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Army blamed for Katrina flooding

19.11.09
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

Indianapolis Colts leave it late as they win again

16.11.09
The Indianapolis Colts fought back at the death to beat the New England Patriots 35-34 and retain their unbeaten NFL record... more

Actors rebuild themselves in Architecting

06.11.09
What do you get if you combine corsets, cabaret and abstract dance routines? Architecting would be the answer... more

New Orleans is recovering its old spirit

28.10.09
Despite the ravages of Hurricane Katrina four years ago Lindsay Johns finds that New Orleans is well on the path to recovery... more

Economy’s health crucial for insurers

08.09.09
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

Katrina is powerful yet lacks a real sense of urgency

07.09.09
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

Venice Film Festival: Nicolas Cage is just very naughty in Bad Lieutenant

04.09.09
This remake of Bad Lieutenant proves an interesting point - that the same story nugget can give rise to two utterly different films.... more

Audience to flee floods as South Bank play recreates the horror of Katrina

11.08.09
New theatre show is to recreate the horrors of Hurricane Katrina in a disused Thames-side warehouse... more

CDs of the week

22.05.09
Iggy Pop goes all philosophical, Phoenix produce an album choc-full of tunes and Gary Go wears his heart on his sleeve... more

New Orleans spirit burns bright for Terence Blanchard

12.05.09
Trumpeter Terence Blanchard is making a dignified transition from youthful firebrand to elder statesman.... more

Roll up, roll up for the Britney comeback tour

04.03.09
Britney Spears kicked off her Circus tour at the New Orleans Arena - in a bid to reclaim her former title as Princess of Pop.... more

Seven shot at New Orleans Mardi Gras street party

25.02.09
Seven people, including a toddler, were hit by gunfire at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans... more

Promotion for cleric in gay sin row

02.02.09
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

Folic acid cuts heart defect risk for babies

11.11.08
Folic acid dramatically cuts the risk of heart problems in unborn children, scientists revealed ... more

The Saints Come Marching in at O2 jazz festival

27.10.08
The Millennium Dome, with its subdivision into pie-chart quadrants, is ideal for a weekend of New Orleans Jazz.... more

Commentary: Timid tinkering won't stop slump

02.09.08
Nobody disputes that the property market is gripped by its worst crisis for almost 20 years... more

Hurricane highs and lows for the insurers

02.09.08
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

Millions flee New Orleans as Gustav bears down

01.09.08
New Orleans is a rain-lashed ghost city, with just a handful of remaining citizens hiding in their homes as they await Hurricane Gustav... more

Corn hits high after US floods

16.06.08
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

So why does Brad Pitt have a map of New Orleans tattooed on his back?

13.05.08
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 ... more

US magazine retracts Brad and Angelina wedding report

29.03.08
A report claiming Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie married in an intimate service in New Orleans over the weekend has been retracted. US celebrity magazine Star magazine claimed over the weekend that the couple 'tied the knot during an intimate wedding ceremony in the couple's adopted city of New Orleans'. But the publication said today: 'After further investigation, the sources are not standing by their story'... more

Pregnant Angelina expects a BOY and a GIRL to add to her 'rainbow' brood

20.03.08
She's an action star, UN campaigner, pilot and red carpet darling, but Angelina Jolie was focused on just one role on Sunday - motherhood. The Hollywood star took her four charges - Maddox, 6, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and 22-month-old Shiloh - for a trip to their local store to stock up on snacks in New Orleans over the weekend ... more

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt (and the baby bump) muck in with Clinton to clean up New Orleans

18.03.08
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 ... more

Sad clown is thriving on the margins

12.03.07
Panic attacks, despair and self-doubt helped inspire the songs on Richard Swift's new album, but thankfully they were nowhere to be found at the Arts Theatre.... more

CDs of the week

09.03.07
Joss Stone, Simply Red, LCD Soundsystem and New Orleans jazz star Wynton Marsalis all release CDs this week. Read the reviews here.... more

Critic's choice: top five club nights

23.02.07
From roller-skating at the Renaissance Rooms to "bosh bosh bosh" at The Hard Dance Awards and a fundraiser for New Orleans' musicians, Chris Elwell-Sutton picks the top nights out.... more

Get a taste for rum at The Hide

23.02.07
The prospect of free alcohol is guaranteed to brighten most people's day and The Hide bar is helping to keep us all in good spirits with a month of free sampling sessions.... more

The cultural highlights of 2006

29.12.06
From the triumph of Frost/Nixon to pop divas demanding equal opportunities, and a West End song and dance, our critics reflect on 2006.... more

Shadow brings enlightenment

18.12.06
Josh "DJ Shadow" Davis makes music for the head and heart rather than the dancefloor: and his live shows have become revelatory multimedia extravaganzas.... more

Soulful solo from Mr T

07.11.06
It's mystifying why Allen Toussaint doesn't work solo more often. As a one-man jazz-blues entertainer, this sophisticated old charmer from New Orleans has few rivals. ... more

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