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All Rights Reserved.Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:28:29 EDT15http://www.cbsnews.com/track/rss/sections/katrina/main500487.shtml??source=RSS&http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/common/images/v2/logo_cbsnews_small.gif13623Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:00:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/01/health/main3987944.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3987944A federal scientist says his bosses ignored pleas to alert Gulf Coast hurricane victims about formaldehyde dangers in government-issued trailers and urged him not to go public with warnings.Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:00:04 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/07/katrina/main3919229.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3919229A majority of public housing residents dispersed by Hurricane Katrina do not want to return to the old brick buildings they lived in before the storm, according to a survey by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:00:05 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/28/katrina/main3887331.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3887331United Nations experts weighed in on the debate over public housing in New Orleans, accusing the U.S. federal government and local authorities of forcing predominantly black residents into homelessness.Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:08 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/25/katrina/main3754365.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3754365The federal government on Friday approved Mississippi's plan to divert $600 million in hurricane housing funds to a port improvement project, angering critics who say tens of thousands of people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina still need help.Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:00:19 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/29/national/main3554146.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3554146FEMA is planning to close as many as 13 trailer parks in Louisiana where victims of the 2005 hurricanes are currently living. The move is intended to help the hurricane victims move into more stable, permanent housing.Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:12:32 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/17/katrina/main3517771.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3517771Lawyers for a group of hurricane victims living in government-issued trailers are asking a federal judge to order the Federal Emergency Management Agency to test the housing units for hazardous fumes.Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:00:05 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/10/national/main3351443.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3351443The federal government is considering buying out as many as 17,000 homes along the Mississippi coast and remaking the land into a vast hurricane protection zone. For some, the proposal sparks a number of worries.Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:00:08 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/30/eveningnews/main3222331.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3222331New Orleans' health care system is still in critical condition. As we continue our special Katrina series, Katie Couric meets a nurse who's become a one-woman medical center for those who need help the most.Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:30:10 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/31/cbsnews_investigates/main3226042.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3226042Two years after Katrina, cash is still tight for many along the Gulf Coast. FEMA handed out $6 billion in aid, but now, as Armen Keteyian reports, the agency believes it overpaid and wants survivors to repay hundreds of millions of dollars.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:30:06 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/29/eveningnews/main3218613.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3218613New Orleans may lack housing and jobs, but one thing it has plenty of is crime. Although the federal government has sent $86 million to rebuild the city's justice system, Byron Pitts reports that crime is worse than ever.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:30:07 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/29/katrina/main3215632.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3215632President Bush marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a somber moment of silence and assured New Orleans that "better days are ahead." Mayor Ray Nagin held a separate ceremony, a symbol of the federal-city divide that persists.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:30:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/29/katrina/main3216942.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3216942Two years after Katrina, thousands of Gulf Coast students are displaced and millions of dollars worth of school projects remain unfunded, according to a new report. House Majority Whip James Clyburn said the difficulties are "vast and overwhelming."Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:00:05 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/28/eveningnews/main3212929.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3212929Two years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still struggling to rebuild. Where's all the help the government promised? Katie Couric goes to Louisiana to look for answers in our special series, "The Katrina Recovery: Follow The Money."Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:30:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/28/opinion/polls/main3212928.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3212928A CBS News poll shows that two years after Hurricane Katrina, fewer than half of Americans see progress in rebuilding the Gulf Coast. Nearly four in 10 have little or no confidence in the government's ability to handle natural disasters.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:00:05 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/28/notebook/main3214832.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3214832When the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima, clocks literally stopped. That moment of time was frozen forever. When Katrina hit New Orleans, time slowed down. How else to explain how so little has happened over the last two years?Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:00:08 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/27/politics/main3207424.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3207424Democrat Barack Obama, the first of several presidential candidates who are set to visit New Orleans in connection with the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday, says the country cannot fail New Orleans again.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:19:00 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/25/eveningnews/main3204095.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3204095Almost two years ago, Hurricane Katrina left a huge swath of destruction across Louisiana and Mississippi. Recovery has often been slow, but as Randall Pinkston reports, some survivors have begun taking things into their own hands.Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:30:05 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/22/cbsnews_investigates/main3195494.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3195494Even after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, insurance companies are paying less in claims than they did a decade ago, while profits have soared. Armen Keteyian has the story of one Katrina survivor who feels he's been victimized twice.Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:23:56 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/02/katrina/main3126172.