Candidates promise more for New Orleans
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Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on Monday bemoaned the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina as they called for ways to spur the recovery of New Orleans two years after the devastating storm.
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Newly re-elected Mayor Ray Nagin expressed confidence that political opponents and business leaders would unite to rebuild this hurricane-stricken city.
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With New Orleans still waiting for an infusion of federal cash and a rebuilding plan, the mercurial reelected  mayor has   his work cut out for him.
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Sen. Barack Obama sought Sunday to use his South Carolina victory to expand his appeal, saying the first Southern primary reflects what Americans are looking for.
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Democrat Barack Obama hoped to  extend his winning streak over Hillary Clinton in their  bruising Democratic presidential race when voters made their  choices in three battlegrounds around the U.S. capital on  Tuesday.
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Former senator scheduled to speak in New Orleans -- appearance, billed as anti-poverty speech, now expected to serve as platform for ending Democrat's White House bid.
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Federal emergency officials claim the New Orleans levee system is ready for another major hurricane, despite the less-optimistic views of other political leaders and engineers.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 5--GAUTIER -- George Carbo said he is looking forward to working with city employees and residents to help bring Gautier back after recovery efforts of Hurricane Katrina.
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With two Louisiana congressional seats still up for grabs, Vice President Dick Cheney campaigned in the state Wednesday on behalf of Republicans who hope to sweep Saturday's runoff elections.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards postponed campaign events in Alabama and North Dakota to make a major policy address on poverty Wednesday in New Orleans, where he launched his presidential bid 13 months ago.
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President Bush, hoping to build on recent momentum in the White House race, delivers the biggest speech of his campaign on Thursday in the city where the Sept.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama often says he will be a candidate that will bring both parties together and Saturday he named a few of the Republicans he would reach out to if elected.
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By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY  Journal Staff Writer  This is another in a series of profiles of candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Providence City Council in the Sept. 12 primary.
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A U.S. congressman from Louisiana, under investigation by the FBI after they found $90,000 in cash in his freezer, was endorsed by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Saturday and vowed that allegations of bribery would not hurt his re-election campaign.
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The New Orleans mayor could fill a vacuum if the state's most influential African-American politician goes down
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged Thursday to improve economic opportunities for blacks if elected president, praising the Rev. Martin Luther King and promising to assist with a rebirth of this troubled, largely-black city.
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When he was re-elected, Mayor Ray Nagin promised to act quickly on housing, crime, debris removal and other issues in the first 100 days of his new term. As that mark arrives Friday, his results appear mixed.