduring images of heroic rescues undertaken by the New Orleans Police Department in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, there is another story of law enforcement out of control. FRONTLINE, ProPublica and the New Orleans Times-Picayune investigate charges that NOPD officers inappropriately used lethal force against New Orleans citizens and then tried to cover up their actions. Airing days before the fifth anniversary of one of the deadliest hurricanes...
Five Years After Hurricane Katrina: Soles4Souls Continues to Give Shoes to Gulf Coast Residents
Soon after, Elsey's effort for people reeling from Hurricane Katrina became a full-time job under the name of Soles4Souls. It now counts famous actors, athletes and musicians as its ambassadors. The charity recently crossed the 10 million pair mark in donated footwear (into 126 countries) and is rapidly growing to become one of the most recognized charities in North America.
Few people are aware that Elsey and his team continue donating brand new shoes to people living in the Gulf Coast. "We cannot forget our friends in the Gulf Coast who are still working to rebuild their lives in the wake of the costliest natural disaster in our country's history," Elsey said. "A pair of new shoes is a luxury item to the thousands of Americans still living in FEMA trailers and struggling day-to-day. The least we can do is take care of their footwear needs," Elsey said.
The charity is donating another 50,000 pairs of shoes to residents in Gulf Port, Biloxi and New Orleans through trusted local agencies like Streams of Life in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They are continuing to distribute food, clothing, and household items to individual families on behalf of non-profit organizations like Soles4Souls. Some of those receiving supplies include single moms, mentally handicapped adults, veteran's groups, the working poor, and inner-city school children.
NOPD Cops Got Orders Authorizing Shooting of Looters | ProPublica

Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Rebirth Brass Band Flourishes After Katrina | NPR.org
Monday, August 23, 2010
Children in New Orleans still feel impact of Katrina | NECN
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If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise Spike Lee continues New Orleans story | LAtimes.com

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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Witness: Katrina | National Geographic Channel
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Giant Oil Plume Found Below Surface Of Gulf | NPR.org

Thursday, August 19, 2010
New Orleans Parking meters on Saturday will remain in some areas; get eliminated in others | WWLTV.com
Following a review of the parking meter policy, the city has decided to retain the meters on Saturday in the following areas: Magazine Street, Oak Street, Riverbend, the French Quarter, the Warehouse District and the Central Business District riverside of Loyola Avenue...
'Treme' Mardi Gras indian costumes make it to Hollywood | NOLA.com

6 Classic Louisiana Breakfasts | MyNewOrleans.com @NewOrleansMag
Louisiana is renowned for its breakfasts, which run the gamut from sumptuous Creole dishes served in New Orleans restaurants to a simple but satisfying morning snack of beignets and café au lait or a link of hot boudin. For reasons of time and our waistlines, most of us don’t indulge in elaborate breakfasts on a regular basis, but for special occasions or a leisurely weekend morning, it’s nice to sample some of the specialties from our Louisiana repertoire...
Mayor Announces 100 Projects For New Orleans | WDSU New Orleans
Mayor Mitch Landrieu said Wednesday that he's hoping to build a "new" New Orleans. He said the 100 projects deliver on a promise to rebuild a better, stronger New Orleans...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Parasol's closing, changing ownership | neworleans.com New Orleans Food
Home of the legendary roast beef po-boy and ground zero for New Orleans' St. Patrick's Day revelry, Parasol’s Restaurant and Bar will close at the end of August and re-open at some point under new ownership. Parasol's is moving one block north to the space currently occupied by the Irish Garden bar and restaurant at 2604 Magazine Street. They’ll reopen with a new name — Tracey’s — but the same, familiar faces...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Five Year Jive - Celebrating New Orleans five years after Katrina
Five Year Jive is a site where you can celebrate New Orleans on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with people who love The Big Easy just like you. Their goal is to raise $10,000 for Desire Street Ministries in support of their continued rebuilding efforts in the Crescent City...
Houma comedian trying to launch improv comedy scene in New Orleans | DailyComet.com
With her brown eyes and straight humor, Grace Blakeman’s dry wit often catches recipients off guard. Yet beyond natural talent, Blakeman, 24, daughter of Andrea and Frank Blakeman of Houma, is becoming an influential force in New Orleans’ burgeoning comedy scene...
The Stripped Down Strategy Behind Naked Pizza | msnbc.com
New Orleans-based franchisor Naked Pizza announced last week that it has signed multiunit area contracts in four more U.S. cities, is opening two test stores in Dubai by the end of the year, and plans to expand into Abu Dhabi by 2011...
Monday, August 16, 2010
Questions Linger as Shrimp Season Opens in Gulf | NYTimes.com
New Orleans' Artist Uses Mardi Gras Beads in Mosaic to Support and Honor the City's Resilience | TradingMarkets.com
Superdome facelift will be ready for New Orleans Saints' 2010 season | NOLA.com
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Ted Jackson/The Times-PicayunePart of Phase I was the demolition of the Gate C bridge that led from New Orleans Centre to the Superdome. In its place, a massive staircase has been added, serving as an entryway into the stadium from the new 60,000 square foot Champions Square presented by Verizon, a sports and entertainment area on LaSalle Street...
From Vietnam to New Orleans, he's no stranger to catastrophe | latimes.com

