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Eighty-three U.S. soldiers died in Iraq in August, but one National Guardsman says he'd rather be there than in New Orleans.
By T.G.
September 1, 2005
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In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.
By Sidney Blumenthal
August 31, 2005
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An MIT global warming expert argues that the damage wrought by Atlantic hurricanes in the past decade has more to do with rampant development than a vengeful Mother Nature.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
August 30, 2005
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Long before Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans was in a precarious state -- caught in an ongoing war with the mighty Mississippi River.
By John McPhee
August 30, 2005
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Outside, the crowd resembled an endless copulation of confused ants. Inside, a woman attached herself to the Doggfather and squirmed in the light of temporary stardom.
By Brett Forrest
February 19, 2002
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Galactic's swampy funk melds Meters-style riffs, acid-jazz grooves and jam-band spontaneity.
By Philip Booth
March 31, 2000
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How to see the West by train, visit France at the right time and find a bed at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.
By Donald D. Groff
March 30, 2000
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Why we need the excesses of Carnival.
By Burt Wolf
March 2, 2000
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If Chaucer had retired to a trailer in Margaritaville, would he spend his evenings watching Fellini movies? He might.
By Carlos Amantea
March 1, 2000
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New Orleans boogie king Dr. John botches an album of standards. Duke Ellington would not be amused.
By Seth Mnookin
January 28, 2000
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Tips for the last-minute Fat Tuesday trip, minimizing the walking segment of a French vacation and kicking off a South-Central U.S. line-dancing tour.
By Donald D. Groff
January 27, 2000
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Juvenile's rhymes are near idiotic, but the production -- that's another story.
By Andy Battaglia
January 19, 2000
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Arousal poses problems for IRS write-off.
By Craig Offman
December 17, 1999
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Steeped in Crescent City musical voodoo, Los Hombres Calientes reconfigure jazz in the city where it was born.
By Philip Booth
November 16, 1999
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This action thriller bets it all -- and loses.
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 24, 1999
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"The RuPaul of Robbers" busted in Baton Rouge; scandal! Boozed-up Amish renegade flips buggy while blotto. Plus: Rupert Pupkin lives!
By Douglas Cruickshank
September 23, 1999
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"The King of the Trumpet" is gone.
By Associated Press
April 28, 1999
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By Gavin McNett
March 16, 1999
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Can the unprecedented legal challenge to gun manufacturers withstand the counterattack of the NRA and Bob Barr?
By Daryl Lindsey
March 11, 1999
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A Jewish writer learns about the Old South, and herself, in the most unlikely of places -- at a reunion of former debs and sorority girls.
By Jennifer Moses
December 1, 1998
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Dead bunnies, canceled gigs, pizza and beer a San Francisco band explores America.
By The King Teen
November 11, 1998
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From Baton Rouge, Jennifer Moses describes her family's crisis preparations for the hurricane that never came.
By Jennifer Moses
October 13, 1998
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By Sam Hurwitt
August 19, 1998
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By Susie Bright
March 27, 1998
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Courtney Weaver looks for the sexy underbelly of New Orleans.
By Courtney Weaver
February 4, 1998
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