When New Orleans Saints lifted Super Bowl title in the early hours this morning, their victory symbolised the city’s resurgence after the worst natural disaster in US history... more
A federal judge has ruled that the US Army Corps of Engineers' failure to maintain a navigation channel led to some of the massive flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005... more
The annual meeting of the insurance underwriters, which has just got under way in Monte Carlo, is a bit more subdued, with numbers down on last year, but still surprisingly upbeat given what has happened to the global economy in the past year ... more
Entering Katrina at The Bargehouse on Oxo Tower Wharf, one expects to be plunged into the hurricane that strafed the Louisiana coast at the end of August 2005... more
A conservative priest whose promotion to bishop has polarised the Catholic Church in Austria has asked Pope Benedict to revoke his appointment because of the uproar it caused... more
An Austrian cleric who said Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for the homosexual sins of New Orleans has been made a bishop by the Vatican... more
It is tempting to think of the Madoff fraud as one where the victims almost selected themselves, because of their willingness to go into a fund that failed even to have the most basic separation between front and back office, between managing the money and controlling it.... more
Investors are missing a trick because they have not factored in the huge business opportunity for those insurance companies still standing brought about by the near-collapse of American Insurance Group... more
The oil price ticked up as Hurricane Gustav headed for the oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico. Now it appears to be losing strength and passing through without inflicting anything like the damage we saw in 2005 when Katrina flooded New Orleans, prices seem to be sliding down again... more
The price of oil fell as Hurricane Gustav swept quickly through the Gulf of Mexico's offshore oil platforms without developing into a Hurricane Katrina-sized Category 5 storm... more
CBI boss Richard Lambert said a few weeks ago that one reason companies seemed quite optimistic in surveys might be that smaller businesses tend to finance themselves from retained profits rather than bank loans, and have therefore been insulated so far from the general cutback on credit.... more
Sharon Stone, 50, showed off her cleavage for a night on the town with her toy boy. The actress, who was famed for her raunchy role in Basic Instinct, revealed a plunging neckline in a tight black dress.... more
The price of corn hit new records as floods damaged crops in the US, the world's largest producer and exporter, increasing fears consumers could be hit by further rises in food costs... more
It appears Angelina Jolie's love of tattoos is rubbing off on partner Brad Pitt. The 44-year-old unwittingly flashed his latest etching during a day out with his adopted sons Maddox, six; and Pax Thien, four. On first glimpse, it looks like one of Brad and Angelina's many children have been drawing on their famous father's back with a marker pen
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Angelina Jolie may be heavily pregnant, but that hasn't stopped her from getting stuck into some manual labour. Jolie and Brad Pitt took time out from Hollywood glamour to take part in charity work for the victims of Hurricane Katrina
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Mika landed three years ago, a fully formed psychedelic pop sensation with a sound that crosses Freddie Mercury with Mozart. Hermione Eyre meets a charming misfit who refuses to be ordinary
Could we soon see a Baroness Widdecombe of Battleaxe? I hear moves are afoot to secure veteran Conservative MP and darling of the Tory grassroots, Ann Widdecombe, a peerage following the general election
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