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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Actor Brad Pitt on Thursday  unveiled a "green" housing design for New Orleans's Lower Ninth  Ward and said he was appalled by the slow pace of rebuilding  since Hurricane Katrina hit last year.
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New Orleans&#39; mayor urged the Big Easy&#39;s half-million residents to evacuate, and residents of low-lying Gulf Coast communities were ordered to leave Tuesday as Hurricane Ivan moved toward the northern Gulf Coast with 140 mph
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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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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 11--OCEAN SPRINGS -- The surge-damaged home of Robert Wiygul and Julia Weaver will be dismantled in January and many of its parts distributed to Coast people who need building materials.   It could start a trend.
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The nation's "most vile" buildings should be given a grade X listing to speed up their demolition, under a radical proposal by the leader of Britain's architects.
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A lack of housing is the Gulf Coast's top challenge on Hurricane Katrina's anniversary, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday during a tour of the region.
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Dozens of popular health, housing and education programs would be eliminated or sharply reduced under the budget that President Bush plans to announce on Monday.
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A raucous debate over the shortage of cheap housing and the demolition of 4,500 public units is sweeping the city and likely to become more intense.
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The worst-case scenario for New Orleans &#151; a direct strike by a full-strength Hurricane Ivan &#151; could submerge much of this historic city treetop-deep in a stew of sewage, industrial chemicals and fire ants, and the inundation could last for weeks, experts say.
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Actor Brad Pitt on Thursday   unveiled a "green" housing design for New Orleans's Lower Ninth   Ward and said he was appalled by the slow pace of rebuilding   since Hurricane Katrina hit last year.
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President George Bush is to honour those who have "dedicated their lives" to rebuilding New Orleans.
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Mayor Ray Nagin told a Senate committee Monday that the rebuilding of New Orleans is getting shortchanged in light of the billions poured into the war in Iraq, and he suggested racism is part of the explanation.
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Tucked inside a $14.4 billion blueprint for the rebuilding of New Orleans is a proposal for a Hurricane Katrina monument on a grand, "Homeric" scale
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A judge upset by the backlog of cases since Hurricane Katrina decided to release four New Orleans inmates from jail Friday and postpone their trials until they can get adequate representation from the spread-thin public defender's office.
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The fire that destroyed or damaged much of a new housing subdivision last month in the worst case of residential arson in the state's history.
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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.