Hurricane Katrina News
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Former Katrina officer brought to justice, may face prison time
1:48 PM on 02/25/2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath, police shot six people -- killing two -- as they crossed a bridge in search of food...
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Ex-cop pleads guilty in Katrina killings probe
5:46 PM on 02/24/2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A former police lieutenant pleaded guilty to conspiring to obstruct justice after federal officials say he helped cover for officers who killed two people in the chaos following Hurricane Katrina...
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Katrina's impact on crime questioned
9:55 AM on 02/16/2010
A huge crime wave blamed on thousands of Katrina evacuees in Houston and other Southwest cities never happened...
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'Ameriville': Stories of Hurricane Katrina still alive onstage
7:48 AM on 02/15/2010
OPINION - 'Ameriville', which is currently on tour, uses the colliding forces of race, class, and politics in post-Katrina New Orleans to explore America's moral zip code...
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Move over Ray Nagin, New Orleans has new mayor
9:12 AM on 02/08/2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Four years ago, Mitch Landrieu narrowly lost to Ray Nagin in a racially divisive election for mayor of Katrina-scarred New Orleans...
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Saints in the Super Bowl is more than just a game
4:42 PM on 02/01/2010
VIDEO - New Orleans is a city that's never needed a reason to party, but for four-and-a-half years they've been searching for a reason to feel good...
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TheGrio's 100: Kara Walker, activism through art
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Political protest through art has always been a way of life for Walker...
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Obama heeding lessons of Katrina
2:40 PM on 01/15/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The botched federal response to Katrina is the standard by which emergency responses are measured, and presidents are held accountable...
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Katrina wrecks black political base, leaders say
4:27 PM on 01/08/2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The storm decimated once-thriving black, middle-class neighborhoods, undercutting efforts by black candidates to raise money and build voter support...
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Census Bureau kicks off once-a-decade head count
9:22 AM on 01/04/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Census Bureau is launching a campaign to prod the nation's more than 300 million residents to fill out their once-a-decade census forms...
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Ten stories of the decade that have changed black America
9:36 AM on 12/28/2009
OPINION - As we close out the decade and await the imminent arrival of 2010, here are the ten stories that have shaken us up and changed the way we see this country, the world and ourselves...
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Slideshow: 12 key civil rights moments of the decade
10:26 AM on 12/21/2009
OPINION - The first decade of the new century has been marked by incredible triumphs, ongoing challenges, and a number of historic moments...
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Environmental effects on people of color need Obama's attention
9:24 AM on 12/10/2009
OPINION - If President Obama is supposed to be more sympathetic to special interests - including the impact of climate change on black people - because of his skin tone and ancestry, he's not showing any signs.
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As health care talk continues, some spring to action
12:16 PM on 11/22/2009
OPINION - The lack of care that people experience has a price that we all must share beyond the price that they pay with their lives..
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Thousands may file legal action for Katrina floods
1:28 PM on 11/20/2009
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims...
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Obama defends himself against New Orleans critics
2:07 PM on 10/15/2009
President Barack Obama defended himself Thursday against complaints from residents of New Orleans and the rest of the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast who feel recovery help has not come soon enough from his administration...
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Barbershop Buzz on Obama's visit to New Orleans
10:40 AM on 10/15/2009
VIDEO - Will President Obama's visit to New Orleans speed the recovery progress?
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New Orleans still waits for change from Obama
9:01 AM on 10/15/2009
OPINION - Today the city of New Orleans welcomes President Barack Obama. New Orleanians are ready to walk with the President along streets in their neighborhood...
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Civil rights icon fights for school that tried to shut her out
1:19 PM on 10/05/2009
In 1960, Ruby Bridges was only 6 when she walked passed an angry mob to become the first black student at William Frantz, an all white school in New Orleans. Now, Ruby is working to reopen the doors that once threatened to shut her out...
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Broad attacks on ACORN are just plain nuts
9:30 AM on 09/24/2009
OPINION -- Let me be clear, ACORN's actions deserved to be exposed, and they deserve to be punished. But let me be equally clear, ACORN is not a big American problem...
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Lesbian sgt. discharged after police outed her to Air Force
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) - Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian...
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