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12 Hurt During New Orleans Mother’s Day Parade Shooting

By Associated Press 2 weeks ago

New Orleans police say that a dozen people have been shot during a Mother's Day second-line parade.

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Category: Associated Press, Crime Tags: Mother's Day, New Orleans, shooting

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Isaac Steers Clear Of Direct Blow On New Orleans

By Associated Press August 30, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Isaac's whistling winds lashed this city and the storm dumped nearly a foot of rain on its desolate streets, but the system of levee pumps, walls and gates appeared to withstand one of the stiffest challenges yet

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Category: Associated Press, National News Tags: Hurricane Isaac, New Orleans

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Hurricane Isaac Nears New Orleans

By Associated Press August 29, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Isaac is lashing New Orleans as it approaches and pushing flood waters over a rural levee south of the city, where authorities believe some people may be trapped.

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Category: Associated Press, National News Tags: Hurricane Isaac, New Orleans

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Judge Allocates Time For Start Of Oil Spill Trial

By Associated Press February 7, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has set aside nearly seven hours for opening statements in a trial over the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in the nation's worst offshore oil spill

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Category: Associated Press, National News Tags: gulf oil spill, New Orleans, trial

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What Fun-Loving Town Has Been Voted America’s Dirtiest City?

By Grace Niemitalo June 15, 2011

It seems as if New Orleans has a long way to go to clean up after Hurricane Katrina.

New Orleans, where Sunday mornings on Bourbon Street look like a giant frat house after a kegger, has been crowned with the dubious honor of America's dirtiest city in a new survey.

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Category: Weird News Tags: dirtiest city in america, fun in New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina cleanup, New Orleans