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Six Months After Katrina

Six Months After Katrina: A Family Reflects

The Smith family was uprooted from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. The five family members share how their lives have changed since their move to Texas.

Six Months After Katrina: A Family Reflects

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America's One-Room Schools

'Old Hawaiian' Life Fading with Loss of Maui School

The last one-room school in the state of Hawaii closed in 2005, just a few weeks before the school year began. There had been a school in the village of Ke'anae, on the north coast of Maui, for 96 years.

'Old Hawaiian' Life Fading with Loss of Maui School

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Law

Anna Nicole Smith Has Her Day in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court justices seem sympathetic to actress Anna Nicole Smith as they hear arguments in her case to claim part of her late billionaire husband's estate. The question is whether federal courts have a role in probate issues, which traditionally are in the control of the states.

Anna Nicole Smith Has Her Day in Supreme Court

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Six Months After Katrina

Demolition Looms for Ninth Ward of New Orleans

Not far from the festivities in New Orleans, the Ninth Ward sits nearly silent. One of the hardest-hit neighborhoods, it was severely flooded after Hurricane Katrina. But just as homeowners are trickling back to reclaim their neighborhood, bulldozers are on the way to begin demolition.

Demolition Looms for Ninth Ward of New Orleans

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Technology

KFC Trains TiVo Users to Tune In to Commercials

In response to technology that allows TV viewers to skip the ads, KFC has hidden a message in its commercials. It can be discerned when played back slowly on a VCR or DVR. And that effort earns a viewer a coupon for a chicken sandwich.

KFC Trains TiVo Users to Tune In to Commercials

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Law

Government Pays Egyptian Man in Civil-Rights Claim

The U.S. government is paying $300,000 to an Egyptian man who was detained for more than a year after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but was never linked to terrorism. Ehab Elmaghraby sued, claiming that he was abused at a detention center and that his civil rights were violated.

Government Pays Egyptian Man in Civil-Rights Claim

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Montana Uses Shock Tactic in War on Drugs

A graphic series of anti-meth advertisements has hit the airways in Montana. The ads are designed to grab the attention of kids and inform them about the dangers of methamphetamine. Thomas M. Siebel, chairman of the Montana Meth Project, talks with Melissa Block about the campaign.

Montana Uses Shock Tactic in War on Drugs

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Listeners' Letters About Danny Perasa

Danny Perasa died last week after fighting pancreatic cancer for months. Morning Edition first met Danny and his wife Annie two years ago when they interviewed each other for StoryCorps. Danny Perasa will be buried today. Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne read from listeners' letters.

Listeners' Letters About Danny Perasa

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Katrina & Beyond

New Orleans Emergency Rooms Up and Running

New Orleans emergency rooms have easily kept up with demand during Mardi Gras after health-care officials rushed to get emergency services up and running. Two national-disaster mobile medical units have been deployed to the city and a mobile trauma "level one" unit came from North Carolina.

New Orleans Emergency Rooms Up and Running

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Katrina & Beyond

Festivities Mask Sadness in New Orleans

Tuesday marks 150th anniversary of Mardi Gras parading in New Orleans -- and the six-month anniversary, almost to the day, of Hurricane Katrina. Robert Siegel and Michelle Norris report on the unusual mingling of boisterous festivities and lingering sadness in the city.

Festivities Mask Sadness in New Orleans

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Katrina & Beyond

Carnival Culture from Around the World on Display

The Museum of International Folk Art has compiled an audio-visual history of carnival celebrations around the world: their pageantry, history, and a glimpse of the future.

Carnival Culture from Around the World on Display

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Six Months After Katrina

A Special Mardi Gras for Central Grocery

Central Grocery, one of New Orleans' best-loved specialty foods stores, had to close for a few months after Hurricane Katrina hit. But one of its owners forged ahead to re-open in time for Mardi Gras and the Central Grocery's 100th birthday.

A Special Mardi Gras for Central Grocery

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Law

Anna Nicole Smith's Supreme Effort

A melodrama makes the Supreme Court's agenda: Actress Anna Nicole Smith's fights for a stake of her late husband's multimillion-dollar estate. Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick fills Alex Chadwick in on the details.

Anna Nicole Smith's Supreme Effort

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Six Months After Katrina

Zulu Krewe Loves a Parade

The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club is the oldest mostly-black krewe in New Orleans' Mardi Gras parade. They're at the head of the procession this year amid recovery from Hurricane Katrina. The decision to parade, say some members, was a difficult choice.

Zulu Krewe Loves a Parade

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