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For all the talk of 'civilization collapsing' in New Orleans, some people showed the traditional American can-do spirit. I'd guess more stories like this will come out in the weeks to come.

Check out this photo diary of the lead-up to the storm and the first couple of days of the aftermath.

This woman's story is just unimaginably harrowing.

Tim Cavanaugh in Reason enumerates just how much federal pork Alaska has been receiving, money that could have been put to better use in Louisiana.