washingtonpost.com - LouisianaLouisianaI'll Go by the Book, As Long as It's My Mother's- May 6, 2005 The Book wasn't cool. It showed up at my house, sent by my mother, and got tucked away.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35273-2005May4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/l... New and Notable Movies, Arts, Sports and More- May 6, 2005 Concerts ODETTA -- Today at 2 p.m. The folk singer's songs have influenced Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Tracy Chapman. The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Rd., Vienna. $20. 703-218-6500 or 703-938-2404.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25244-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... D.C. Plans Repairs To Public Housing- May 6, 2005 The District's public housing authority will borrow nearly $78 million on the private bond market to shore up and improve aging public housing complexes in the next three years, federal and local officials said yesterday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6017-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_nation/states/l... New Orleans's Musical Gumbo- May 6, 2005 If you're on a budget this holiday, it might not be wise to buy "Doctors, Professors, Kings &38; Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans." Not because it costs $50. Heck, no: That's cheap. But because once you've heard, seen -- and seemingly tasted -- this terrific box set, you'll rush out and spend whatever it takes to get to the Big Easy, pronto.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18002-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Family, Academy Mourn Midshipman Who Fell From Dorm- May 6, 2005 The body of Jay Michael Dixon, 21, was found Saturday outside a campus dormitory.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42566-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Tiny Corner of La. Mourns 6 Soldiers- May 6, 2005 HOUMA, La., Jan. 10 -- Bradley Bergeron grew up, as they say around here, "way down on the bayou," a sliver of high ground south of town called Upper Little Caillou. Bergeron was no homecoming king, no valedictorian, just a nice kid who blended in with his class. But he was a star on that day last October when the "Black Sheep," this town's National Guard unit, left for Iraq.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64134-2005Jan10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Jury Says Official's Mass Firing Of Whites Was Racially Based- May 6, 2005 New Orleans's first black district attorney discriminated against 43 whites when he fired them en masse and replaced them with blacks upon taking office in 2003, a federal jury decided Wednesday. The jury awarded the employees about $1.8 million in back pay and damages.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14124-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... A Jambalaya That Doesn't Keep- May 6, 2005 SOUTHERN FRIED DIVORCE A Woman Unleashes Her Hound and His Dog in the Big Easyhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51900-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/l... Nats Choose Announcer- May 6, 2005 Jim Clarke, a former radio and public address announcer in New Orleans, is chosen to be the Nats' public address announcer.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11623-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Tauzin to Head Drug Trade Group- May 6, 2005 Retiring Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin (R-La.), chairman of the powerful House Committee on Energy and Commerce until he stepped down from that post earlier this year after complaints about his job hunting, will be the trade group's new chief.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3504-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_nation/states/l... |