Quotes of the Week [August 2, 2010]

• Tags: Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, Billy Nungesser, Tony Hayward, BP Oil Disaster

DNA D.O.A.

FIVE YEARS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA, THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS STILL HAS NO DNA LAB, THOUGH IT HAS STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS TO BUILD ONE — AND HAS BEEN LEASING SPACE FOR A LAB SINCE 2007

• by Matt Davis
• Tags: Cover Story, New Orleans Police Department, Crime Lab

Bouquets & Brickbats

• Tags: Bouquets & Brickbats: local heroes and zeroes, Justice Bernette J. Johnson, Jonathan Bush, The Oregon Bartenders' Guild, David Vitter

The Case Against Nagin

• Tags: Commentary, Ray Nagin, Leon Cannizzaro, NOPD

Women of the Storm Denies HuffPo Charge

• Tags: Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, Women of the Storm, Sandra Bullock, Huffington Post

Free Health Screenings

• Tags: Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, Joseph Cao

Cao: Obama's GOP Buddy

GOP Rep. Anh Joseph 'Good To See You' Cao has a friend in President Barack Obama. Is that enough to sway an electorate that's overwhelmingly Democratic?

• by Jeremy Alford
• Tags: News Feature, Barack Obama, Jospeh Cao

Oil, Oil (Still) Everywhere

• Tags: Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, Oil Disaster, Media Response

Patricia Clarkson Adds Her Voice to Gulf Efforts

• Tags: Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Clarkson, BP Oil Disaster

"OPPORTUNITY" MAY STOP KNOCKING for vessels

• Tags: Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, Louisiana Vessels of Opportunity, BP, Oil Disaster

Duck Stamps for 2010

• Tags: Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, 2010 Duck Stamps

Bonnie a 'Drill' for Guard

• Tags: Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, Hurricane, Oil Disaster

Where is the House of the Rising Sun ?

Blake Pontchartrain

The Cheatin' Side of Town

• by Clancy DuBos
• Tags: Politics by Clancy DuBos, David Vitter, Chet Traylor

The News at 5

• Tags: Chris Rose, Chris Rose, Hurricane Katrina Anniversary, BP Oil Disaster

101 Runners

• Tags: The Gambit Picks, 101 Runners, Tipitina's

Rough Seven with Ratty Scurvics and Hurray For the Riff Raff

• Tags: The Gambit Picks, Rough Seven, Ratty Scurvics, Hurray For the Riff Raff, One Eyed Jacks

White Linen Night

• Tags: The Gambit Picks, White Linen Night, Julia Street, Contemporary Arts Center

Ty Segall

• Tags: The Gambit Picks, Ty Segall, One Eyed Jacks

Satchmo Summerfest

The Satchmo Summer Fest

A celebration of Louis Armstrong's birthday and legacy.

• by Jennifer Kilbourne
• Tags: Events Feature, Satchmo Summerfest

Nerdnite

• Tags: The Gambit Picks, Nerdnite, BSI Comics

Dax Riggs' Say Goodnight to the World

• Tags: Music Recommended, Dax Rigg, One Eyed Jacks

Cyndi Lauper

• Tags: Music Recommended, Cyndi Lauper, House of Blues

Blackbird

• Tags: Stage Previews and Reviews, Blackbird, Elm Theater

New Orleans French Film Festival

• Tags: Film Reviews, New Orleans French Film Festival, Prytania Theater

And Everything Is Going Fine

High Art

Liberty's kitchen on School Lunch

• Tags: Food News, Liberty's Kitchen

2008 Aqua Pumpkin Pinot Noir

Meson 923

An exceptional new restaurant Makes a Splash in the Warehouse District

• by Ian McNulty
• Tags: Restaurant Review, Meson 923

Five places for house-made meats

• Tags: Five in 5, A Mano, Emeril's Delmonico, Crescent Pie & Sausage, Domenica, Cochon, Butcher

Little Morocco

• Tags: Food News, Little Morocco, African Cuisine

Bones Author speaks in New Orleans

• Tags: Health News, Dr. Kathy Reichs, Bones, Forensic Science

Kids Health

• by Mary Cross
• Tags: Health News, Dr. Lisa A. Casey

Baby Yoga

Shared yoga practices benefit both mothers and infants

• by Missy Wilkinson
• Tags: Body Equity, Wild Lotus Yoga, Postnatal Yoga

How effective is your doctor or hospital?

Here's How to Find Out

• by Keith Darcey

What are the risk factors for osteoporosis?

• Tags: Ask the Experts at East Jefferson General Hospital, Osteoporosis

14 Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat Vegetables ... and Love Them

• Tags: Health News, How to Get Your Kids to Eat Vegetables

Jazmine Cafe's Spring Roll Recipe

• by Jennifer Kilbourne
• Tags: Health News, Jazzmine Cafe, Spring Roll Recipe, Chef Linh Pham

Hope Gala

• Tags: Health News, American Cancer Society's Hope Gala

No Babies at the Interim LSU Public Hospital

Lifesaving Blood Ties

Kandace Power Graves on how a baby's cord blood saved a brother with leukemia.

• by Kandace Power Graves

Massage Envy

• by Mary Cross
• Tags: Shoptalk, Massage Envy