Louisiana Katrina victims still awaiting cottages (AP via Yahoo! News)
Chris Cheramie isn't a Katrina victim, but he was surprised to learn he is the first person to occupy a home of a kind specifically designed to shelter Louisiana residents displaced by the storm.

FEMA Locating Space To House 250,000 Louisiana Evacuees (WDSU New Orleans)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and state officials are looking for space to house 250,000 evacuees that are expected to leave Louisiana's coastal parishes when a hurricane threatens.

Louisiana ex-fugitive pleads guilty in MN murder (Lexington Herald-Leader)
A Louisiana man who led authorities on a two-week search last summer has pleaded guilty in the strangulation death of a Minnesota woman. Jeremy Brooks, 27, accepted the plea deal Thursday in Wright County District Court. Brooks is expected to get a life sentence without parole for the death of 58-year-old Ruth Ouverson August 3, 2007, near Montrose. Before serving his Minnesota ...

Louisiana ex-fugitive pleads guilty in MN murder (The Bismarck Tribune)
BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) - A Louisiana man who led authorities on a two-week search last summer before being captured in North Dakota has pleaded guilty in the death of a Minnesota woman.

Louisiana Katrina victims still awaiting cottages (The Charlotte Observer)
Chris Cheramie isn't a Katrina victim, but he was surprised to learn he is the first person to occupy a home of a kind specifically designed to shelter Louisiana residents displaced by the storm. Cheramie unknowingly purchased a prototype of the Louisiana Cottage, a long-awaited alternative to the flimsy government-issued trailers that have housed tens of thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane ...