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Hospitals use lessons from Katrina to prep for Gustav

Three years after Hurricane Katrina taught New Orleans' medical community some painful lessons, hospitals here are trying to learn from past mistakes.

Boiling water, pepper used in hazing, police say

Ten fraternity members at Tulane University face criminal charges in an alleged hazing incident in which pledges were repeatedly burned with hot water, cayenne pepper and vinegar, police said.

Nurses' 280-mile commute helps a city still in need

Think your commute is bad? Imagine driving 280 miles roundtrip to work.

Fortune: Chocolate's bittersweet economy

Outside the village of Sinikosson in southwestern Ivory Coast, along a trail tracing the edge of a muddy fishpond, Madi Ouedraogo sits on the ground picking up cocoa pods in one hand, hacking them open with a machete in the other and scooping the filmy white beans into plastic buckets. It is the middle of the school day, but Madi, who looks to be about 10, says his family can't afford the fees to send him to the nearest school, five miles away. "I don't like this work," he says. "I would rather do something else. But I have to do this."

FSB: Western wear innovator Jack B. dies

If there is a heart to the city of Denver, it is the Weil family. Two years ago, Mayor John Hickenlooper even named a street named after the patriarch, Jack A. Weil, who at 106 still heads to work every morning at Rockmount Ranch Wear, the company he founded in 1946.

SI.com: Luke Winn: Breaking down Saturday's Florida-LSU showdown

Breaking down the SEC battle that could be a preview of the conference title game ...

Doctor's free clinic a 'tiny Band-Aid' to pain of Katrina

Waiting in line is part of life in post-storm New Orleans, especially when it comes to health care.

Time.com: Has New Orleans Bounced Back?

Amid all the problems, two years after Katrina there are some positive signs of economic recovery

Time.com: Healing Katrina's Racial Wounds

Amid all the problems that New Orleans has faced, relieving black-white distrust has proven to be one of the toughest

Fateful Fat Tuesday

First Hurricane Katrina blew away his chosen hospital.

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