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Jazz Poetry for Hire on the Streets of New Orleans
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsA 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 you on a piece of receipt paper for a donation. "I can celebrate an anniversary, or the river, or a birthday -- people ask me to write about food, or the saints or all that, so that's what I do," he told AOL News. "It's got me out of several writing blocks, and it's just ...
Will New Orleans Regain Its Lost Children?
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsWhen Tim Scanlan graduates from Holy Cross high school in New Orleans this spring, two-thirds of his classmates who started seventh grade with him two weeks before Hurricane Katrina hit won't be there. The storm scattered them to new homes in different cities. Scanlan lost his best friend, childhood pals and his wrestling coach. He joined a handful of boys who returned and endured five years of rebuilding. Today, Scanlan is the school's student body president, captain of the wrestling team and valedictorian of the class of 2011. Life seems back to normal -- almost. "You look at a class of 61 ...
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 ...
The 'Big Uneasy' -- Harry Shearer's Film About New Orleans and Katrina
By Jason Berry - Politics DailyNEW ORLEANS -- In the occupational kaleidoscope that constitutes Harry Shearer – screenwriter, actor, comedian, novelist, voice on "The Simpsons," host of "Le Show" on public radio -- one obsession stands out. A resident of Santa Monica, Calif., Shearer has for many years had a second home in New Orleans. This city has become his cause in the long ache since Hurricane Katrina. "What happened in New Orleans was not unique because parts of the town are under sea level," Shearer said by phone from Dallas after a recent screening of his documentary, "The Big Uneasy." Related ...
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 ...
Jury Convicts 3 Officers in Post-Katrina Death
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW ORLEANS (Dec. 9) -- A former New Orleans police officer was convicted Thursday of fatally shooting a man in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath and another officer was convicted of burning the man's body in a case that exposed one of the ugliest chapters in the police department's troubled history. A federal jury also convicted a third officer of writing a false report on the deadly shooting of 31-year-old Henry Glover, but two others were acquitted of charges stemming from the alleged cover-up. The jury of five men and seven women convicted former officer David Warren of manslaughter in the ...
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 ...
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 Re-Emerges, Sparks Polarized Reactions
By not in system - AOL News
(Nov. 9) -- In his first in-depth interview since leaving office, President George W. Bush spoke with NBC's Matt Lauer in an hour-long program Monday night. From 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq to Hurricane Katrina to the Wall Street meltdown, Bush reflected on the major decisions of his presidency, as discussed in his new memoir, "Decision Points." Though he expressed remorse about a number of occurrences during his presidency, he stood behind his most controversial actions. Here's what pundits are saying about Bush's re-emergence in the spotlight: A Very Intimate Interview, writes Alessandra ...
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