<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>French Quarter: News &amp; Videos about French Quarter - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/French_Quarter</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about French Quarter from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:50:48 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>French Quarter: News &amp; Videos about French Quarter - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/08/06/cnnheroes.derrick.tabb/tztop.derrick.tabb.cnn.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/French_Quarter</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about French Quarter from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Drummer offers band aid to New Orleans kids</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/08/06/cnnheroes.derrick.tabb/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/08/06/cnnheroes.derrick.tabb/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Drumsticks in hand, Derrick Tabb has found a way to transform New Orleans children from troublemakers to tuba players.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Real-Life Bat Saved by True Blood Vampires</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20290962,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20290962,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin soak up Louisiana atmosphere while filming on location</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A meal-by-meal guide to the Big Easy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/02/24/new.orleans.restaurants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/02/24/new.orleans.restaurants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nothing, but nothing, has the power to spoil New Orleans' appetite. The people of this city love to eat, and they eat it all -- from simply fried oysters and perfectly dressed po' boys to cutting-edge dishes served Cajun style. Here, a meal-by-meal primer of the Big Easy from a lucky visitor who came to eat and stayed to listen.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Good times rolling on for Mardi Gras</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/02/20/mardi.gras.tourism/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/02/20/mardi.gras.tourism/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The sad state of the economy doesn't appear to be affecting the festive mood in New Orleans, Louisiana.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Family wants police charged in New Orleans killing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/09/new.orleans.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/09/new.orleans.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As fireworks exploded over the Big Easy on New Year's Eve, 22-year-old Adolph Grimes III pulled up to his grandmother's home near the French Quarter after a five-hour drive from Houston, Texas.</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Charleston reveals new treasures with each visit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/09/15/charleston.tourism/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/09/15/charleston.tourism/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Puddles of moonlight on a glassy, smooth harbor. Fresh shrimp coupled with stone-ground grits. Palmettos dancing in an ocean breeze. I fell in love with these things on my very first visit to Charleston, that oh-so-Southern belle perched happily on the coast of South Carolina. Even now, memories of that long-ago trip bring an unbidden smile.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Defiant few remain in French Quarter as Gustav approaches</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/31/gustav.scene/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/31/gustav.scene/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>By Sunday, thousands of people had evacuated New Orleans, leaving behind a shell of a city.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Strapped for cash, some in New Orleans stay and hope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/30/new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/30/new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On a cigarette break from washing dishes in the French Quarter, Michael Kennedy swung open the door of Café Maspero, and the briny smell of raw shrimp followed him outside.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Miss. River Open to Traffic After Spill</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1826604,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1826604,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The first of 200 ships idled by a massive oil spill began crawling down the Mississippi River Friday after the Coast Guard reopened the waterway to traffic</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Artifacts from 1700s Found in NOLA</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1823660,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1823660,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The first archaeological dig at one of the nation's oldest cathedrals has turned up a mix of new finds in the heart of the French Quarter</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans Streetcars Reopening</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1816854,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1816854,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the 1920s-era St. Charles Avenue streetcar will clack along its entire 13-mile route Sunday</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taking the kids: Volunteering in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/04/08/new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/04/08/new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Izzie Alley, 11, looked around cautiously as she stepped inside the small New Orleans garage that has been temporarily converted into a studio apartment for the Strauss family.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans: Rolling by the river</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/18/new.orleans.bikes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/getaways/10/18/new.orleans.bikes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>My husband, Peter, and I were in New Orleans for the French Quarter Festival, but we wanted to do more than listen to big brass bands. Like many of the people slowly returning to the city, we had to pay our respects to the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina. </description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>You can't go home again</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/01/pf/neworleans_pellissier.moneymag/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/01/pf/neworleans_pellissier.moneymag/index.htm</guid><description>Two years have passed since Hurricane Katrina smashed into New Orleans. And if you hang out downtown and don't look too closely, you might think that everything is back to normal.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alexander Wolff: First-hand impressions from ground in New Orleans</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/alexander_wolff/08/21/katrina/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/alexander_wolff/08/21/katrina/index.html</guid><description>I spent eight days in New Orleans, reporting on sports in that city two years after Hurricane Katrina. It wasn't the first time I'd mopped up on a big story. </description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Captain's Blog, stardate 5/9/07</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/10/commentary/510.fortune.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/10/commentary/510.fortune.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>RATES: These are the good old days? The Fed left interest rates alone again, and whenever that happens (not moving rates up or down), it always puts a big smile on may face. (I'm pickin' and I'm grinnin'.) This isn't complicated stuff, people, but most everyone misses the very important and to me not-so-subtle point. What Ben (of the Beard) Bernanke &amp;amp; Co. are telling you is that in terms of the tools they have at hand, the economy is PERFECT.