<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>New Orleans: News &amp; Videos about New Orleans - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/New_Orleans</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about New Orleans from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:24:01 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>New Orleans: News &amp; Videos about New Orleans - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/americas/10/17/cuba.nagin/tztop.ray.nagin.afp.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/New_Orleans</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about New Orleans from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>New Orleans mayor learns about disaster response in Cuba</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/17/cuba.nagin/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/17/cuba.nagin/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>New Orleans, Louisiana, Mayor Ray Nagin arrived in Cuba late Friday on a mission to learn about how to deal with storms, a spokeswoman said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>On New Orleans visit, Obama tells critics, 'I'm just getting started'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/15/obama.new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/15/obama.new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Before a cheering crowd at a town hall meeting in New Orleans, President Obama fired back at critics who accuse him of accomplishing little in his nine months in office, saying "I'm just getting started."</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Does Obama care about New Orleans?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/28/shearer.new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/28/shearer.new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I spent much of this month in my adopted hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana. Uncharacteristically for August, the streets and restaurants and galleries and music clubs were largely full and throbbing with energy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Black businesses hit hard in New Orleans</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/19/news/economy/New_Orleans_black_businesses/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/19/news/economy/New_Orleans_black_businesses/index.htm</guid><description>Brad Pitt ensured that the nation noticed Hurricane Katrina's utter destruction to hundreds of shotgun houses and Creole cottages in New Orleans' working-class Lower Ninth Ward.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans: Fastest growing city in the U.S.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/01/news/economy/fastest_growing_cities/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/01/news/economy/fastest_growing_cities/index.htm</guid><description>The Big Easy is making a big comeback. New Orleans has steadily won back some of the population it lost in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, according to a government report released Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans restaurants struggle to stay afloat</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/06/03/mainstreet.new.orleans.food/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/06/03/mainstreet.new.orleans.food/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Patrons at Mat and Naddie's restaurant in New Orleans may start with mouth-watering shrimp and crawfish croquettes. Or if they are feeling a tad more adventurous, they might try the artichoke, sun-dried tomato and roasted garlic cheesecake.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans Jazz Festival: 'Trombone Shorty'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/28/jazz.fest.callebs.shorty/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/28/jazz.fest.callebs.shorty/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Of all the amazing New Orleans, Louisiana, musicians, my favorite could be Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Music lovers mark 40 years of Jazz Fest</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/26/nola.jazzfest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/26/nola.jazzfest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>While attending the first Louisiana Heritage Fair in Congo Square 40 years ago, legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and influential jazz artist Duke Ellington spontaneously led a brass band and crowd of second-line revelers on a parade through the festival grounds.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:49:00 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>Commentary: Let's treasure the old along with the new</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/marsalis.inauguration/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/marsalis.inauguration/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On the dawn of the most historic inauguration of our time, we nervously await "change we can believe in."</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans ranks highest in crime, survey finds</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/24/crime.stats/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/24/crime.stats/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A controversial ranking of U.S. cities' crime rates indicates New Orleans, Louisiana, has the worst crime rate, while a New York exurb has the lowest.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bill Clinton: How we can work together to create a stronger world</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/24/clinton.global/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/24/clinton.global/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If we want to build a stronger, more sustainable world for future generations, one with more partners and fewer enemies, we have to work together.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hurricane Fatigue in New Orleans?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1840053,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1840053,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>After Gustav -- and with Ike still a threat -- residents are starting to wonder whether evacuation fever has gone too far</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gustav Evacuees Head Home</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1838355,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1838355,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The 2 million evacuees chased away by the threat of Hurricane Gustav tried to make their way home</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Louisianans can return to powerless homes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/02/gustav/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/02/gustav/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>New Orleans residents can begin returning to their homes on Thursday, Mayor Ray Nagin said Tuesday night, but he urged them to be aware of the hardships they will face.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans: The Ones Who Stayed</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837983,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837983,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A bar owner won't be among the thousands streaming back into the city, which was spared the worst of Gustav</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Family finds shelter, seeks comfort</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/01/gustav.family/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/01/gustav.family/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sixteen-year-old Tanya Simon is trying to keep spirits up inside the hall that has become home to families fleeing Hurricane Gustav.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans Largely Spared by Gustav</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837923,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837923,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Mayor Ray Nagin warned New Orleans evacuees scattered across the country by Hurricane Gustav they may have to wait in shelters and motels a few days longer</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hunkered down iReporter: 'It's a very scary situation'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/01/gustav.reaction.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/01/gustav.reaction.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Megan Arseneaux awoke Monday to Hurricane Gustav's extreme winds whipping leaves and other debris across her backyard.