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July 13, 2010

GOP senator says he backs birther lawsuits

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana says he supports conservative organizations challenging President Barack Obama's citizenship in…
July 13, 2010

Four officers charged in Katrina bridge shootings

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - 'Put simply, we will not tolerate wrongdoing by those who are sworn to protect the public,'…
July 2, 2010

Essence Fest returns joy to New Orleans amid spill

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - This weekend's Essence Music Festival is helping New Orleans overcome the perception that the city has…
June 25, 2010

BP oil spill leaves local black businesses in the muck

theGRIO REPORT - It has sickened residents, threatened their traditional way of life, crippled the fishing industry there and left…
June 10, 2010

Feds: BP agrees to expedite oil spill payments

GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (AP) - Fishermen, property owners and businesspeople are complaining delays and skimpy payments from BP for damage…
June 10, 2010

Why the BP oil spill is not another Katrina

OPINION - Any attempt at equating the oil spill with Katrina is another far-right effort to attack Obama and undermine…
June 7, 2010

Obama says US will bounce back from oil crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) - Surrounded by Cabinet members, Obama said that not only is he confident that the crisis will pass…
June 7, 2010

Long road ahead for Gulf Coast oil spill cleanup

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) - Although a geyser of oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is…
June 4, 2010

Obama sees progress on oil spill response

KENNER, Louisiana (AP) - But the president says it's "way too early to be optimistic" about BP's latest attempt to…
June 4, 2010

Can the Gulf Coast still be saved?

OPINION - President Obama should respond to the oil gushing from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico as he…
June 4, 2010

Cap collecting Gulf oil, still unclear how much

GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (AP) - It's the latest bid to contain -- not plug -- the worst U.S. oil spill.…
June 3, 2010

Feds send BP $69M bill as Obama plans return to Gulf

WASHINGTON (AP) - BP has until July 1 to pay back what the government says is 75 percent of costs…
June 3, 2010

In ‘significant step forward,’ BP slices oil pipe

METAIRIE, La. (AP) - BP turned to the shears after a diamond-tipped saw became stuck in the pipe halfway through…
June 2, 2010

Will black contractors be sidelined in BP spill clean up?

OPINION - "One thing that compounds a tragedy," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, "is when the victims aren't even allowed to…
May 29, 2010

BP’s top kill effort fails to plug Gulf oil leak

ROBERT, La. (AP) - BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said the company determined the "top kill" method had failed…
May 28, 2010

Slideshow: Obama sees Gulf oil spill up close

SLIDESHOW - Obama arrived in the Gulf, where he stood on Fourchon Beach in his shirt-sleeves and called reporters to…
May 3, 2010

Obama seeks to reassure as oil slick nears coast

WASHINGTON (AP) - The leaking oil imperils not only the environment but an abundant fishing industry, which Obama called "the…
May 2, 2010

Obama to do everything ‘humanly possible’ on oil spill

VENICE, La. (AP) - No remedy in sight, President Obama on Sunday warned of a "massive and potentially unprecedented environmental…
April 23, 2010

Is pollution in small town La. a case of environmental racism?

VIDEO - Decades after the first chemical companies moved in, Mossville, La. residents are convinced that these plants are making…
April 15, 2010

Blacks at La. company subject to nooses and slurs, EEOC says

DALLAS (AP) -- Black workers in Texas employed by a Louisiana-based oil-services company were taunted with racial slurs and nooses…