Award-winning investigative reporter David Hammer to join WWL-TV

Millions lose power in storms as triple-digit temps continue ~MSNBC

Two-thirds of Colo. wildfire evacuees back home

La. parish aims to save itself by building land

Corps awards contract for drainage work

Tough(-ish) questions with the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne ~LA Times Music Blog

Jay Mazza, Up Front and Center: New Orleans Music at the End of the 20th Century (Threadhead Press) ~David Junian, offBeat