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New Orleans has lost a huge number of jobs as a result of Hurricane Katrina. But right now, the city is experiencing a labor shortage. Fast food outlets are offering signing bonuses and paying premium wages to new hires. Other businesses also are scrambling to find enough workers.

The law bans nearly all abortions, and doctors providing pregnancy care are hoping for more clarity soon, as legal challenges continue.

Allman worked on Southern Blood in the years before his death in May. "I hope you're haunted by the music of my soul, when I'm gone," Allman sings on the first single.

UPDATE: As of this afternoon it is reported that this production has been cancelled. From the Hartford Wagner Festival web site: "It is with great…

114-year-old Lessie Brown died Tuesday at her home in Cleveland Heights. Family members attributed her longevity to her love of sweet potatoes. "I don't think that's it," Brown told media in 2013.

If Carson Palmer really doesn't like being in the spotlight, how does the former Bengals quarterback feel about the NFL Network's one-hour A Football...

Raskin gave himself until July to announce his plans. He was weighing a reelection campaign against a run for the U.S. Senate. He went into remission for cancer in April.

U.S. television executives could only dream of this kind of market penetration: 99.8 percent of Icelandic TV viewers watched Iceland upset England in a European soccer tournament.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Anna Douglas about the close U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races happening in North Carolina. She reports on North Carolina for McClatchy DC.

While foreclosures mount, some businesses are profiting. They include first-time home buyers, some mortgage brokers and companies that clean-up and fix-up…