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Concerns about New Orleans-area levee ease</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/01/gustav.levees/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/01/gustav.levees/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Efforts to bolster a private New Orleans-area levee that had been in danger of failing because of Hurricane Gustav appeared to be working Monday night, the president of a parish said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The science of tracking Gustav</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/01/gustav.storm.science/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/01/gustav.storm.science/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hurricanes can be some of the deadliest forces of nature, but they also follow a set of patterns and rules when they form.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gustav Fades Going Toward New Orleans</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837878,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837878,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hurricane Gustav slammed into the heart of Louisiana's fishing and oil industry with 110 mph winds Monday, delivering only a glancing blow to New Orleans</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Holdouts stay on as Gustav approaches</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/01/gustav.riding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/01/gustav.riding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ronald "Jug" Dufrene sent his family away over the weekend, but he is riding out Hurricane Gustav on his shrimp boat docked 20 miles south of New Orleans in Lafitte, Louisiana.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Louisiana's Levees Hold?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837846,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837846,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>While its winds have diminished, the storm surge poses potential hazards to lowlands -- and to political careers</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Louisianan worries about what he left behind as he flees Gustav</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/31/lousiana.evacuation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/31/lousiana.evacuation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Roberto Ascencio has lived in the New Orleans area for 30 years, 28 of them on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans Braces for Gustav</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837745,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837745,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>With another potentially devastating hurricane bearing down, residents with memories of Katrina aren't taking any chances
</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mandatory evacuations to begin Sunday morning in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/30/gustav.prepare/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/30/gustav.prepare/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city beginning 8 a.m. Sunday but urged residents to consider escaping "the mother of all storms" before then.</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind the Scenes: Fear and pride in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/30/bts.new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/30/bts.new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On arrival in New Orleans, our sentiments were the same: Is this really possible?</description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Evacuation Orders for New Orleans</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837674,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837674,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Mayor Ray Nagin gave the mandatory evacuation order late Saturday, but all day New Orleans residents took to buses, trains, planes and cars to flee from the path of Hurricane Gustav</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anxiety abounds as New Orleans braces for another hit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/08/29/nola.stress/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/08/29/nola.stress/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The air in and around New Orleans is electrified with anticipation -- and anxiety.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Losing a Home in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1836712,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1836712,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Photos: Even as the city wrestles with a housing shortage, residents watched the government destroy a housing project
</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans Police Urge Evacuations
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1837448,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1837448,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street this weekend with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Forgetting New Orleans</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837105,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837105,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Viewpoint: Three years after the Katrina disaster, the fate of the ravaged city has been strangely absent from the campaign</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Evacuation Possible in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1836900,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1836900,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals </description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush Touts 'Hope' in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1834518,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1834518,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>President Bush said Wednesday that "hope is coming back" to New Orleans with the help of $126 billion in disaster aid poured into the region</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A snapshot of American diversity</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/07/real_estate/diverse_counties/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/07/real_estate/diverse_counties/index.htm</guid><description>Maricopa County in Arizona added more people than any other in the nation last year, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey released Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Port chief: Oil spill costing $275 million a day</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/25/mississippi.spill/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/25/mississippi.spill/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The oil spill that closed the Mississippi River at New Orleans is costing the U.S. economy $275 million a day, the head of that city's port authority told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:43:00 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>Spill could close part of Mississippi River for days</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/23/mississippi.spill/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/23/mississippi.spill/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Coast Guard closed 98 miles of the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana, southward after a fuel barge and a tanker collided early Wednesday, spilling more than 400,000 gallons of fuel oil.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rocky flight with Congress members lands safely</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/22/lawmakers.airplane/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/22/lawmakers.airplane/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A plane carrying 123 people, including seven members of Congress, was forced to make an emergency landing Tuesday due to mechanical issues, the Federal Aviation Administration said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:12:00 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>Crime a blues refrain for New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/09/nola.crime/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/09/nola.crime/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jazz musician Henry Butler calls himself an ambassador of New Orleans music. He loves the city where he was born and lived for decades. But like tens of thousands of others displaced by Hurricane Katrina, he has yet to return to live.