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...parks. The red-light district once known as Storyville would be revived as a jazz center near the French Quarter. There would be charter schools instead of slum schools, a streamlined city government and, most important, rebuilt levees. But that "audacious" action plan laid out last week by Mayor Ray Nagin's 17-member Bring New Orleans Back Commission has met with a storm of controversy, not just from residents of the poor Ninth Ward but also from wealthier and whiter areas like Lakeview. Homeowners are infuriated by a recommendation to halt rebuilding--indeed, to stop issuing permits--for four...
...days after President George W. Bush's planned State of the Union address and could do as much to define the Republican Party at the start of the midterm election year as any pronouncement from the White House. "If we don't get our act together," says Representative Ray LaHood of Illinois, "we'll be the minority party next year...
Today, the New Orleans rebuilding commission will release an official blueprint report recommending a strategy for the revival of the city. Appointed by Mayor C. Ray Nagin, the commission will recommend that residents be allowed to return to the city and rebuild wherever they choose, regardless of how vulnerable or devastated the area. Following a 12-month period, those neighborhoods that have not sustained an undefined “critical mass” of inhabitants will likely be returned to marshland; those residents who have settled in the interim will be required to leave the region, costing the federal government...
...early to render standard DVDs obsolete, but high-definition discs are clearly the future. The only question: Which format will become the industry standard, Blu-ray or HD DVD? Technically, they're pretty similar, so it will ultimately depend on what consumers will buy. Judging from CES's offerings, there is plenty to choose from. Both Toshiba and RCA announced they will ship $500 to $800 HD DVD players this spring. Sony, Panasonic, Sharp, Pioneer and Philips say they will ship Blu-ray players later this year. But Samsung will be first, with a $1,000 Blu-ray in April...
...since 2003, both moderate and conservative Republicans saw only blue. State G.O.P. leaders publicly fretted that she might divulge election strategy to Democrats. Others took it as a slap. "He's just told a lot of people who spent their lives fighting her that their work is meaningless," says Ray Haynes, one of about 20 Republican assemblymen who met with the Governor to express their displeasure. Haynes suggested a number of conservative causes Schwarzenegger could champion, such as fighting illegal immigration and keeping his no-new-taxes campaign pledge. "The secret in politics is to leave the dance with those...