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3126172FEMA has stopped donating and selling disaster trailers while it studies reports that people living in them after hurricanes Katrina and Rita got sick from formaldehyde exposure. CBS News broke the story of the toxic trailers in May.Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:30:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/02/katrina/main3125839.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3125839Post-hurricane work isn't being awarded to small Gulf Coast businesses, according to a Congressional analysis. The Bush administration had said it would do better, but, in fact, smaller Louisiana companies now have less of the work.Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:30:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/24/katrina/main3094876.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3094876FEMA, the agency responsible for responding to emergencies, says it is reviewing a policy of selling or donating post-disaster trailers that may have been tainted with toxic formaldehyde.Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:30:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/24/katrina/main3093411.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3093411A grand jury has refused to indict Dr. Anna Pou, a New Orleans surgeon accused of murder in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She was arrested last summer after an investigation concluded a "lethal cocktail" was administered to four patients.Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:00:06 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/23/katrina/main3089858.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3089858The Federal Emergency Management Agency will keep selling surplus disaster-relief trailers despite concerns from environmental groups and the start of testing to determine whether the trailers have unhealthy levels of formaldehyde, the agency said.Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:30:07 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/19/katrina/main3075743.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3075743FEMA lawyers discouraged officials from pursuing reports of dangerous levels of formaldehyde in trailers housing thousands of hurricane victims, according to documents. In May, CBS' Armen Keteyian broke the story of rising health problems.Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:30:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/18/katrina/main3071630.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3071630Contractors hired to clean up after Hurricane Katrina are fuming over delays in getting paid by FEMA, and some politicians fear the red tape will discourage companies from bidding on the big rebuilding projects that lie ahead.Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:00:05 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/18/national/main3070334.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3070334A misdirected tax bill for $1.63 that went unpaid led to the sale of Dolores and Kermit Atwood's house, which they'd owned for three decades. Now after years of legal wrangling, an anonymous benefactor has stepped in to help them reclaim their home.Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:30:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/15/national/main3058982.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_3058982Truckloads of ice driven from sites across the country to aid Katrina relief efforts never made it to New Orleans and were trucked back. Now, after paying $12.5 million in storage costs, FEMA will let that unused ice go down the drain.Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:00:12 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/15/katrina/main2933675.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2933675The cash-strapped city of New Orleans is turning to the rest of the world for help to rebuild as federal hurricane recovery dollars remain slow to flow.Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:00:06 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/20/katrina/main2954594.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2954594Sources told a newspaper two nurses accused of helping kill seriously ill patients at a New Orleans hospital in the chaos after Katrina will testify before a grand jury and won't be charged with murder. Prosecutors may be concentrating on a doctor.Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:00:10 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/12/katrina/main2918850.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2918850Authorities say a former New Orleans police officer charged in the videotaped beating of a man after Hurricane Katrina apparently shot himself to death, about a month before his trial was to begin.Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:30:05 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/11/national/main2915112.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2915112Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood sued State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. on Monday, claiming the company failed to honor an agreement for a mass settlement of claims over Hurricane Katrina damage.Wed, 23 May 2007 13:00:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/23/katrina/main2840816.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2840816A custody dispute over two dogs lost during Hurricane Katrina ended when the Florida women who adopted them after the storm agreed to return them.Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:30:05 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/16/katrina/main2819214.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2819214The author of "The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast" is leaving the city where he chronicled storm survivors' tales. After 14 years in New Orleans, Douglas Brinkley has accepted a job at Rice University.Fri, 11 May 2007 01:00:01 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/10/katrina/main2789142.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2789142State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has agreed to reopen and possibly pay claims for about 350 policyholders in Louisiana whose homes were destroyed by hurricanes Katrina or Rita, the company announced.Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:19:22 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/25/national/main2725363.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2725363Blacks already feeling the pinch from a housing shortage in the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina are facing racial discrimination in their search for rental property, a survey by housing advocates found.Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:00:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/23/storm/main2716225.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2716225A report by Homeland Security's inspector general's office says some of the companies awarded contracts had poor credit histories and bad paperwork. The competitive bidding process was haphazard, the report says.Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:30:02 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/16/katrina/main2691098.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2691098Allstate Insurance will have to pay a man who lost his home in Hurricane Katrina more than $2.8 million, a federal jury decided Monday.Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:49:15 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/30/tech/main2627667.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2627667"Take a magic pill and go back into the past," says New Orleans fisherman Pete Gerica of Google's decision to switch to displaying pre-Katrina images in its satellite maps. Gerica was quick to print a few - for his insurance adjuster.Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:20:40 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/29/katrina/main2625349.