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain portrays himself as candidate of 'right change'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/mccain.speech.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/mccain.speech.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. John McCain spoke Tuesday at a rally in in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana:</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>McCain says U.S. government failed New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/24/mccain.sides/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/24/mccain.sides/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. John McCain blasted the Bush administration and all levels of government Thursday for the failed response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. </description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind the Scenes: Covering president a weighty job</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/21/henry.new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/21/henry.new.orleans/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I don't know about you, but when I'm bored, I start eating. That's why I'm worried about ruining my diet while covering the 2008 North American Leaders' Summit with President Bush and his counterparts from Canada and Mexico.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:23:00 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>N. Orleans Pop. Short, Census Says</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1724058,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1724058,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish is estimated to be more than 30,000 short of Census Bureau expectation, despite it being on the agency's list of fast-growing counties</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>N. Orleans Mayor Rips FEMA Plan</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1717541,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1717541,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A FEMA plan to transplant Hurricane Katrina victims because of concerns about formaldehyde fumes will not work New Orleans' mayor Ray Nagin said</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Strokes in Middle-Aged Women Triple</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1714887,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1714887,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Katrina Levee Lawsuit Dismissed</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1708621,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1708621,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans cop shot to death with her own gun</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/29/cop.shot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/29/cop.shot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A man who was stopped for questioning beat and wrestled a gun away from a New Orleans police officer and shot her to death, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Miley Cyrus Gets Sick During New Orleans Concert</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20174043,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20174043,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Teen dynamo Miley Cyrus abruptly stopped a concert in New Orleans Saturday night and left the stage after announcing that she wasn't feeling well.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans' record on rebuilding firehouses: 0-22 </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/24/nola.firehouses/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/24/nola.firehouses/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>New Orleans has yet to rebuild a single fire station more than two years after Katrina destroyed or damaged 22 of the city's 33 firehouses. Appalled by the city's lack of action, an actor is leading the way in reconstruction of the fire stations.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Violent protests over housing erupt in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/20/neworleans.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/20/neworleans.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Protests against a City Council plan to tear down low-income New Orleans housing turned ugly Thursday, with police using pepper spray and stun guns to clear a crowd angry they weren't allowed into City Hall for the vote.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Brad Pitt's Ninth Ward Project Is Pretty in Pink</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20163895,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20163895,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Video courtesy NBCBrad Pitt unveiled his ambitious new residential vision for the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Ninth Ward of New Orleans on Monday's Today show. With a goal to have the project completed by the end of next summer, he calls it "Make It Right."</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bill Trocchi:  Rebuilding New Orleans</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/bill_trocchi/11/21/midmajor.report/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/bill_trocchi/11/21/midmajor.report/index.html</guid><description>When Joe Pasternack took his New Orleans team to face No. 21 NC State in Raleigh last weekend, observing the difference in the two programs' home arenas was pretty simple.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Overturned truck closes I-10 in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/20/interstate.closed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/20/interstate.closed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A truck carrying acetylene-filled cylinders was engulfed in flames Saturday after it overturned and some  containers exploded, closing part of Interstate 10 in New Orleans on gubernatorial election day, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:27:00 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>New Orleans Unveils Rebuilding Plan</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1670863,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1670863,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>New Orleans officials faced with growing public frustration intend to move ahead with a drastically scaled-back rebuilding plan and a first step of $216 million</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Anglicans Get Ready to Rumble</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1665682,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1665682,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The American bishops meet in New Orleans and solidify their stand on gay ordination against their global brethren</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Malveaux: New Orleans family longs to feel at home again</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/29/btsc.malveaux/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/29/btsc.malveaux/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The skies crack open and release a torrential shower. It seems fitting to return with my cousin Adrian in a fit of wind and rain to the home he shares with his brothers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Katrina 'children' share emotional stories of New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/28/Soledad.childrenofstorm/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/28/Soledad.childrenofstorm/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Eighteen-year-old Amanda Hill sits on a plastic lawn chair in a gutted home, talking straight into a camera.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans' new arrivals: Young, educated and infused with hope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/28/katrina.braingain/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/28/katrina.braingain/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When Hurricane Katrina walloped New Orleans in late August 2005, Kate Schneiderman was in New York, 10 states and 1,100 miles away from the storm. </description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Names of victims fill church's 'murder board'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/28/murder.board.nola/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/28/murder.board.nola/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Father Bill Terry of St. Anna's Episcopal Church in New Orleans wants everyone to know what's happening in New Orleans: too many murders with too few people held accountable. </description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Has New Orleans Bounced Back?
