La. officials to take over Katrina collections (AP) AP - The state will take over an effort to collect grant money from Hurricane Katrina victims who got too much, citing a lack of confidence in a private contractor's ability to determine who owes money, a Louisiana official said Thursday. Immigrant workers in New Orleans start leaving (AP)
Carter, Connick do their home work in New Orleans (AP)
Senate renews flood insurance program (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to extend until 2013 a federal program that insures millions of homes against floods and to forgive $17 billion in debt the program built up during Hurricane Katrina. Senate approves renewal of flood insurance program (AP) AP - The Senate agreed Tuesday to write off — and hand over to taxpayers — more than $17 billion in debt that a FEMA flood insurance program accumulated after being devastated by Katrina and other 2005 hurricanes. Man who lost homes in Katrina claims $97M Powerball prize (AP)
Cyclone Nargis had all the makings of a perfect storm (AP)
New Orleans mayor pushing residents to leave FEMA trailers (AP)
New Orleans sings praise as Neville Brothers finally reunite (AP)
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AP - A former Army Corps of Engineers consultant and a dirt subcontractor were indicted Thursday on bribery charges stemming from an investigation into levee work after Hurricane Katrina.
AP - Josue Vega was one of thousands of immigrant workers who flocked to New Orleans in 2005 in hopes of finding a rebuilding job in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
AP - As former President Jimmy Carter nailed down the front porch of a home under construction Wednesday, singer Harry Connick Jr. gave an update on the progress being made in the Upper 9th Ward, an area slow to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
AP - A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.
AP - A cyclone with winds up to 120 mph. A low-lying, densely populated delta region, stripped of its protective trees.
AP - Lingering fears about formaldehyde fumes inside federally issued trailers and the impending hurricane season have Mayor Ray Nagin pushing to empty thousands of the structures, intended as temporary housing after Katrina.
AP - The Neville Brothers, who traditionally help close out the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, returned to the big stage Sunday for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded and wrecked their homes, along with 80 percent of the city.