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 13:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A year later, recovery in New Orleans not easy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/29/katrina.anniversary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/29/katrina.anniversary/index.html</guid><description>After months of rebuilding, Henry and Flora Hamilton's house doesn't look like it was sitting in 7 feet of water a year ago. The same can't be said for most of their neighbors' homes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 06:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Recovery in New Orleans big but not easy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/25/katrina.anniversary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/25/katrina.anniversary/index.html</guid><description>After months of rebuilding, Henry and Flora Hamilton's house doesn't look like it was sitting in 7 feet of water a year ago. The same can't be said for most of their neighbors' homes.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Re-elected New Orleans mayor: It's time to heal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/21/nola.mayor/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/21/nola.mayor/index.html</guid><description>In a city struggling to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, newly re-elected Mayor Ray Nagin urged residents of New Orleans to "start the healing process."</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2006 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U2's The Edge helps Gulf Coast music rise again</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/05/btsc.callebs.edge/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/05/btsc.callebs.edge/index.html</guid><description>Those of us in CNN's Gulf Coast bureau were invited to a gathering recently for Music Rising, an organization devoted to helping the region's music scene recover from Hurricane Katrina.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 13:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fateful Fat Tuesday</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/28/profile.martel/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/28/profile.martel/index.html</guid><description>First Hurricane Katrina blew away his chosen hospital.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Big questions remain for the Big Easy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/02/nola.six.months/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/02/nola.six.months/index.html</guid><description>New Orleans, six months after Hurricane Katrina first came ashore, killing hundreds of people and displacing thousands in its wake, is a study in contrasts.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mardi Gras to fatten New Orleans tourism</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/24/nola.tourism/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/24/nola.tourism/index.html</guid><description>Six months after Hurricane Katrina, Mardi Gras floats, beads and revelry are luring in visitors, and helping New Orleans' devastated tourism industry roll toward recovery.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Top places to take your sweetheart</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/02/02/romantic.places/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/02/02/romantic.places/index.html</guid><description>Lovely surroundings and cozy accommodations make it easy to connect -- or reconnect -- in these romantic spots.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans police fired for roles in beating</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/21/police.fired/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/21/police.fired/index.html</guid><description>Two New Orleans police officers were fired Wednesday for their roles in the videotaped beating of a 64-year-old man being arrested in the French Quarter, a police spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: Revitalizing New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/07/feedback.rebuild/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/07/feedback.rebuild/index.html</guid><description>Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed devastated many homes, buildings and, in some cases, entire neighborhoods, leaving residents and government officials to decide whether -- and how -- to rebuild.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 18:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Survivor</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/11/01/8360987/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/11/01/8360987/index.htm</guid><description>For my business, Rhodes Architectural Stone, I travel frequently to China and India. I'm often setting up factories in remote areas where I can't count on having electricity or clean water. I was n...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans easing back into business</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/18/business.story/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/18/business.story/index.html</guid><description>The scene at Café du Monde on Tuesday was frenetic: employees polishing the counters and wiping the windows, contractors installing new equipment in the kitchen and applying one last coat of paint inside and around the landmark's outside seating area.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gulf Coast Blog: Getting connected again</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/18/blog.tue/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/18/blog.tue/index.html</guid><description>Tuesday, October 18; Posted 4:49 p.m. ET   From Ben Blake, CNN Gulf Coast Bureau</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>SBA said to be probed on Katrina help</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/18/smbusiness/sba_katrina/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/18/smbusiness/sba_katrina/index.htm</guid><description>Government investigators have launched probes of the Small Business Administration's disaster loan program in the wake of complaints of problems responding to victims of Hurricane Katrina, according to a published report Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gulf Coast Blog: Return to New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/16/blog.sun/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/16/blog.sun/index.html</guid><description>Sunday, October 16; Posted 10:24 p.m. ET   From Ben Blake, CNN Gulf Coast Bureau</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gulf Coast Blog: Goodbye, New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/14/blog.fri/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/14/blog.fri/index.html</guid><description>Friday, Oct. 14; Posted 11:44 a.m. ET   From Andreas Preuss, CNN Gulf Coast Bureau</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails:Thoughts on rebuilding </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/13/feedback.spirit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/13/feedback.spirit/index.html</guid><description>The tragedy of Katrina has left New Orleans with a unique opportunity to remake a city many wonder: What will the new New Orleans be like?</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Grim discovery as Lower 9th reopens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/12/katrina.nola/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/12/katrina.nola/index.html</guid><description>As residents of New Orleans' hardest-hit district lined up for miles to see what was left of their homes Wednesday, one man made a grim discovery.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: City's heart is in its people</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/12/feedback.spirit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/12/feedback.spirit/index.html</guid><description>As New Orleans residents begin the painstaking task of rebuilding their hurricane-ravaged city, many wonder: What will the new New Orleans be like?