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2625349The leader of New Orleans' recovery effort envisions "cranes in the sky" by September, with loans and incentives for developers spurring the creation of a reborn Big Easy. The mayor, more cautious, calls the $1.1 billion building plan "Phase One."Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:00:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/02/katrina/main2636984.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2636984Officials are chipping away at a mountain of fraud cases involving, by some estimates, thousands of people who bilked the government and charities out of hundreds of millions of dollars meant to aid Hurricane Katrina victims.Tue, 01 May 2007 06:35:34 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/01/national/main2746327.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2746327The Government Accountability Office is investigating the dubious process by which the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $32 million contract for flood pumps for New Orleans to a politically connected company. The pumps turned out to be faulty.Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:00:02 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/22/katrina/main2598680.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2598680A federal judge refused to allow a class action against State Farm over the insurer's denial of claims on Mississippi's Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:00:04 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/01/katrina/main2527730.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2527730President Bush returned to the battered Gulf Coast for the first time in six months, declaring "there is hope" for the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged region where his administration was widely accused of botching the initial recovery efforts.Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:30:08 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/21/national/main2496979.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2496979"Ladies and gentlemen, Mardi Gras 2007 is over. Good night!" said the police bullhorn announcement. New Orleans' second annual celebration since Katrina was a hit, and the costumes were often satirical, poking fun at hurricane recovery efforts.Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:00:11 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/20/national/main2493751.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2493751Mardi Gras is in full swing in New Orleans, just a year and a-half after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Crescent City. Even jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain is back; he missed last year's celebrations because of heart surgery.Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:30:11 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/20/earlyshow/contributors/tracysmith/main2493517.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2493517Tracy Smith says efforts to keep musicians in The Big Easy and lure others back point to both. She revisited a musicians' enclave built by the volunteer group Habitat for Humanity, the biggest home builder in the city since the storm.Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:00:12 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/14/katrina/main2475388.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2475388State Farm Insurance is suspending sales of any new commercial or homeowner policies in Mississippi starting Friday, citing in part a wave of litigation it has faced after Hurricane Katrina.Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:30:06 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/14/national/main2473561.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2473561FEMA workers assessed the damage caused by a tornado to the thousands of Louisiana trailers that have been sheltering displaced residents since Hurricane Katrina hit. The agency had counted at least 50 damaged trailers, but more were expected.Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:30:09 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/01/cbsnews_investigates/main2424848.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2424848Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, but there are still many displaced people. A new in-depth study obtained exclusively by CBS News shows as many as 10,000 children living in limbo across the Gulf are now suffering from depression.Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:30:04 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/24/politics/main2393207.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2393207President Bush touched on a number of domestic issues in his State of the Union address, but he made no mention of Hurricane Katrina and the rebuilding of New Orleans. Louisiana's governor was "supremely disappointed" by the omission.Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:30:06 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/23/katrina/main2391420.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2391420State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. agreed to settle hundreds of lawsuits by policyholders whose homes were devastated by Hurricane Katrina, a source said. Mississippi's mass settlement is the first of its kind since Katrina.Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:30:04 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/22/sportsline/main2381738.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2381738The New Orleans Saints' dream season came to a heartbreaking end Sunday, abruptly sending fans across the city back to the stark reality of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. The Saints lost to the Chicago Bears 39-14 in the NFC title game.Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:30:01 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/20/katrina/main2380378.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2380378Former FEMA director Michael Brown told a group of graduate students that some in the White House suggested only Louisiana should be federalized after Hurricane Katrina because the state's governor was a Democrat.Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:30:05 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/19/katrina/main2374249.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2374249New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin often complains about how slowly his city gets federal hurricane recovery money, but figures released Thursday show that nearly $600 million is available New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin often complains about how slowly his city gets federal hurricane recovery money, but figures released Thursday show that nearly $600 million is available " if only Nagin would request it.Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:00:06 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/18/katrina/main2371452.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2371452The hookers are back on Bourbon Street — so are the drug dealers, the out-of-town businessmen and the college students. But a closer look reveals things are not back to the way they once were in the French Quarter.Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:00:08 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/16/katrina/main2360750.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2360750The parents of an embryo rescued from a flooded Louisiana hospital after Hurricane Katrina celebrated the birth of a healthy baby boy. They named the child Noah.Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:30:04 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/11/katrina/main2351848.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2351848A jury has awarded $2.5 million to a couple who sued an insurance company for denying their Hurricane Katrina damage claim. The verdict affect hundreds of other cases involving homeowners whose claims were denied.Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:30:03 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/03/katrina/main2328880.