Natural disasters: The riskiest spots in the U.S. ~DisasterMap.net

Slabbed gets pictures plus other goodies

Massive re-enactment set for Battle of New Orleans ~Cain Burdeau, AP

A Night on the Town ~Richard Campanella

Slabbed gets pictures plus other goodies

Rampart, St. Claude streetcar line work to begin ~New Orleans Advocate 

Steve Scalise still on my mind ~Slabbed

Battle of New Orleans Was Crucial US Victory After All, Historians Say

British memorial for Battle of New Orleans eyed ~Cain Burdeau, AP 

I Ain’t Superstitious ~Adrastos, First Draft

Video: Saints coach Sean Payton talks about what the team did right and wrong this season ~Advocate

Bears request permission to interview Saints’ Ryan Pace ~Mike Triplett, ESPN

Much of David Duke’s ’91 Campaign Is Now in Louisiana Mainstream ~Jeremy Alford, NYT

Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance Working To Create Affordable Housing ~Eve Abrams, WWNO

Historians: Battle of New Orleans crucial for US ~Cain Burdeau, AP

'Apes' visual effects team turns New Orleans into San Francisco ~Patrick Kevin Day, LA Times

New Year's Eve brings warning for those planning to use Uber in New Orleans ~WDSU

French Quarter signs attest to jitters over violent crime ~Caitlan McNally, N.O. Advocate 

Lafitte Greenway to open in Spring 2015 ~Jeanie Riese, Gambit

Tonight: 15 New Year's Eve concerts in New Orleans ~Gambit

Companies dependent on lower Mississippi River want bigger role in Louisiana coastal restoration planning, better communication with planners ~Amy Wold, The Advocate

Jazz funeral held for comedian, disability advocate Jonah Bascle~Dan Lawton, New Orleans Advocate

Three dogs possibly poisoned, three puppies abandoned in Washington Parish ~WDSU 

A New Orleans gun collection holds two hundred years of battlefield history ~David Thier, Garden & Gun