New Orleans to Raze Public Housing
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7 -- Public housing officials decided Thursday to proceed with the demolition of more than 4,500 government apartments here, brushing aside an outcry from residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina who said the move was intended to reduce the ability of poor black people to...
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New Orleans plans a new &#36;700  million jazz district and central park, aiming to use the  devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina as an opportunity to  rebuild the damaged core of the city.
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By FELICIA THOMAS-LYNN  The Rev. Joseph Jackson Jr. is on a crusade.  Standing amid the rubble and the thick stench permeating the air of New Orleans' lower ninth ward a year after Hurricane Katrina, the Milwaukee central city minister made a vow.
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The federal government on Friday approved Mississippi's plan to divert $600 million in hurricane housing funds to a port improvement project, angering critics who say tens of thousands of people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina still need help.
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Hurricane Katrina convulsed the nation with its massive destruction. Now Democrats believe it could wreak havoc again in a tide of voter resentment that could sweep Republicans from power.
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The city wants slum dwellers in apartments, but demolitions have left thousands homeless.
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A tornado rips through New Orleans, damaging trailers housing people left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.
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A suspected member of the Basque separatist group ETA who was arrested by police had planned to destroy a public building, the interior minister said Wednesday.
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin vowed   never again to call the World Trade Center site a "hole in the   ground" during a visit to New York on Friday to let investors   know his hurricane-devastated city is reopen for business.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Police used chemical spray and stun guns Thursday as dozens of protesters tried to force their way into a packed City Council chamber during a debate on the planned demolition of some 4,500 public housing units.
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A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Wednesday to immediately resume making housing benefits available to thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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Habitat for Humanity International says it has built just 416 houses in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco went to New Orleans last August to oversee the opening of the city's first housing-assistance center aimed at people whose homes were destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Katrina. "This is not just a real estate transaction, but an emotional transaction as we...
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After downplaying the risks for months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will rush to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of roughly 35,000 government-issued trailers because tests found dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes.
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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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Environmentalists bristle as city moves toward 'shared use' of a local haunt.
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More than 16 months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita forced an unprecedented exodus from the Louisiana Gulf Coast, tens of thousands of homeowners have decided not to rebuild or have yet to make up their minds, an Associated Press analysis found.