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| Oct.6 |
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Storm Nate: Louisiana, Mississippi declare emergencies in coastal areas
| Feb.7 |
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Severe damage after tornadoes batter Louisiana
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| Oct.6 |
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Ex-UN General Assembly leader accused of pocketing $500,000 in bribes |
| Aug.29 |
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New Orleans marks 10 years since Hurricane Katrina 
At a memorial service, Mayor Mitch Landrieu recalled how residents had turned to each other for support. Former President Bill Clinton is attending | |
| Aug.28 |
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Hurricane Katrina: George Bush in New Orleans 10 years on
| Mar.21 |
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New Orleans airport attacker dies
| Jan.8 |
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Punk band find stolen painting
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| Sep.4 |
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BP found 'grossly negligent' in 2010 Gulf oil spill |
| Jul.9 |
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New Orleans ex-mayor Ray Nagin sentenced to 10 years |
| Feb.16 |
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East beats West in record-setting All-Star Game |
| Jan.11 |
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Seahawks to NFC title game after beating Saints |
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| Oct.15 |
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Ex-Halliburton manager pleads guilty |
| May.12 |
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Shooting at US Mother's Day parade |
| Apr.9 |
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UConn Wins NCAA Title |
| Feb.3 |
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Ravens win Super Bowl over 49ers, 34-29 A power outage puts Super Bowl on hold for 34 minutes. The Ravens took a 22-point lead before the 49ers
| Jan.18 |
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Former New Orleans mayor indicted |
| Jan.2 |
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Louisville upsets Florida 33-23 in Sugar Bowl |
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| Aug.29 |
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Isaac pummels sodden New Orleans
| Apr.4 |
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Katrina police jailed over shootings |
| Apr.2 |
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Wildcats beat Kansas 67-59 for NCAA crown |
| Mar.31 |
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Kansas Edges Ohio State |
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Kentucky putting away Louisville 69-61 |
| Feb.18 |
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Winning streak ends for Lin, Knicks |
| Jan.14 |
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49ers hold down Brees, Saints 36-32 |
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| Dec.26 |
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New Orleans clinched NFC South title |
| Dec.5 |
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Gulf spill evidence 'destroyed' |
| Aug.5 |
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Police guilty over Katrina deaths |
| Jun.27 |
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Police go on trial over Katrina shooting |
| Apr.28 |
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Kobe, Lakers finish off Hornets |
| Jan.8 |
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Seattle stuns New Orleans in playoffs |
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| Dec.9 |
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Split verdict on Katrina killing |
| Aug.29 |
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Obama hails spirit of New Orleans
US President has paid tribute to the people of New Orleans, five years to the day after Hurricane Katrina destroyed large parts of the city
| Feb.7 |
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Saints upset Colts in Super Bowl. Miami
| Jan.24 |
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Saints outlasted Minnesota 31-28 in NFC |
| Jan.16 |
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Saints rout Cardinals 45-14 |
| Jan.1 |
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Florida Rolls In Sugar Bowl |
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| Sep.8 |
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Mayor fears city too weary to flee Ike
| Sep.2 |
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New Orleans ready for mass return |
| Sep.1 |
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Gustav evacuees urged to stay away Hurricane Gustav didn't pack the wallop of Katrina three years earlier; 2 million evacuees to stay away from the Gulf Coast for another day
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Gustav slams into Gulf Coast
Hurricane-force winds slammed into oil terminals around Port Fourchon, southwest of New Orleans
| Aug.31 |
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Hundreds of thousands flee coast About 1.9 million of Louisiana's 2 million coastal residents had fled ahead of Hurricane Gustav in the largest evacuation in state history
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City declares storm curfew
| Aug.30 |
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New Orleaners told to flee Gustav
The mayor Ray Nagin has issued a mandatory evacuation order for the entire city, as the hurricane bears down on the Gulf Coast
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Cuba, Gulf Coast braced for Gustav |
| Aug.13 |
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Katrina shooting case collapses |
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| Aug.29 |
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Bush marks 2 years from Katrina |
| Jan.21 |
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Bears rout Saints to reach Super Bowl |
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| Sep.25 |
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Superdome reopens |
| Aug.29 |
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Bush marks hurricane anniversary |
| Jul.18 |
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3 charged over Katrina deaths |
| Jun.19 |
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Soldiers deployed on streets to fight crime |
| May.31 |
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City 'sinking even faster' |
| May.20 |
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City re-elects Mayor Nagin |
| Apr.22 |
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Nagin faces run-off |
| Mar.23 |