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1657130,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1657130,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Amid all the problems, two years after Katrina there are some positive signs of economic recovery  
</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Candidates push plans for Katrina recovery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/28/katrina.candidates.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/28/katrina.candidates.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized President Bush and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for their response to Hurricane Katrina, re-emphasizing on Monday her plan for Gulf Coast recovery.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Class of 2015 envisions New Orleans' future</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/24/katrina.kids.future.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/24/katrina.kids.future.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Since they're going to be the Class of 2015, we asked fifth-graders at the newly opened Langston Hughes Academy Charter School to tell us what their city will look like on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:44:00 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>The aftermath</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/08/20/100166018/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/08/20/100166018/index.htm</guid><description>Not long after Hurricane Katrina struck two years ago, President Bush stood in the middle of Jackson Square in nearly deserted New Orleans and made a bold promise. He committed the U.S. to "one of the largest reconstruction efforts the world has ever seen. When that job is done," he said, "all Americans will have something to be very proud of."</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sticking with New Orleans</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/02/pf/neworleans_hazelwoods.moneymag/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/02/pf/neworleans_hazelwoods.moneymag/index.htm</guid><description>Darryl and Jennifer Hazelwood have moved on after Katrina. Now if only they could move in.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans: An immigrant community thrives</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/10/magazines/fortune/no_vietnamese.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/10/magazines/fortune/no_vietnamese.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>In New Orleans, not everybody waits on the all-clear from the government.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans' White-Collar Exodus</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1640732,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1640732,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Will the Crescent City's reforms come fast enough to keep businesses from leaving?</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Robot cable crawler detects underground damage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/05/16/robotic.cable.crawler/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/05/16/robotic.cable.crawler/index.html</guid><description>Burying power cables underground has uncluttered the streets and kept lights on through storms, but water seepage, natural disasters, and general wear and tear can still cut power.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 15:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zurich Classic returns to New Orleans</title><link>http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1612341,00.html</link><guid>http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1612341,00.html</guid><description>AVONDALE, La.(AP) Bill Murray ate a char-broiled Louisiana oyster as he walked toward the 18th green, then hurled the shell into a water hazard, shouting, ``Now go and grow others!''</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans files $77 billion claim against Corps</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/01/katrina.claim/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/01/katrina.claim/index.html</guid><description>The city of New Orleans filed a $77 billion damage claim against the Army Corps of Engineers  Thursday for flooding that inundated the city when levees failed after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Condo prices sink</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/20/real_estate/Condo_prices_sink/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/20/real_estate/Condo_prices_sink/index.htm</guid><description>The prices of condos and co-op apartments were down from their previous highs in the majority of metro areas around the nation, according to the latest figures compiled by the National Association of Realtors.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Soledad O'Brien: Katrina kids, Spike Lee, and hope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/07/soledad.nolacameras/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/07/soledad.nolacameras/index.html</guid><description>What better way to tell the story of where New Orleans is going than through the eyes of young people? I've been grappling with ways to talk about the future of the city. Finally it dawned on me: Hand out cameras to young "reporters."</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>NFC Championship breakdown</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/nunyo_demasio/01/14/saints.bears/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/nunyo_demasio/01/14/saints.bears/index.html</guid><description>New Orleans continues its magical ride this season. The Saints - who joined the NFL in 1967 as an expansion team - will appear in their first conference championship to offer more salve to post-Katrina New Orleans. The Saints are the first team in NFL history to reach a conference championship after losing as many as 13 games in the previous season.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans cop: No one wants to face the disaster </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/13/btsc.albrighthanna/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/13/btsc.albrighthanna/index.html</guid><description>New Orleans Reserve Police Officer James Hearty and I are walking through New Orleans' 9th Ward, and he's trying to explain what happened to his city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Helping New Orleans face the music</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/07/tyrrell.neworleans/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/07/tyrrell.neworleans/index.html</guid><description>A year after Hurricane Katrina ran its ruinous course over New Orleans, all America is aware of the botch that state, local and federal government made of rescue and rehabilitation efforts. As the Wall Street Journal reported recently, "Uncle Sam has spent some five times more on Katrina relief than any other natural disaster in the past 50 years." The city remains only about half-populated. A lot more needs to be done, and if it is not accomplished soon important commercial and cultural losses may follow that could be irreparable for the home of American jazz.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Katrina: When New Orleans went from developed world to Third World</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/30/btsc.koinange/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/30/btsc.koinange/index.html</guid><description>I've traveled to close to half-a-dozen refugee and displaced people's camps across Africa -- from Sierra Leone to Uganda, Kenya to Congo -- in the year since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sports in New Orleans: Not the Big Easy</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/28/commentary/sportsbiz/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/28/commentary/sportsbiz/index.htm</guid><description>New Orleans fans are about to welcome back their sports teams with open arms - and wallets.