I walked down the street next to a failed levee here the other day and saw house after house that had been pulverized by Hurricane Katrina. Eight months after the storm, and nothing, not a single cinder block, had been touched. An exterior wall of one home had been ripped away, revealing, amid the rubble, a sneaker, some batteries and a cardboard box for an NFL football. A thriving family once lived here, and in the next house, and in the house after that.

No fast lane for driver's licenses Offices that survived storm are swamped Monday, March 27, 2006 By Michelle Hunter East Jefferson bureau At 6:30 a.m., there were 10 people in line. An hour later, there were 53. By the time...

Frustrated homeowners look to new FEMA flood maps for answers, but there's no guarantee the advisories won't pose even more questions Monday, March 27, 2006 By Gordon Russell Staff writer One of the biggest questions hanging over the nascent recovery...