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Katrina lost child mission ends |
| Feb.27 |
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Mardi Gras returns |
| Jan.12 |
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Bush praises city progress |
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| Oct.5 |
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City sacks 3,000 workers |
| Oct.4 |
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Search for Katrina bodies is over |
| Oct.2 |
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Parish president: FEMA still fumbling |
| Sep.29 |
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Police face Katrina looting probe |
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Some can go home to city |
| Sep.28 |
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Morgue boss: 'These are horrible times'
| Sep.27 |
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City police chief resigns
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State blamed over Katrina effort |
| Sep.25 |
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Evacuees return home after Rita |
| Sep.23 |
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Storm overcomes levee Water is pouring over a patched-up levee, increasing fears that rains brought by Rita could flood the city again
| Sep.20 |
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Fresh storm threatens flood-hit city
| Sep.19 |
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Mayor suspends return to city |
| Sep.17 |
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Business owners return
| Sep.15 |
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Bush vows 'biggest relief effort' US President has promised the government will do and spend whatever it takes to rebuild the hurricane-hit Gulf Coast
| Sep.14 |
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Storm-hit N Orleans suburbs open |
| Sep.13 |
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Two charged over Katrina deaths |
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City may lose 160,000 homes
| Sep.11 |
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Bush makes third hurricane visit
| Sep.10 |
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Red Cross calls for storm workers |
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Leaders meet to plan city relief |
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Police hunt for dead City police are making the recovery of bodies of Hurricane Katrina victims top priority
| Sep.9 |
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US emergency aid chief sidelined. Washington
| Sep.8 |
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Flood survivors expelled by force Police backed by troops have begun to use force to remove people from their homes | |
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Bush declares Katrina prayer day |
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Cheney embarks on hurricane tour
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30 found dead in nursing home |
| Sep.7 |
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Bush seeks $50bn hurricane relief |
| Sep.6 |
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Flood survivors 'must leave city' The mayor has ordered the forced evacuation of people refusing to leave, amid fears of serious threats to health
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Water pumped from flood-hit city
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Bush to lead inquiry into Katrina |
| Sep.5 |
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Bush vows massive relief effort
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Residents return The residents of Jefferson Parish got their first look. Bush arrives in Baton Rouge to see devastation
| Sep.4 |
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House-to-house rescues under way Military helicopters circled above the city to drop supplies and rescue people trapped in the nearly deserted city
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Five shot dead
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Thousands of deaths predicted Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt: it is evident number of people killed is in the thousands
| Sep.3 |
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Massive airlift rescues thousands Survivors of Hurricane Katrina are being taken to safety in what is being called the largest-ever airlift in the country | |
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Fires burn along river; rescue grinds on
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Troops ordered to hurricane zone
| Sep.2 |
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Hurricane aid efforts gather pace
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Bush condemns Katrina aid effort |
| Sep.1 |
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'Desperate SOS' for city Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a 'desperate SOS' for thousands of people stranded at the city's convention center | |
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Up to 60,000 trying to flee city Police and National Guard troops struggled to restore order. Looters and armed gangs were roaming the streets
| Aug.31 |
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Katrina will scar US 'for years'
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City evacuations under way Bush called the disaster 'one of the worst natural disasters in our nation's history'
| Aug.30 |
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'Up to 80' dead in hurricane
| Aug.29 |
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Dozens feared dead after storm At least 50 people were killed in one county alone. The storm is causing up to $25bn of damage
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Hurricane Katrina lashes coast 
1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods
The costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast as far as 100 miles from the storm's center. Parts of New Orleans are flooded with up to 6 feet of water after some of the pumps failed. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion in damage
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| Aug.28 |
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Katrina may be 'our Asian tsunami'
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City evacuated as storm nears The mayor has ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee the city as Hurricane Katrina nears
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Katrina now Category 5 New Orleans Mayor declared a state of emergency and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city
| Aug.27 |
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Gulf Coast residents urged to get out