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Bottom Line: Obama Cuts Ties With Rev. Wright
This story has mostly positive ratings. 196 votes / 10 sinks

Bottom Line: Obama Cuts Ties With Rev. Wright

Politics – Sensing no issue has threatened his campaign more than the controversy surrounding Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill

View Story Discuss (503) (abcnews.go.com) 84 days ago by sinstun

Voted for on April 30, 2008 01:52pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 21 votes / No sinks

Vitter accidentally admitted relationship with call girl in 2002

Politics – Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) made a potentially Freudian slip-up while taking part in a New Orleans radio interview five years ago.

View Story Discuss (1) (rawstory.com) 315 days ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on September 12, 2007 04:16pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / No sinks

Hurricane Katrina Pictures: My First Visit Back to New Orleans

Family – The story of my first trip back to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

View Story Discuss (0) (hurricane-katrina-pictures.blogspot.com) 333 days ago by joubess

Voted for on August 24, 2007 07:04pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / No sinks

The Short, Shady History of Hollywood South - New Orleans - LIFT - Mark Smith

News – One New Orleans industry survived Katrina: its booming film business. Now the lawsuits are flying, and the old rot is setting in fast. Another sad tale from the city that just can't stop itself.

View Story Discuss (0) (fastcompany.com) 335 days ago by pholpher

Voted for on August 23, 2007 02:54pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 29 votes / 2 sinks

One Thing New Orleans Poor Haven't Lost

Do No Evil – Its name was Katrina, and it happened just two years ago. Rarely has the nation been so moved as by the reports from New Orleans and the nearby communities that were so badly devastated. And perhaps never had the impact of race and poverty been revealed to us so forcefully.

View Story Discuss (6) (forward.com) 336 days ago by TimALoftis

Voted for on August 22, 2007 05:04pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 17 votes / 1 sink

Brad Pitt Focuses On Katrina Recovery

Celebrities – Hollywood star lends his time, celebrity to rebuilding Ninth Ward

View Story Discuss (0) (msnbc.msn.com) 336 days ago by TimALoftis

Voted for on August 22, 2007 04:00pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / 1 sink

McCartney, Lennon, Petty, Norah Jones Join All-Star Tribute to Fats Domino

Music – Norah Jones, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, John Lennon, and more have contributed tracks to a new 2-CD tribute to New Orleans' legend Fats Domino. The album arrives in stores Sept. 25.

View Story Discuss (0) (confessionsofafanboy.com) 355 days ago by DJRadiohead

Voted for on August 22, 2007 12:19pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 6 votes / No sinks

Katrina evacuees trapped in trailers

News – BAKER, La. - It was bad enough when Hurricane Katrina chased Carrie Lewis out of her assisted-living home in New Orleans. Now she fears the rest of her life may be spent in the isolation of a federally sponsored trailer park.

View Story Discuss (1) (news.yahoo.com) 353 days ago by titlesaysitall

Voted for on August 22, 2007 12:19pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 5 votes / No sinks

Crumbling water system threatens New Orleans

Do No Evil – Deep underground, an unseen crisis is threatening New Orleans' already troubled recovery.

View Story Discuss (0) (chron.com) 351 days ago by postaphis

Voted for on August 22, 2007 12:19pm

VIDEO: Netscape's New Orleans Voices --The Tipitina's Foundation
This story has mostly positive ratings. 68 votes / 4 sinks

VIDEO: Netscape's New Orleans Voices --The Tipitina's Foundation

Music – For the past three decades, Tipitina's has been a hub of the New Orleans music scene. Everyone has played at the uptown club, whose premises formerly housed a gambling den and a brothel. It comes as no surprise, then, that the place is playing a key role in rekindling the city's post-Katrina musical spark.

View Story Discuss (10) (newsquake.netscape.com) 350 days ago by Alexia

Voted for on August 22, 2007 12:19pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 12 votes / No sinks

Lending A Helping Hand to New Orleans

Art & Design – New Orleans tapped planner Edward J. Blakely to lead in its reconstruction. He may be the only person who can do the job.

View Story Discuss (0) (metropolismag.com) 347 days ago by Digidave

Voted for on August 22, 2007 12:19pm

VIDEO: Netscape New Orleans Voices - The Mardi Gras Indians
This story has mostly positive ratings. 59 votes / 1 sink

VIDEO: Netscape New Orleans Voices - The Mardi Gras Indians

Music – During Mardi Gras 2006, Netscape had the chance to talk with Mardi Gras Indians Monk Boudreaux, Big Chief of the Golden Eagles, and David Montana, Second Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas, about their Mardi Gras Indians suits and what the traditions of Mardi Gras mean to them.

View Story Discuss (16) (newsquake.netscape.com) 342 days ago by Alexia

Voted for on August 22, 2007 12:19pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 19 votes / No sinks

One Billion Dollars Later, New Orleans Is Still at Risk

Politics – Six inches. After two years and more than a billion dollars spent by the Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild New Orleans's hurricane protection system, that is how much the water level is likely to be reduced if a big 1-in-100 flood hits Leah Pratcher's Gentilly neighborhood.

View Story Discuss (1) (nytimes.com) 341 days ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on August 22, 2007 12:19pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 42 votes / No sinks

Bill Moyers talks with Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Mike Tidwell

Politics – BILL MOYERS:Welcome to the Journal. Soon, bells will be ringing in New Orleans to mark the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the storm that swamped the city and devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005. Days after Katrina struck, President Bush offered re-assurance to the displaced and homeless from the Big Easy to Biloxi.

View Story Discuss (5) (pbs.org) 340 days ago by spkguy

Voted for on August 22, 2007 12:19pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 4 votes / No sinks

The Katrina Disaster: Two Years Later--and Counting

Politics – In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush promised its victims, "[W]e will do what it takes. We will stay as long as it takes to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives (9/15/05). " Too bad he didn't mean it.

View Story Discuss (0) (opednews.com) 339 days ago by Mick99

Voted for on August 22, 2007 12:19pm