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2328880Rebekah Markham will give birth via Caesarean section on Jan. 16, nine months after being implanted with an embryo that nearly thawed when the flooded hospital lost electricity in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:30:04 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/02/katrina/main2321369.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2321369The Big Easy is distinctly uneasy as locals and others debate the case of seven police officers met by cheering supporters as they turned themselves in to face charges in a shooting while on the job in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:00:06 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/26/national/main2297793.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2297793Three top Army Corps of Engineers officials who led post-Katrina reconstruction efforts in New Orleans are stepping down, prompting questions about whether the Corps can be relied upon to protect the city from future disasters.Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:06:30 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/06/katrina/main2233471.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2233471Federal investigators say FEMA is still squandering tens of millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina disaster aid, including $17 million in bogus payments to people who had already received free trailers and apartments.Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:33:40 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/03/katrina/main2223609.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2223609The largest commercial insurer for Louisiana businesses will stop renewing many property business policies next year, reportedly due to the state of the Gulf Coast's levee system.Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:00:03 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/29/katrina/main2217238.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2217238A federal judge ordered the Bush administration to immediately resume making housing benefits available to thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina.Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:30:04 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/09/katrina/main2165233.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2165233Rocket had ended up in a suburban Philadelphia shelter after the hurricane, and was adopted by a Doyleston, Pa., couple. The chow-Finnish spitz mix's New Orleans owner sued to get him back. There are similar suits brewing in other states.Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:00:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/24/katrina/main2119689.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2119689Hurricane Katrina victims living in white neighborhoods have been three times as likely as homeowners in black neighborhoods to seek state help in resolving insurance disputes.Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:30:05 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/21/60minutes/main2030603.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2030603The New Orleans doctor accused of murdering patients in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina denies the allegations in her first interview, with 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer.Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:00:01 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/23/katrina/main2035772.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2035772A February deadline to get residents out of thousands of travel trailers in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina will not be kept, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says.Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:04:57 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/20/katrina/main2027917.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2027917The owners of a nursing home where 35 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were indicted on charges of negligent homicide and cruelty to the infirm. Salvador and Mabel Mangano are also facing over 30 lawsuits.Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:30:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/21/politics/main2028293.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2028293Congress sent President Bush a bill that calls for state and local emergency preparedness plans to make provisions for families with pets and individuals with service animals.Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:32:04 ESThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/13/katrina/main2260675.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2260675A federal judge called the Bush administration's handling of a Hurricane Katrina housing program "a legal disaster" and ordered officials to explain a computer system that can neither precisely count evacuees nor make clear why they were denied aid.Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:36:55 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/13/katrina/main2005380.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_2005380With tens of thousands of houses still in ruins a year after Katrina and a shortage of construction workers, many people in the Gulf Coast region are wondering when they will return to their homes.Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:00:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/31/earlyshow/main1954985.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1954985In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of pets were killed or separated from their families. The DeRogers were lucky enough to reunite with one of their dogs, Lassie.Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:09:42 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/28/katrina/main1940479.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1940479On the one-year anniversary of the landfall of the devastating hurricane that killed more than 1,800 people, the president tried to comfort New Orleans and said the federal government will learn from its mistakes.Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:50:27 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/28/katrina/main1942430.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1942430One year later, Harry Smith finds New Orleans and the Gulf Coast still have a long way to go to recover from the destruction of Katrina.Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:30:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/29/earlyshow/main1947157.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1947157That's how one resident described life in an area hit not only by Hurricane Katrina, but a large oil spill in the storm's wake. Harry Smith visited and found next to no progress a year to the day after the hurricane pummeled its way through.Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:57:39 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/29/earlyshow/living/recipes/main1944871.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1944871Award-winner Todd English, executive chef of some 18 restaurants, is opening one in a casino in the Big Easy. It will feature French brasserie cuisine. He spoke about the new venture, and shared a recipe for the grill with Hannah Storm.Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:57:46 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/29/earlyshow/leisure/music/main1946674.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1946674New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint headlined it in New York's Madison Square Garden. He showed Tracy Smith homes being built, in part, with some of the proceeds, and spoke passionately of efforts to bring the music back to his hometown.Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:00:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/28/katrina/main1939281.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1939281One year after Katrina hit Louisiana and Mississippi, there is a lot of rebuilding to do, and there are many assessments on what went wrong. Here is a list of links to reports on the disaster and progress towards recovery.Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:30:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/25/60minutes/main1936523.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1936523Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans a year ago, and CBS News national correspondent Byron Pitts has been covering the story ever since. He recently spent some time with the man in charge of bringing the city back to life, Mayor Ray Nagin.Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/27/katrina/main1937312.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1937312New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says he's sorry he used the term "hole in the ground" to describe the World Trade Center site during an interview that aired Sunday on '60 Minutes.'Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:30:02 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/28/earlyshow/main1939280.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1939280The Early Show's Harry Smith and Tracy Smith returned to the Big Easy to check on progress being made in recovering from the devastation wrought by the storm. And Dave Price recalled his days covering the aftermath.Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:30:21 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/27/katrina/main1936962.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1936962Although emergency officials claim the New Orleans levee system is ready for another major hurricane, politicians and engineers are severely less-optimistic. FEMA director David Paulison told CBS News he's unsure "whether they'd hold."Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:39:09 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/26/katrina/main1936813.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1936813As Tropical Storm Ernesto gathers strength and heads toward the Gulf, New Orleans residents are faced with the news that the newly repaired levee system may not hold.Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:00:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/25/opinion/polls/main1935861.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1935861As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, a majority of Americans say the government is still not doing all it could - or should - to help the storm's victims, a new CBS News poll found.Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:00:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/25/katrina/main1935860.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1935860New Orleans is making a comeback from Hurricane Katrina's floods, but a demographer's report says its progress could be impeded by a lack of affordable housing and other challenges.Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/26/politics/main1936812.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1936812Nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina hit, President Bush used his weekly radio address to recall the storm's tragic human toll while the Democrats used theirs to call attention to the slow pace of recovery from the storm.Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:30:14 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/60minutes/main1933092.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1933092New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, defending his city's clean-up efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, takes a swipe at New York's failure to rebuild Ground Zero after Sept. 11 in a 60 Minutes interview airing Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006.Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:30:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/25/earlyshow/main1935615.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1935615Numbers of births and nuptials are way up in New Orleans a year after the disaster, as Tracy Smith learned in chatting with new moms, a doctor, an event planner, and even a wedding cake maker!Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:56:49 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/earlyshow/leisure/books/main1931758.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1931758In his new book, "The Ravaging Tide," author Mike Tidwell warns that Katrina will prove to be just the start of a long line of destructive storms, due to global warming. He discussed his concerns on The Early Show.Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:30:06 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/23/katrina/main1927243.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1927243After meeting with a New Orleans man who came to Washington with a mock FEMA trailer as the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears, President Bush said that rebuilding efforts will take "a long time."Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:30:03 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/21/national/main1918024.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1918024Bureaucracy and lack of funding continue to slow the rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin said.Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:55:30 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/18/entertainment/main1912799.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1912799HBO premieres the documentary "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" Monday and Tuesday. He spoke about it on The Early Show.Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:00:01 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/18/national/main1913712.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1913712New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Friday blamed racism and government bureaucracy for hamstringing his city's ability to weather Hurricane Katrina and recover from the disaster that struck the Gulf Coast nearly a year ago.Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:30:21 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/15/katrina/main1897823.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1897823In a case that could set a precedent for hundreds of court challenges to the insurance industry, a judge ruled that a Mississippi Gulf Coast couple cannot collect from Nationwide Mutual Insurance for damages from Hurricane Katrina's storm surge.Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:30:27 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/15/national/main1895797.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1895797Houston police believe Katrina evacuees are partly responsible for a nearly 17.5 percent increase in homicides so far this year over the same period in 2005. Houston took in 150,000 evacuees " the most of any U.S. city.Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:00:36 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/14/national/main1894935.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1894935FEMA will replace locks on as many as 118,000 trailers used by hurricane victims after discovering the same key could open many of the mobile homes. One locksmith cut only 50 different kinds of keys for the trailers sold to FEMA, officials said.Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:30:37 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/08/storm/main1876259.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1876259Federal forecasters say the 2006 hurricane season should be slightly less active than originally predicted. Forecasters now expect 12 to 15 named storms in the Atlantic and seven to nine hurricanes.Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:30:27 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/07/katrina/main1871747.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_1871747Many public schools in New Orleans are slated to open by September, after education officials have implemented a series of changes to improve the school system post Hurricane Katrina. Glitches remain for the revamped public school system, however.