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 14:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Big merchants learn from the Big Easy</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/28/news/economy/retail_innercity/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/28/news/economy/retail_innercity/index.htm</guid><description>In the year since Katrina devastated New Orleans, large chain stores like Home Depot and Wal-Mart have reopened most of their damaged stores there. More significantly, retailers like Walgreen and CVS are already looking to add new stores in the area.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A healer who stayed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/25/nola.doc.cnn/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/25/nola.doc.cnn/index.html</guid><description>September 1, 2005: New Orleans was a powder keg.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 21:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Katrina-hit housing markets on slow road to recovery</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/25/real_estate/katrina_housing_markets/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/25/real_estate/katrina_housing_markets/index.htm</guid><description>The housing markets in New Orleans and other Hurricane Katrina wracked areas are returning to normal, but very slowly.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Overhaul system or New Orleans will suffer again </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/25/levee.report/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/25/levee.report/index.html</guid><description>The catastrophe caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans could happen again unless the city's hurricane protection system is massively overhauled, an engineering panel said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hedge fund pro turns New Orleans novelist</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/25/news/companies/rowley/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/25/news/companies/rowley/index.htm</guid><description>In the summer of 2005, after years of living in New York City and working as a public relations pro for some of Wall Street's biggest and best known hedge funds, Ed Rowley gave in to homesickness and moved his family back to his native New Orleans.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans small businesses survive</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/24/smbusiness/katrina_followup/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/24/smbusiness/katrina_followup/index.htm</guid><description>"They want to help New Orleans go on," said Roxanne Candebat referring to the tourists that have been trickling in to town to eat, shop and listen to music.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Owners manual: Management after the hurricane hits</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/07/01/8380536/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/07/01/8380536/index.htm</guid><description>When your business is in Florida, hurricanes are a fact of life. My company, Affinity Internet, is one of the largest providers of small-business websites and marketing services. If a hurricane cau... </description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The big difficult</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/10/magazines/fortune/neworleans_short.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/10/magazines/fortune/neworleans_short.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>As the first anniversary of Katrina approaches, New Orleans has made progress. Gas and electricity have been almost fully restored, though outages remain frequent; as of July, most residents had full postal service.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stop along the Mississippi River</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/06/22/plantation.tours/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/06/22/plantation.tours/index.html</guid><description>A one-of-a-kind neighborhood exists between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Nowhere else in the world will you see so many beautiful plantation homes, unique accommodations and great gifts. Better still, these stunning structures are open for tours, and all line the banks of the undulating Mississippi River.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court is back in session in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/06/katrina.verdict/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/06/katrina.verdict/index.html</guid><description>In another time or place, the drug possession conviction of a crack user named Larry Williams would hardly merit mention, but in New Orleans it was a cause for celebration.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study finds rapid pre-Katrina sinking in New Orleans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/05/31/sinking.neworleans/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/05/31/sinking.neworleans/index.html</guid><description>Parts of New Orleans sank rapidly in the three years leading up to Hurricane Katrina, which might have made the already low-lying city even more vulnerable, a new study found.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 14:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is New Orleans ready for another Katrina? </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/22/louisiana.preps/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/22/louisiana.preps/index.html</guid><description>With the hurricane season just days away, officials in New Orleans and across Louisiana are revising emergency plans, fortifying the levee system and preparing residents for the worst.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 13:43:00 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>New Orleans evacuation plan has holes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/11/new.orleans.evacuation/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/11/new.orleans.evacuation/index.html</guid><description>New Orleans' plan to evacuate its residents in the event of a major hurricane strike this summer may not be as complete as city officials made it sound last week when they unveiled the plan, according to a CNN review.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 20:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Orleans disaster plan: Get out of town</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/02/hurricane.plan/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/02/hurricane.plan/index.html</guid><description>New Orleans officials detailed a new disaster-preparedness plan on Tuesday that depends more on evacuation by bus and train and won't use the Superdome and Convention Center as shelters.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 19:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Favorites lead in early New Orleans tally</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/22/nola.elections/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/22/nola.elections/index.html</guid><description>New Orleans voters cast ballots Saturday in what has shaped up to be one of the oddest mayoral elections in U.S. history.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>23 wannabe mayors vie to win New Orleans vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/21/new.orleans.elex/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/21/new.orleans.elex/index.html</guid><description>New Orleans residents will take time out Saturday from their struggles to reclaim their lives to vote in one of the oddest mayoral elections in U.S. history -- a contest to pick the person who will oversee the Crescent City's comeback fight.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>