Sep 3rd, 2008 · As New Orleans residents begin to return to the city, they'll find uprooted trees and some ongoing power outages, but not the more devastating damage that was feared. That's thanks, in part, to the rebuilt levees that protected the city. Work to make them stronger continues.
Sep 1st, 2008 · Officials are cautiously optimistic that New Orleans is safe after Hurricane Gustav. We track how the levees, rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina, are holding up and examine how the police and national guard are reacting. This is the first real test for the disaster system since Hurricane Katrina left more than 1,000 people dead.
Jun 25th, 2008 · The Library of Congress has managed to re-create —with the help of rare-book collectors —-the missing two-thirds of Thomas Jefferson's Library. Mark Dimunation, of the Library of Congress, discusses Jefferson's tastes and rare-book detectives.
Apr 18th, 2008 · Amy Levin bought a three-story town house and had it gutted and rebuilt with environmentally-friendly products. Her goal? To lower the carcinogentic compounds in the air she breathes inside daily. See how she did it.
Nov 15th, 2007 · The Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a federal buyout of 17,000 properties along the Mississippi coast that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. But residents who have rebuilt oppose the idea because they say it would mean the end of some small communities.
Aug 31st, 2007 · Color is among the vibrant signs of hope for those recovering from Hurricane Katrina. As the wrecked, washed-out homes of Gulf Coast residents are slowly rebuilt, bright, cheerful, colorful paint seems to be the one thing strong enough to wipe away the past.
Aug 28th, 2007 · Donald and Colleen Bordelon's home in St. Bernard Parish, La., was still in ruins a year after being flooded by Hurricane Katrina. But since then, they've nearly finished rebuilding and are growing confident the neighborhood will come back, too.
Jul 17th, 2007 · The intelligence estimate says the terror network will bolster its operations in the U.S. It has also rebuilt its senior leadership and restored its safe havens in Pakistan.