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New Orleans is in the midst of a violent murder spree unlike anything the city has seen before or since Hurricane Katrina.
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According to an excellent piece in today’s New York Times, New Orleans’ murder rate in 2010 was 10 times the national average, “long before shootings on Halloween night in the crowded French Quarter
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Six years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans and its surrounding communities, former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin says he regrets not calling a mandatory evacuation sooner in a candid sit-down interview with BET.com.
According to Nagin, his outspokenness made him an easy target and a scapegoat in many situations.
“I was basically the last person standing that was one of the key leaders,” he said.
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Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare)
Odyssey Records
1012 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112-2506
When: 1992
What: Using a “call and response style” party vibe, Mardi Gras Indian chants and dance call-outs, TT Tucker and DJ Irv’s single helps to launch the N’Awlins sound known as “Bounce.”
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In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black Music” presents 100 Rewarding Black Music
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge in New Orleans on Tuesday blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP)– The pre-dawn shucking of small mountains of oysters that is an age-old workaday ritual in New Orleans is coming to an end at the 134-year-old P&J Oyster Co., because of the oil spilling ominously offshore.
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From TIME.com:
The marina of this Mississippi River Delta community usually teems with fishermen, oystermen and shrimpers. But the scene on Monday afternoon fell far short of that.
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With the effects of Hurricane Katrina the Saints’ Super Bowl Victory is a symbol of resilience for the Lower Ninth Ward…
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