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August 29, 2006
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Iraq Violence

We’ll have the latest on Iraq. Fifty gunmen loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have been killed in clashes in the southern city of Diwaniyah with the Iraqi army, which lost 23 troops.

Katrina, One Year Later

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Examining life in New Orleans on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Louisiana Turns Republican

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The President says New Orleans will rise again. But what will that city look like? We speak to historian Douglas Brinkley. Inaction, he says, has turned Louisiana into a republican state.

Salt Lake City

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The democratic mayor of Salt Lake City joins us to talk about why he’s taking part in a protest against President Bush’s policies.

Polygamist Arrest

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The fugitive leader of a polygamist Mormon sect has been arrested in southern Nevada.

New Orleans Writer

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Ronnie Virgets, writer and public radio broadcaster from New Orleans, reads from his memoir about Katrina.

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