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HURRICANE KATRINA AFTERMATH

Residents of Gulfport, MS who lost property due to Hurricane Katrina search through donated goods on September 5, 2005. Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage all along the Mississippi gulf coast. (UPI Photo/Mark Wolfe/FEMA)


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Duncan: Katrina led to better N.O. schools
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says Hurricane Katrina was the "best thing that happened" to New Orleans public schools because it prompted major reform.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- An American says a pair of dachshunds he rescued after they survived Hurricane Katrina also came out unscathed in Haiti's big earthquake.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Neighborhood clinics set up in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina are doing a good job providing healthcare for the city's poor, a study released Friday found.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- New Orleans officials did only cursory probes of the police shootings of 10 civilians after Hurricane Katrina, interviews and internal police documents show.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A vacant 200-year-old Canadian church in west-central Nova Scotia is being dismantled and shipped to Louisiana to replace one lost to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Contractors have finished the first phase of a massive barrier closing Mr. Go, the canal connecting New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico.
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A new attorney has taken over the defense of a high-rolling gambler facing criminal charges for his unpaid Las Vegas casino tab, court records show.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Some New Orleans residents jailed during the confusion after Hurricane Katrina appear to have lost their due process rights, documents indicate.
Obama to students: Work hard in school
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Grit and hard work resulted in a New Orleans elementary school doing better now than before Hurricane Katrina ravaged it, President Barack Obama said Thursday.
Obama: U.S., New Orleans recovery tough
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- New Orleans' slow recovery from Hurricane Katrina may be analogous to the slow recovery the U.S. economy is experiencing, President Obama said Thursday.
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