Sunday, August 15, 2010
While BP plugs busted well, Obama plugs Gulf tourism | msnbc.com
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'Finish strong' to rebuild New Orleans | CNN.com
Saturday, August 14, 2010
New Orleans Tropical Storm or Hurricane by Monday | theweatherspace.com

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Creole Soul in Mid-City at Neyow's | wwltv.com
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New Orleans Tooth Bus continues to treat pediatric dental patients | DentalPlans.com

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Caroline Bean Ward, 88, former restauranteur and mother of local theater owners | nola.com
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Kermit Ruffins new album Happy Talk | MusicRemedy
There’s a point in the first season of HBO’s Tremé where Steve Zahn’s character remarks “America needs it some Kermit.”Read more via musicremedy.com
This fall, America will get it some Kermit Ruffins with the release of his latest album, Happy Talk on October 26 via Basin Street Records... In the mean time you can download a free MP3 of I Got a Treme Woman.
New Orleans Saints-themed play serves as a kick off to upcoming season | The Thiboudaux Daily Comet
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BP well sealed, but relief well still needed to kill it: US official | AP News
BP's runaway well has been sealed, but US officials said Friday they are moving ahead with plans to make sure it's truly "killed" by pumping cement in through a relief well under the Gulf of Mexico.
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Water control system to monitor closure of New Orleans floodgates | WaterWorld
With partners HKV Lijn in Water and Fugro, Royal Haskoning has won a new contract for water control structures in New Orleans. The project will develop a module that allows the local flood protection authority to monitor the opening and closing of gates on all flood defences. It is expected that the module contributes to a improved planning and coordination. The new system has to be operational for the peak of the hurricane season in September 2010.
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Obama to go to New Orleans for Katrina anniversary | The Oval | USA Today
President Obama will travel to New Orleans on Aug. 29 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, spokesman Robert Gibbs said today.
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BP's broken oil well: Sealed for good? | MSNBC
Officials could know by early Friday if BP's broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been sealed for good.
An analysis of tests on the well done Thursday was scheduled to be completed within 24 hours, letting the federal government and BP PLC know if work last month that was meant to be temporary had the unexpected effect of permanently plugging the gusher.
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Faith Hill to perform free Katrina-anniversary concert in New Orleans | nola.com
Country music superstar and Mississippi native Faith Hill will perform a free concert Aug. 24 at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is slated to open the show.
Faith Hill headlines the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans on Aug. 24, 2010.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
'Treme' soundtrack preview concert scheduled for August 28 at the House of Blues | NOLA.com
A preview concert for the “Treme” soundtrack CD has been scheduled for August 28 at the New Orleans House of Blues.
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Monday, August 9, 2010
BP: Cement Plug Has Hardened | TheStreet
BP said Sunday that the cement plug sealing its broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico had hardened, according to published media reports and said pressure tests on the plug show that it's solidly in place, the Associated Press reported...
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Visionary behind Superdome dies | Post-Tribune
Businessman Dave Dixon, who fought to bring an NFL team to New Orleans and was the catalyst behind construction of the Louisiana Superdome, died on Sunday. He was 87...
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
Katrina Pain Index 2010 New Orleans Five Years Later | OpEd News
It will be five years since Katrina on August 29. The impact of Katrina is quite painful for regular people in the area. This article looks at what has happened since Katrina not from the perspective of the higher ups looking down from their offices but from the street level view of the people a view which looks at the impact on the elderly, the renter, people of color, the disabled, the working and non-working poor...
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Dr. John's new 'Tribal' album released this week
429 Records released Tribal,
the extraordinary new album by Dr. John and the follow up to his Grammy winning 429 Records album, "The City That Care Forgot" (2008). AKA the Night Tripper, the iconic American musician has returned with another spectacular slice of mercurial sounds. Steeped in his trademark melange of rock, funk, jazz, voodoo-inflected r&b and Creole flavor, "Tribal" is a statement that builds upon his already formidable musical legacy. Dr. John (aka Mac Rebennac) is joined by his band, the Lower 911 and they perform alongside several guest artists including 2009 Grammy winner Derek Trucks, New Orleans legend Allen Touissant, Donald Harrison and the late Bobby Charles, for whom the album is dedicated. "Tribal" is available now on 429 Records. Dr. John and the Lower 911 are currently on an extensive North American tour.
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Saturday, August 7, 2010
One Book One New Orleans picks Louis Armstrong's 1954 memoir of the city as the 2010 title that everyone here should read
One Book One New Orleans picks Louis Armstrong's 1954 memoir of the city as the 2010 title that everyone here should read, Satchmo. My Life in New Orleans.
"ONE book. ONE New Orleans. What a ONEderful world" is the theme of the sixth annual One Book One New Orleans community-wide reading project, whose 2010 title will be announced today at the Satchmo Summerfest at the Old U.S. Mint.
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New NOPD graduates mark final class for 2010 | WWLTV.com
Friday, 25 new officers joined the ranks of the NOPD, at a time when multiple investigations hang over the department.
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Friday, August 6, 2010
FDA Reopens Gulf Waters to Fishing | Food Safety News @foodsafetynews
Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Margaret Hamburg released three statements on Monday announcing the reopening of fishing waters off the coasts of Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. the FDA has opened state waters that span from the Mississippi River Delta to the Mississippi state line including in the Mississippi Sound, from the mainland to the barrier islands, to commercial fishing...
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Louisiana shrimp season opens Aug. 16 | The Advertiser @theadvertiser
Louisiana's fall shrimp season will open Aug. 16, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced Thursday. The opening applies to much of the state's waters, including some areas only recently cleared for fishing because of the BP oil spill...
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BP says it still might drill in spill reservoir | The Associated Press
BP PLC might someday drill again in the same undersea oil reservoir that gushed millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico in one ...
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Satchmo Summerfest celebrates 10 years of Louis Armstrong love | NOLA.com
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Kermit Ruffins will lead the annual "Satchmo tribute" on Sunday, and also will speak about his trip to Armstrong's home in New York...
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
10 Things I Learned While in New Orleans | culturefried.com (blog) @brunetgarcia
Aliera Peterson blogs about New Orleans (ACME, Café du Monde, the Streetcars, pralines, hurricanes, and more)...
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Soulja Slim's Cousin, New Orleans Rapper Twelve A 'Klok Murdered in New Orleans | @allhiphopcom AllHipHop.com Daily News
Rapper Twelve A'Klok the cousin of late rapper Soulja Slim was found shot to death on a street in New Orleans on Monday, August 2nd. Twelve A'Klok, born Argell White, was a founding member of the record label Cut Throat Committee group/record label, along with his relative Soulja Slim and rappers Re-Nitty, Doubla Crossa and Logga Black...
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BP to pump cement into blown-out Gulf oil well | Evansville Courier & Press
BP planned to start pumping cement into its blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, following up on a key development in the effort to kill the well when mud that was shoved in successfully held back the flow of crude.
After a series of unsuccessful attempts to stem the flow of oil a mile underwater, the tide appeared to be turning in the months-long battle to stop the massive oil spill...
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Striking BP's Oil, Barrier Island Oil Bubbles Up From Below | WVUE-TV
On a nameless Louisiana barrier island, oil oozes from a foot or two underground. The discovery, made over the weekend by a dive team, raises questions about how much oil might be present on the island, but hidden below the surface...
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Allen: The job is not finished on Gulf oil spill - Business | Centre Daily Times | AP
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Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen gives an update on efforts to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico during a briefing at BP headquarters Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 in Houston. Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the blown-out oil well on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be a final step toward snuffing the spill for good.
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Levees.org: Katrina levee breaches historic | theadvertiser.com | The Advertiser
The grassroots group Levees.org is nominating two places where levees broke after Hurricane Katrina to the National Register of Historic Places, and says it plans to nominate at least four more.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
New Orleans Saints 10 questions as they head into training camp | NOLA.com
The Saints reported to training camp Wednesday night, with weigh-ins and conditioning tests scheduled for today -- and the first set of two-a-day practices kicking off Friday at their practice facility in Metairie...
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Parish Presidents with Some Words for BP | YouTube Video
Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser and St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro spoke with WWL 105.3FM on Friday, July 30th expounding on a frustrating meeting with United Command leadership. The video recording is taken from a BP boat from the Point-aux-Chenes base on Thursday, July 29th.
Why are parish presidents and affected community members able to spot slick and sheen while the US Coast Guard and BP are reporting no oil? What is the process for cleaning up the millions of gallons of subsurface oil that now seems to be out-of-sight and out-of-mind?Watch more via StopGulfOilDisaster's YouTube page
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Questions Surface On Dispersant Use In Oil Spill | @Chem_Info Chem.Info
As BP inched closer to permanently sealing the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, congressional investigators railed against the company and Coast Guard for liberal use of toxic chemicals that helped disperse the oil, but at unknown expense to sea life...
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New Orleans responds to strife, as always, with song | The Republic
Street musician Jacob Fishesr sings the blues on a street corner in New Orleans, Louisiana, on July 21, 2010. Fisher has a song about government corruption as he and other musicians have written songs about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/MCT)Music is everywhere on the streets of New Orleans, but these days many of the tunes in the city's vibrant jazz scene focus on the oil spill. Everyone from solo street performers to famous vocalists seems to be writing new songs about the spill or repurposing old standards to thrash out their feelings about the disaster.
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New venture gives former New Orleans inmates an alternative to jail | NOLA.com
A ceremony was held last week for graduates of the New Orleans Day Reporting Center, run by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety as an alternative to jail time. All of the graduates found employment by the time they received their diplomas...
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