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ACQUITTED. EDWIN EDWARDS, 73, former Democratic Governor of Louisiana; of corruption charges that arose from his involvement in the liquidation of an insurance firm; in Baton Rouge. Edwards, known for his way with women and dice, has been the focus of at least two dozen state and federal investigations since his days in Congress in the 1960s. He still faces as much as $4.5 million in fines and 250 years in prison from a May conviction for taking payoffs to issue riverboat casino licenses. He has appealed...
...child in Poland, Anne Skorecki Levy survived the Holocaust; as a grandmother in Louisiana, she confronted ex-Klansman David Duke in his run for Governor. Powell, a Tulane University history professor, tells this tale with wonderful narrative grace and moral force. He deftly explores ethical compromises and nuances: the Levy family's decision to pass as Aryan during the war; the struggles between the assimilated Reform Jews of New Orleans, reluctant to stir up trouble; and the tight-knit "New American" club of Holocaust survivors who insisted on aggressively bearing witness against neo-Nazis...
...cult item, perhaps esteemed by other artists more than the general public - to wit the compilation "Sweet Relief," which featured her songs performed by an all-star roster of talent, including Pearl Jam and Lou Reed, and handily outsold her own records. On her own, however, the Louisiana-born singer/songwriter's loopy affect has sometimes been a distraction from her considerable talent. So it's everyone's gain that on her latest effort, Williams has settled into a groove that allows her to indulge her mannerisms without losing the thread of the songs, or our attention...
...imagine a guitar equivalent of Blues Traveler harpist John Popper, and you're halfway there. But it's not mere flash; the songs hold up on their own even as they provide showcases for the guitarist's highly evolved style. The lyrics reveal Landreth's deep preoccupation with his Louisiana heritage, and most of the songs revolve around a kind of Cajun mythology, with an occasionally felicitous turn of phrase like "The U.S.S. Zydecoldsmobile"; musically, Landreth filters the zydeco and Crescent City traditions through a more modern roots-rock lens. But the blues is never too far away, notably...
...pariah at school," recalls Aucoin, now 38. "Kids threw rocks at me, told me I was ugly and left death threats in my locker." He dropped out of school at 15, he says, when two classmates tried to run him over with a car. He left Louisiana at 21 after the man behind him in line at a gay bar was struck over the head with a baseball bat. After years of applying makeup to his younger sister and misfit friends ("I figured if I could make them feel beautiful, I wouldn't feel so ugly myself...