NEW ORLEANS MOOD: Nearly three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated their city, New Orleanians are deeply dissatisfied with the rebuilding and feel overlooked by the federal government, the national media and the American public. Still, a new poll by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation also reveals a deep-rooted optimism among residents of Orleans Parish, many of whom think that the area’s revitalization efforts are headed in the right direction.
CRASH SURVIVOR: A 66-year-old pilot survived the crash of an experimental plane about 8:30 a.m. Saturday in West Boynton, Fla. Theodore Tanfield’s crash is one of several this year involving experimental aircraft.
PADDLE ON: From Chicago to New York City, a solo kayaker’s 1,700-mile journey to promote prostate cancer awareness has wrapped up at a Manhattan pier. Dozens of kayakers and well-wishers greeted Skip Ciccarelli on Saturday as he paddled down the Hudson River. He set out 54 days earlier, following a route through three of the Great Lakes and the Erie Canal.
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