Word: louisiana
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...District, hotels quickly ran out of food and had to help evacuate guests or, in many cases, turn them out onto streets where anarchy had all but replaced the rule of law. New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley said the city would request that 3,000 soldiers from the Louisiana National Guard be brought in as an evacuation commenced, both to prevent the widespread looting that happened after Katrina, and to assure evacuating residents that their homes and businesses wouldn?t fall victim to looting. Ebbert said the point was ?to create an atmosphere in our city where it makes...
...polling stations set up around the state. "It was by no means a historic election with people pouring back into the city to choose the leader who's going to bring them out of the wilderness," said independent pollster Bernie Pinsonat, who runs Southern Media & Opinion Research in the Louisiana capital. "Maybe they're not coming back. Maybe they don't see any hope. Maybe they're literally on the verge of changing their addresses. It's something I'd be concerned about if I was a New Orleans official...
...Civil rights activists, most prominently the Rev. Jesse Jackson, fought unsuccessfully to have the election delayed and to have satellite voting stations set up outside Louisiana, in cities like Houston and Atlanta, where a large number of evacuees are still living. Turnout in predominantly African-American precincts was about 30% vs. nearly 50% for mostly white precincts, according to an analysis by GCR and Associates, done for the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority. Although Secretary of State Al Ater said the election went off without a hitch, Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition has threatened to sue for violation of voting rights...
...south Louisiana and someone says "Pinch the tail, suck the head," here's what you need to know: they're simply trying to teach you the best way to eat a boiled crawfish (or crayfish, as they're known outside Louisiana). And there'll be plenty of that going on at the annual Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival (bbcrawfest.com), held from May 5-7. Nicknamed "mudbugs" because of their natural habitat in the mud of the southern state's bayou or creeks, crawfish were once scorned as food for the poor. Today, however, they've been proudly adopted as a Cajun...
...south Louisiana and someone says "Pinch the tail, suck the head," here's what you need to know: they're simply trying to teach you the best way to eat a boiled crawfish (or crayfish, as they're Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder known outside Louisiana). And there...