</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: The Crescent City's future</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/11/feedback.spirit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/11/feedback.spirit/index.html</guid><description>As New Orleans residents begin the painstaking task of rebuilding their hurricane-ravaged city, many wonder: What will the new New Orleans be like?</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beating victim: No anger toward police</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/11/taped.beatings/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/11/taped.beatings/index.html</guid><description>A retired teacher injured during a videotaped beating by New Orleans police says he feels no anger toward the department.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans officers plead not guilty</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/10/taped.beatings/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/10/taped.beatings/index.html</guid><description>Three New Orleans police officers Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of battery in the videotaped beating of a 64-year-old man, as federal officials opened a civil rights investigation into the incident.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: The spirit of New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/10/feedback.spirit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/10/feedback.spirit/index.html</guid><description>As New Orleans residents begin the painstaking task of rebuilding their hurricane-ravaged city, many wonder: What will the new New Orleans be like?</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Cultural jackpot' hardest hit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/09/blog.sun/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/09/blog.sun/index.html</guid><description>Posted: 6:49 p.m. ET  From Andreas Preuss, CNN Gulf Coast Bureau</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mayor moves to heal New Orleans' lifeblood industry</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/07/neworleans.casinos/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/07/neworleans.casinos/index.html</guid><description>Mayor Ray Nagin called Friday for a major expansion of casino gambling in hurricane-hit New Orleans in a desperate attempt to quickly heal its battered lifeblood industry -- tourism.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 22:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Old haunts in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/06/blog.thu/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/06/blog.thu/index.html</guid><description>Posted: 6:15 p.m. ET  From Andreas Preuss, CNN Gulf Coast Bureau</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 13:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BULLISH ON THE BIG EASY</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/03/8356738/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/10/03/8356738/index.htm</guid><description>Step right up for one of the great real estate investment opportunities of the century: the coming rebirth of the Crescent City. Think I've lost it? Think again. There's no longer any question that...</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mayor picks panel to revive New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/30/nagin.plan/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/30/nagin.plan/index.html</guid><description>New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Friday unveiled a panel of civic leaders tasked with developing a plan for the city's rebirth by the end of the year, while more residents were given permission to return a month after Hurricane Katrina.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ugly homecoming in St. Bernard</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/28/hurricanes/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/28/hurricanes/index.html</guid><description>Residents returning to St. Bernard Parish, just east of New Orleans on the Gulf of Mexico, are finding near total destruction.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Going home to New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/26/return.neworleans/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/26/return.neworleans/index.html</guid><description>Nesbitt was alive, and that was very good news.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Admiral asks New Orleans residents to delay return</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/17/katrina.impact/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/17/katrina.impact/index.html</guid><description>New Orleans business owners started trickling into the city on Saturday and residents were expected to return next week, but the head of the federal government's response to the storm said he wished they wouldn't.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Business cleanup starts Saturday</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/16/katrina.impact/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/16/katrina.impact/index.html</guid><description>Shortly after sunrise Saturday, the streets of three major areas of New Orleans will begin to fill as people return to check on their shops, restaurants and clubs.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: 'We will do what it takes'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/bush.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/bush.transcript/index.html</guid><description>President Bush delivered a prime time address to the nation Thursday from Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans 17 days after Hurricane Katrina churned the city and displaced a million people. This is a transcript of his remarks.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush pledges nation's help for Gulf Coast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/bush.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/bush.main/index.html</guid><description>President Bush pledged Thursday night to put the full might and money of the federal government behind the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast and vowed to its people that "in the journey ahead, you are not alone."</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats propose 'Marshall Plan'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/katrina.democrats/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/katrina.democrats/index.html</guid><description>Not waiting for President Bush to outline his Hurricane Katrina recovery plans, Democratic congressional leaders Thursday afternoon issued their own call for a domestic "Marshall Plan" to rebuild the Gulf Coast.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mayor: Parts of New Orleans to reopen</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/15/katrina.impact/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/15/katrina.impact/index.html</guid><description>Mayor Ray Nagin said Thursday that significant areas of New Orleans will begin to reopen this weekend, almost three weeks after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast on August 29.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hope after the storm</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/12/scene.blog/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/12/scene.blog/index.html</guid><description>CNN's Sean Callebs in New Orleans, Louisiana  Posted: 1:28 p.m. ET</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Katrina aftermath taking toll on police</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/katrina.police.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/katrina.police.ap/index.html</guid><description>There may be no better way to explain the desperation on the city's ravaged streets than this: In the past few days, two police officers took their own lives and dozens have turned in their badges.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 23:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spared history might be Big Easy's salvation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.french.quarter/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.french.quarter/index.html</guid><description>Soon after, "Why did it take so long to help?" comes the question: "Can New Orleans recover?"