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Copenhagen, Denmark, is 5,000 miles away from New Orleans, Louisiana. But representatives of the 192 nations gathering this week at the climate change conference need to keep the memory of a flooded New Orleans in mind.
Calling the ruling "huge," New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Thursday reacted to a federal judge finding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' failure to maintain a shipping channel led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina.
A ruling against the Army Corps of Engineers could open the door to thousands of Hurricane Katrina-related lawsuits.
A federal judge ruled some of the damage during Hurricane Katrina was due to negligence by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a shipping channel linking New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina, a federal court ruled Wednesday.
While its winds have diminished, the storm surge poses potential hazards to lowlands -- and to political careers
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, the 1920s-era St. Charles Avenue streetcar will clack along its entire 13-mile route Sunday
He will be part of a team of consultants working on an 800-room, five-star, green hotel
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.
Reports of a New Orleans wedding are not true, a source tells PEOPLE
Actor Brad Pitt plans to focus on rebuilding New Orleans and extending his family, he told CNN's Larry King -- but acting may not be in his long-term future.
Brad Pitt talks with CNN's Larry King about helping to rebuild New Orleans, plus his life with Angelina Jolie and their kids.
Expanding on a promise he made nearly two months ago, actor Brad Pitt said Monday he expects to have families in 150 newly created homes in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward by the end of next summer -- but he asked for help to make the dream a reality.
Brad Pitt launches a campaign to bring safe housing back to the most devastated areas of New Orleans.
The Senate is set to vote Thursday on what promises to be the first override of a veto by President Bush, with members expected to authorize $23 billion in new water projects over the president's objections.
CNN's John Roberts interviews FEMA Administrator David Paulison.
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.
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
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.
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