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Water diverted from the Mississippi River spills through a bay in the Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La., Saturday, May 14, 2011. Water from the inflated Mississippi River gushed through a floodgate Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades and headed toward thousands of homes and farmland in the Cajun countryside, threatening to slowly submerge the land under water up to 25 feet deep. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

Michael Kunzelman

A member of the Louisiana National Guard stands guard as water diverted from the Mississippi River through a bay in the Morganza Spillway begins to fill a pasture in Morganza, La., Saturday, May 14, 2011. Opening the Morganza spillway diverts water away from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and the numerous oil refineries and chemical plants along the lower reaches of the Mississippi. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

Michael Kunzelman

Mississippi River floodwaters continue to creep up the Old Train Depot in downtown Vicksburg, Miss., Saturday, May 14, 2011. The waters from the Mississippi River and its tributaries are not expected to crest in Vicksburg until Thursday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) (AP)

Mary Foster, Melinda Deslatte

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Workers stand atop the Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La., Thursday, May 12, 2011, as water seeps through, bottom, during an aerial tour of areas that may be affected by flooding if the spillway is opened. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

La. readies to open spillway, flood Cajun country

Mary Foster, Holbrook Mohr

How could this face lie to you?

Peter Finocchiaro

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Katrina hangs over police shooting trial in La.

Michael Kunzelman

Diners enjoy lunch in the main dining room at Commander's Palace in the Garden District of New Orleans Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)

Streetlights illuminate damaged homes in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

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30 May 2010. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Lower 9th Ward. Flag waving on the levee wall on the set of Spike Lee's latest movie for HBO. 'If God is Willing and the Creek Don't Rise.'
Photo; Charlie Varley. (Charlie Varley)

Spike Lee's riveting look at New Orleans, now

BP CEO talking departure en route to pension

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"Treme's" last blast

Heather Havrilesky

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Steve Zahn and Elvis Costello in "Treme"

Heather Havrilesky

A cake for BP's oil leak

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Steve Zahn, Kermit Ruffins and Wendell Pierce in "Treme." (Skip Bolen)

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