</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2005 16:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Katrina batters NASA facility</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/30/katrina.tank.facility/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/30/katrina.tank.facility/index.html</guid><description>NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, the location where space shuttle external tanks are assembled, has weathered the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, said the facility's spokesman on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Floodwaters, tensions rise in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/30/katrina.neworleans/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/30/katrina.neworleans/index.html</guid><description>National Guard troops moved toward the French Quarter in an effort to stop rising unrest in flood-stricken New Orleans late Tuesday as police reported looting, attempted carjackings and shootings near the city's main shelter.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>More charges for child porn convict</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/01/child.porn/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/01/child.porn/index.html</guid><description>An adoptive father serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for producing Internet pornography depicting his preteen daughter now faces 11 state charges, the district attorney's office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FBI: Internet porn victim safe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/13/child.porn/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/13/child.porn/index.html</guid><description>A young girl seen on child pornography Web sites has been found and is safe, an FBI spokesman told CNN Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2005 19:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police hope photo of possible witness leads to child porn victim</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/internet.child.porn/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/internet.child.porn/index.html</guid><description>Florida and Canadian law enforcement officials Wednesday released the picture of a young girl, reclining on a couch, who authorities described as a possible witness in an Internet child pornography investigation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Big Easy becomes Big Queasy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/14/ivan.neworleans/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/14/ivan.neworleans/index.html</guid><description>The Big Easy became The Big Queasy as the usually laid-back party town worried about deadly Hurricane Ivan rumbling north through the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S. coast.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 03:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>On the chase with hurricane hunters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/13/bellini.hurricane.chaser/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/13/bellini.hurricane.chaser/index.html</guid><description>Editor's note: In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hidden, hungry invader threatens city of Mardi Gras</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/02/22/coolsc.termites.neworleans/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/02/22/coolsc.termites.neworleans/index.html</guid><description>The home of Mardi Gras is under siege, not by the throng of partygoers swarming here this week, but by tiny unseen invaders: Formosan termites.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kinks star shot in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/05/davies.shot/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/05/davies.shot/index.html</guid><description>Ray Davies, the lead singer with the British rock band The Kinks, is recovering after being shot in New Orleans.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2004 17:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Playlist</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/01/348170/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/01/348170/index.htm</guid><description>The Derek Trucks Band Soul Serenade Columbia </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Insider's New Orleans Our surefire guide to a             good time in America's most distinctive city</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/01/01/334718/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/01/01/334718/index.htm</guid><description>Almost immediately after moving to New Orleans a few years ago, I realized that living here involves becoming an amateur travel agent, forever dispensing tips to potential visitors. And I just as q...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>All Jazzed Up</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/03/01/298083/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/03/01/298083/index.htm</guid><description>This city may be known as the Big Easy, but deciding what to do in it can be pretty hard. Should you hop aboard one of the fabled streetcars, or amble around Uptown, where oak and magnolia trees pr...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2001 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Eat, Drink, and Dawdle Our gourmand on the joys of             room service</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/10/01/289721/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/10/01/289721/index.htm</guid><description>It would be cool to be Nick and Nora Charles, heroes from the fiction of Dashiell Hammett, partly because you'd get to outwit hard-boiled bad guys and solve crimes that baffled cops. But mostly it ...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Room Review: W New Orleans</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283782/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283782/index.htm</guid><description>New Orleans is cool in an over-the-top, drag-queen sort of way, and I just didn't know how the two new W Hotels--which go for a hipster minimalism--would play here. Pretty well, it turns out. The o...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canadian Makin' A New Orleans Breakfast</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/11/266992/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/11/266992/index.htm</guid><description>Bruce Cockburn Breakfast in New Orleans Dinner in Timbuktu (Rykodisc) </description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>In Guides We Trust But which one should you buy? Our             experts pick the best travel books for five U.S. cities.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/10/01/266515/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/10/01/266515/index.htm</guid><description>One of the ironies of modern travel is that, although we typically spend thousands of dollars on a vacation, it's often the first $15 or so that we lay out--for a guidebook--that ends up determinin...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sweet Songs Of Bitter Irritability</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/06/21/261725/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/06/21/261725/index.htm</guid><description>Randy Newman Bad Love DreamWorks Records </description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BORN ON THE BAYOU Cajun cookin' -- and its high-toned New Orleans cousin, Creole -- are the hottest eatin' around.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/05/27/65837/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/05/27/65837/index.htm</guid><description>Crawfish are hot. So are frogs' legs, alligator, rabbit, pig meat, catfish, sassafras, okra, and corn pone. Hotting them up are fistfuls of hot peppers -- cayenne, bird's eye, jalapeno -- and a bla...</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 1985 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>