HURRICANE KATRINA AFTERMATH

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- David West led five players in double figures with 19 points Friday and New Orleans, playing in its former home away from home, routed Oklahoma City 105-80.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- New Orleans was picked to host the State of the Black World Conference due to its struggles in the wake of destructive hurricanes, an event official says.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 14, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- In the scrappy and often violent brand of rugby played at my school in South London, a "hospital pass" was a throw of the ball to a player when the opposition forwards were bearing down on him, guaranteeing him a bone-crushing place at the bottom of a pile of heavyset teenagers with big boots.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Critics say signs erected by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin touting future construction projects in the city belie the reality of slow progress.

MOBILE, Ala., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- An official with the company hired to clean up debris created by Hurricane Ike says it may take months to complete the effort in the southern United States.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., targeted by the Republican Party as beatable, won a narrow victory Tuesday over state Treasurer John Kennedy.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Many New Orleans residents who lived in subsidized housing remain in limbo three years after Hurricane Katrina, officials say.