NEW ORLEANS UNDER WATER
Water pours through a break in a levee in this aerial photographs of the devastation caused by the high winds and heavy flooding in the greater New Orleans area on August 30, 2005 following Hurricane Katrina. (UPI Photo/Vincent Laforet/Pool)
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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Wednesday pleaded not guilty to 21 federal bribery, conspiracy and money laundering charges.
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