Read more Hurricane Katrina stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/136/hurricane-katrina.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:15:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74324/the-decades-best-quotes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the end of the decade near, Newsweek has rounded up the top 10 most important quotes from 2000 to 2009. A selection: "Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job": President George W. Bush, Sept. 2, 2005. In one line to then-FEMA director Michael Brown, Bush summed up everything...http://www.newser.com/story/74324/the-decades-best-quotes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 5:48:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74448/bad-lieutenant-is-terribly-fantastic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat is Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans , exactly? Most critics haven't the foggiest, but they like Werner Herzog's not-at-all-a-remake and Nicholas Cage's performance. Some reactions: Cage’s “sublimely deranged lead performance” compares favorably to Herzog’s work with Klaus Kinski, Scottt Tobias writes for the Onion AV Club . Sure, “it’s...http://www.newser.com/story/74448/bad-lieutenant-is-terribly-fantastic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 12:02:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74349/army-corps-negligence-led-to-katrina-flooding-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an opinion that could open the federal government to billions in damage claims, a judge ruled today that the failure of the Army Corps of Engineers to maintain an outlet channel led directly to disastrous flooding in and around New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005....http://www.newser.com/story/74349/army-corps-negligence-led-to-katrina-flooding-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 20:30:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72956/100-defining-moments-of-the-00s.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom the tragic (World Trade Center attacks, Hurricane Katrina) to the seemingly trivial (Stephen Fry's first Tweet), the Telegraph lists the top 100 defining cultural moments of the decade so far: April 2000 : Metallica sues music-sharing service Napster. October 2001 : The iPod is released. February 2003 : Sacha Baron Cohen hits...http://www.newser.com/story/72956/100-defining-moments-of-the-00s.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 12:45:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71810/obama-vows-not-to-repeat-katrina-mistakes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama promised not to repeat the mistakes the Bush administration made responding to Hurricane Katrina. Speaking to residents of New Orleans' lower 9th ward, Obama said the Katrina disaster was caused not just by “nature, but by a failure of government." By improving communication among state, local, and federal...http://www.newser.com/story/71810/obama-vows-not-to-repeat-katrina-mistakes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 15:46:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68111/new-orleans-repair-an-experiment-in-green.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour years after Katrina, the rebuilding of New Orleans is becoming an exercise in environmentally friendly reconstruction, Bryan Walsh writes in Time . Global Green USA, the American arm of a group founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, is leading the pack by building a sustainable village in the city's Lower Ninth Ward,...http://www.newser.com/story/68111/new-orleans-repair-an-experiment-in-green.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Aug 2009 19:12:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67961/the-memorial-killings-what-katrina-doctors-did.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the staff at one New Orleans hospital faced a torturous dilemma: For critically ill patients who would have to be carried down as many as 8 flights of stairs and back up to the roof of a garage, evacuation seemed impossible. With rumors of...http://www.newser.com/story/67961/the-memorial-killings-what-katrina-doctors-did.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 10:09:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66825/brad-pitt-for-mayor-i-dont-have-a-chance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo mark the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Brad Pitt spoke to MSNBC about his effort to rebuild the Lower 9th Ward with his Make It Right foundation—and the grassroots campaign to push him to run for mayor of New Orleans. He says he'd run if chosen, but “on...http://www.newser.com/story/66825/brad-pitt-for-mayor-i-dont-have-a-chance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 11:34:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65220/fema-too-slow-on-katrina-trailer-toxins-federal-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFEMA was too slow to deal with reports of toxins in trailers used to house Hurricane Katrina victims, potentially posing a “significant health risk” to thousands along the Gulf Coast, a Homeland Security report says. Residents of the trailers had reported bloody noses, headaches, and worse as a result of...http://www.newser.com/story/65220/fema-too-slow-on-katrina-trailer-toxins-federal-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 9:42:26 CDT