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Nicolas Cage's Career: Gone in 60 Seconds? [VIDEO]

Jazz Poetry for Hire on the Streets of New Orleans

A couple of nights every week, Eric Carter sits at the top of New Orleans' Frenchman Street with a typewriter. The legendary music street is famous for jazz, but he's practicing another kind of improvisational expression. "Poetry," his sign reads. "Your topic, your price." Give Carter a word, and he'll tap out a poem for...

Shouters Sound Off (and Honor Tennessee Williams) at New Orleans Stell-Off

NEW ORLEANS -- In New Orleans, screaming in public can win you fabulous prizes. Tennessee Williams may be among the most accomplished and regarded American playwrights, but he seems destined to be remembered, first and foremost, by one scene in "A Streetcar Named Desire" -- actually just one line. More to it, just one...

Can Anything Be Done to Help Cities Like Detroit?

Even for those who watched the long, slow decline of Detroit, the new census count stunned: The one-time powerhouse of the industrial Midwest lost 25 percent of its population in the past 10 years, falling below 715,000 residents. Detroit Mayor Dave Bing moved swiftly to announce the city would challenge the accuracy of...

Feds Fault New Orleans Police for Unconstitutional Conduct

NEW ORLEANS -- The Justice Department has found evidence that New Orleans police officers have often used deadly force without justification, have a pattern of making unconstitutional arrests and have engaged in racial profiling. The scathing report released Thursday says the department has long failed to adequately...

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Post-Katrina Bridge Killings Trial Begins in N.O.

Perhaps the most explosive and explicit example of police brutality in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina took place on September 4, 2005, when a group of officers gunned down six unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge in eastern New Orleans.

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Karen Dalton-Beninato: Walker to New Orleans: Interview With Treme Critic

Dave Walker, the New Orleans Times-Picayune television critic, has been following HBO's Treme for two seasons, documenting the show's cultural references with his weekly Explainer and interviewing the cast including scene stealer Elizabeth Ashley and musician Steve Earle.

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07/04/11 Pedestrian killed Monday night in eastern New Orleans Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA One person was killed after being struck by a vehicle around 7:30 p.m.
07/04/11 Festival-goers head home satisfied after Essence Fest Source: CBS - WWL TV - New Orleans LA This year's Essence Fest is in the books, and many believe it could be a record-setting year for the event.
07/04/11 PM Video: Willie Nelson singing 'City of New Orleans' Source: Seattlest - Seattle WA Getting bored while you wait for something exciting to happen?
07/04/11 Debate in New Orleans focuses on school governance Source: FOX - WVUE 8 - New Orleans LA Once a symbol of political fractiousness, failure and corruption, the school board in New Orleans was stripped of its authority over most of the city's schools after Hurricane Katrina's devastation in 2005 gave state officials an unprecedented opening to seize control and set up a system of schools relying heavily on independent "charter" organizations - private groups granted authority to run public institutions.
07/04/11 Debate in New Orleans focuses on school governance Source: WWL - AM870 - New Orleans LA The school board in New Orleans once oversaw low performing schools and a corruption-riddled bureaucracy.