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For New Orleans, Brad Pitt houses were not enough

August 1, 2011 By John Wojcik

Some of the gleaming new structures sit opposite desolate, abandoned lots while others are sandwiched in between crumbling houses to which no one has returned.

Naki’o: the amazing bionic puppy

June 27, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Naki'o made history as the first pet to have a complete set of bionic legs.

Blown-up levee destroys black community

June 21, 2011 By Blake Skylar

A small African-American town is suffering after the Army Corps of Engineers decided to blow holes in a levee in eastern Missouri.

Stop the banksters: Michigan county weighs foreclosure moratorium

June 16, 2011 By John Rummel

The UAW's Miguel Foster called the area's foreclosure epidemic an "economic and human catastrophe" that is affecting many of his union's members.

Arrested for feeding the homeless

June 15, 2011 By Lisa Bergmann

As police officers here arrested four people for distributing food to the homeless in an Orlando park, June 8, a crowd chanted, "Food is a right, not a privilege!"