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Ex-Cops Sentenced for Killing Man After Katrina
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS -- Calling the crimes inexcusable and barbaric, a judge sentenced two former New Orleans police officers to prison Thursday for their roles in the shooting death of an unarmed man whose body was later set on fire in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The 25-plus years David Warren received for shooting 31-year-old Henry Glover to death was the stiffest punishment so far in the Justice Department's investigations of post-Katrina police misconduct. Ex-officer Gregory McRae was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for burning Glover's body after he was gunned ...
Will Mardi Gras Revelers Feast on Gulf Seafood?
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS -- As the Mardi Gras season descends over the city, the folks in the seafood business are holding their breath to see whether the tourists will, once again, dig fervently into the city's spread of fish, oysters, shrimp and crabs. "We don't know yet. ... We'll have to see what happens," said Mickey Harrison, the night manager at the Cafe Pontalba, situated near Jackson Square, a landmark park in the heart of the French Quarter. Approximately 71 percent of consumers still believe that Gulf seafood is not completely safe, according to latest survey done on the impacts of the massive ...
Hard Census Count Helps New Orleans Move Forward
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsThe changes to New Orleans became visible almost as soon as the floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina receded in 2005, but having a real count today from the release of 2010 census data will enable the city's leaders to know what's actually going on in the post-Katrina world for the first time. New Orleans lost 140,845 residents in the past decade, new census data shows. The city's population now stands at 343,829, down 29 percent from 484,647 residents counted in the 2000 census. The city has lost 54,188 children, a drop of 47 percent. That means that the Crescent City is smaller by almost a ...
Census: Don't Blame Katrina for Louisiana's Loss of Clout
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Conventional wisdom holds that Hurricane Katrina's destructive powers have cost Louisiana one of its seven seats in Congress in the new census because thousands of people were forced to relocate. But it turns out that Katrina may not be to blame after all. Greg Rigamer, a demographer and president of GCR & Associates, a New Orleans consulting firm, said the state's growth was so sluggish in the past decade that it was on track to lose a seat in the House of Representatives and one of its nine electoral votes anyway. Between 2000 and 2005, the nation's population grew at a rate ...
Ex-New Orleans Cop Gets Max for Katrina Bridge Shooting
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Dec. 2) -- The sister of an unarmed man killed by New Orleans police officers in the notorious post-Katrina Danziger Bridge shootings praised the tough sentence given to one of the officers. Justice, she said, was the only way she and her family could move on with their lives. Former New Orleans police officer Michael Hunter was sentenced Wednesday in a Louisiana courtroom to the maximum eight years in prison for his role in covering up the 2005 shootings. Ronald Madison, an unarmed mentally disabled man, and a teenager were killed. "For our family, there is no way to undo what has ...
The Epic Bush/Lauer/Kanye Battle: A Timeline [VIDEO]
By J. Richard - AOL News(Nov. 12) -- Matt Lauer is no stranger to media brouhahas. Between heated interviews with Tom Cruise, Ann Coulter and Dina Lohan, the "Today Show" host has seen his fair share of verbal cross-fire. Now, however, the anchor finds himself the middleman in an ongoing back-and-forth between Kanye West and former President George W. Bush. Surge Desk offers a rundown of the ever-evolving controversy: Sept. 9, 2005 Mike Myers didn't know what he was getting himself into when he agreed to appear on the live telethon "A Concert for Hurricane Relief" with rapper West. The show was organized in an ...
Kanye West Tries Contrite, Gets Irritated Instead
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Nov. 11) -- Kanye West was going for contrite but got irritated instead during an appearance aired this morning on NBC's "Today" show. The rap star was trying to apologize for calling President George W. Bush a racist for the federal government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans. But West bristled several times during his interview with host Matt Lauer, telling staff offstage to be quiet and accusing Lauer of trying to manipulate him. After Lauer replayed footage from earlier in the week, in which Bush called West's statement one of the most disgusting points of ...
Bush: 'I Didn't Hate Kanye West' for Katrina Comment
By Lisa Flam - AOL News(Nov. 10) -- Former President George W. Bush said in an interview today that he doesn't hate Kanye West for calling him a racist, defended his economic policies and refused to talk about the merits of the proposed Islamic community center a few blocks from ground zero. West, a black hip-hop artist, said five years ago that Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina showed he didn't care about black people. In a clip that aired today on NBC's "Today" show, West softened his stance, saying: "I would tell George Bush that in my moment of frustration, I didn't have the grounds to call him a ...
Bush: Kanye West Katrina Comment 'Disgusting'
By Lisa Flam - AOL News
(Nov. 3) -- George W. Bush says one of the "most disgusting moments" of his presidency came when Kanye West said Bush didn't care about black people in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. "He called me a racist," the former president told NBC News for the "Matt Lauer Reports" program that will air Monday night, according to excerpts released by the network. "And I didn't appreciate it then. I don't appreciate it now," Bush, 64, told Lauer. "It's one thing to say, 'I don't appreciate the way he's handled his business.' It's another thing to say, 'This man's a racist.' I resent it. It's not true. ...
NASA Satellites Reveal Magnitude of Typhoon Megi [PHOTO]
By J. Richard - AOL News(Oct. 19) -- Images of Typhoon Megi captured recently by NASA satellites reveal the magnitude of the year's most intense tropical cyclone. Forecasters predict that the now-Category 3 storm, which reached "Super Typhoon" status on Saturday before reportedly killing 10 people in the northern Philippines, will continue its trajectory across the pacific and reintensify to Category 4 or 5 before entering China or Vietnam later this week. "Weather watchers say it's already shaping up to be bigger than Hurricane Katrina," New Zealand's Channel 3 news reported. Hopefully, it takes the opposite ...
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