Police: Katrina hero plotted ex-wife's murder
The subject of the best-selling nonfiction book "Zeitoun" about a nightmarish incarceration during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath has been accused of plotting to murder his ex-wife, her son and another man. Full story
APNewsBreak: US auditing post-Katrina sewer cash
Federal housing authorities are auditing the use of more than $650 million in grants designated for an ambitious plan for sewage and water systems across south Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, The Associated Press has learned. Full story
Entertainment: Sept. 11 and Katrina top TV's most memorable moments
LOS ANGELES -- Watching news coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina disaster and the O.J. Simpson murder verdict proved to be the most impactful TV moments of the past 50 years in the United States, according to a study released Wednesday.Television research … Full story
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Where is the Democratic Party?
Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests, including MSNBC contributor Karen Finney, Republican consultant Katon Dawson, The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel and Think Progress’ Igor Volsky, talk about the shifting composition of the Democratic Party.
Justice Roberts as the legislative ‘umpire’
Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests analyze Supreme Court Justice John Roberts’ motivations in his Supreme Court ruling. New York University professor Kenji Yoshino, Republican consultant Katon Dawson, The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel, and Think Progress’ Igor Volsky join Melissa Harris-Perry to d
Times-Picayune driven to downsize
The newspaper industry’s dwindling profits have forced one of the nation’s oldest newspapers to stop printing newspapers seven days a week. Instead, the paper plans to print three issues a week and host the rest of its content online. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports.
Eurozone apocalypse near?
As world leaders are convene this week in the United States for the G8 Summit at Camp David and the NATO Summit in Chicago, The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, Reason.com editor Nick Gillespie, and Latino Decision’s Victoria DeFrancesco Soto join Melissa Harris
House strips down Violence Against Women Act protections
The House of Representatives passed its version of the Violence Against Women Act this week, but the Melissa Harris-Perry panelists - including Katrina vanden Heuvel, Elon James White, Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, and Nick Gillespie - are joined by Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., as they discuss how this ver
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