Read more New Orleans stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/841/new-orleans.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:29:29 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/73594/ida-churns-toward-gulf-coast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHurricane Ida is surging toward the Gulf Coast, triggering emergency warnings in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. Ida "threatens the safety and security" of citizens along the state's southeast coastline, said an emergency declaration by Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Forecasters are hoping Ida will lose force as it heads north,...http://www.newser.com/story/73594/ida-churns-toward-gulf-coast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 2:07:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71828/9-year-old-to-obama-why-do-people-hate-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama took some heat today in New Orleans for continued slow progress in rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina, but perhaps the most pointed question he got all day came from a 9-year-old. “Why do people hate you?” Tyren Scott asked Obama, microphone in hand, during a public meeting. “They’re supposed...http://www.newser.com/story/71828/9-year-old-to-obama-why-do-people-hate-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 21:45:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68161/new-orleans-clinic-gives-jazz-musicians-free-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne New Orleans couple is so passionate about jazz that they give musicians free or low-cost health care, NBC News reports. The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic, founded 11 years ago, tries “to prevent death by lifestyle" for low-paid musicians who can’t afford treatment, says one founder. "We do anything we...http://www.newser.com/story/68161/new-orleans-clinic-gives-jazz-musicians-free-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Aug 2009 17:48:00 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/66703/rapper-c-murder-convicted-of-killing-fan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew Orleans rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller has been found guilty of murdering a 16-year-old fan, the Times-Picayune reports. The teen was shot during a nightclub brawl in 2002. The rapper—who changed his stage name to C-Miller after the incident—was convicted of the killing in 2003 but a mistrial...http://www.newser.com/story/66703/rapper-c-murder-convicted-of-killing-fan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 5:43:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66193/ex-congressman-caught-with-90k-in-freezer-is-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal jury convicted a former Louisiana congressman today of taking bribes on 11 of 16 counts in a case in which agents found $90,000 in his freezer. Former Rep. William Jefferson, a Democrat who had represented parts of New Orleans, was accused of accepting more than $400,000...http://www.newser.com/story/66193/ex-congressman-caught-with-90k-in-freezer-is-guilty.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 17:31:14 CDT