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      <title><![CDATA[A new federal grant will provide better accessibility to evidence in the New Orleans justice system, and has the promise of securing justice for the wrongly convicted | Body of Evidence]]></title>
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For obvious reasons, defense lawyers and prosecuting attorneys don't
collaborate very often. The former want to prove their clients'
innocence while the latter's primary interest is in convicting
criminals. The spirit of cooperation, however, is at the heart of a new
$1.4 million federal... By David Winkler-Schmit.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Permanently sidelined by injury, former Saints defensive tackle Brian Young hasn't hung up his cleats yet | Young and Restless]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[

It's a deal all National Football League players make with
themselves, whether consciously or not. They are generously compensated
for playing America's most popular sport, and the attendant pain and
suffering are part of the bargain, even when it's too much to bear.
Injury ended former N... By Adam Norris.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Funding for AIDS Services Delayed | Local agencies that provide support to HIV/AIDS patients say the city's process for dispersing much-needed funds is clogged in bureaucracy.]]></title>
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Belle Reve is a Bywater facility that has provided housing and other
services for people with HIV/AIDS for 16 years. Assisting HIV/AIDS
patients is an expensive proposition because care has to be available
24 hours a day, and the agency depends on a number of income streams,
including foun... By David Winkler-Schmit.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Cultural Economy Summit ]]></title>
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On July 31, 2005, Mt. Auburn Associates released a 200-page report
titled "Louisiana: Where Culture Means Business." In it, the
Maryland-based consulting group made a convincing statistical case in
favor of a previously untapped fossil fuel for Louisiana's economic
engine. The study found... By Noah Bonaparte Pais.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Work and Home | Should tenants be required to work if they want to live in New Orleans' new public housing complexes? Building managers are getting mixed signals from municipal and national government.]]></title>
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David Abbenante thinks the majority of those who receive public
housing assistance are low-paid employees like service industry
workers, clerical staff and unskilled laborers, whom he refers to as
"the workforce backbone of our community." So when River Garden, a
mixed-income housing devel... By David Winkler-Schmit.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Shelley Midura Wants to Clean the Big House: OPP | An outside monitor and restrictions on its funding are first steps in scrubbing alleged prisoner abuses at the Orleans Parish Prison]]></title>
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Councilwoman Shelley Midura is fed up. She says the U.S. Department
of Justice's (DOJ) recent report accusing Orleans Parish Prison (OPP)
of violating inmates' rights is yet another example of the jail having
little external oversight, and how the sheriff provides scant knowledge
on prison... By David Winkler-Schmit.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Project Censored | The top stories not brought to you by mainstream news media in 2008 and 2009]]></title>
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Peter Phillips, director of Project Censored for 13 years, says he's
finished with reform. It's impossible, he says, to get major news media
outlets to deliver relevant news stories that serve to strengthen
democracy. "I really think we're beyond reforming corporate media,"
says Phillips,... By Rebecca Bowe.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[New Orleans family loses FEMA trailer suit ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After a two-week trial in, the first manufacturer sued over
formaldehyde in FEMA trailers was absolved of responsibility by a U.S.
District Court jury on Thursday. An eight-member jury found Gulf Stream
Coach, an Indiana company that made 50,000 trailers for FEMA's
emergency housing program after Hu... By Matt Robinson.]]></description>
      <category>News &amp;amp; Views/News Feature</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[James Carville: If I Could, I Would | As potential mayoral candidates dwindle, one man would love the chance to take on the job]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA["The Mayor shall be a citizen of the United States and a
qualified elector of the City, and shall have been domiciled in the
City for at least five years immediately preceding the
election."

&mdash; New Orleans Home Rule Charter, Section 4-202.


My life in politics spans some 50 years, be... By James Carville.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[The End of Deutsches Haus? | As Deutsches Haus gears up for Oktoberfest, the cultural club faces big changes on the horizon.]]></title>
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There's a big digital clock mounted over the bar inside Deutsches
Haus, keeping a precise and rapidly diminishing countdown until the
start of Oktoberfest 2009 this weekend. The anticipation, excitement
and even the pressure to finish preparations are always so great during
these last few... By Ian McNulty.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[New Orleans Kickball Leagues | Kickball, once just a playground game, has become both a competitive and social outlet for outdoors-minded young adults in New Orleans.]]></title>
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When Travis Llewellyn moved to New Orleans in December 2006, the
city was still very much in the midst of recovering from Hurricane
Katrina. Not knowing many people here, Llewellyn was looking for a fun
activity where he could meet people his age. He did a Google search for
"New Orleans ki... By Alejandro de los Rios.]]></description>
      <category>News &amp;amp; Views/News Feature</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Smoke-Filled Room | Cutting deals &mdash; both backstage and on the convention floor &mdash; at a NATIONAL cigar convention in New Orleans]]></title>
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THIS IS A SMOKE-FREE FACILITY" is emblazoned on every door leading
into Hall A of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, but step inside
and you're transported back to a world where no one blinked at ashtrays
on every table and a corona of blue haze in the air. It's the annual
convention... By Kevin Allman.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[40 Under 40 Nominations ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gambit is looking for the best and brightest among area
residents under 40 years old to be honored in our annual "40 Under 40"
issue. We would like your help in identifying this year's honorees.

&ensp;&ensp;Please submit your nomination in writing to Kandace
Power Graves at kandaceg@gambitweekly.co...]]></description>
      <category>News &amp;amp; Views/News Feature</category>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Shirley Q., Where Are You? | A popular Southern Decadence performer cancels her swan song and seems to disappear.]]></title>
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With no fanfare, Southerndecadence.net posted an
online message Aug. 24 about the forthcoming Labor Day appearance at
the Bourbon Pub by female impersonator Shirley Q. Liquor: "IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT. Due to scheduling conflicts for the entertainer, the
Shirley Q. Liquor shows have been ca... By David Winkler-Schmit.]]></description>
      <category>News &amp;amp; Views/News Feature</category>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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      <title><![CDATA[Mr. Opening Night: Al Shea | A former Gambit theater writer and a fixture in the world of New Orleans entertainment, Al Shea dies at 80 AFTER A CAREER THAT SPANNED SEVEN DECADES.]]></title>
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The nurses and staff at the local hospice where Al Shea spent the
final days of his remarkable life must have known that they were taking
care of someone special. The calls from Carol Channing and Kaye Ballard
(arranged by friend and WYES colleague Beth Utterback) might have
tipped them o... By Dominic Massa.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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