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By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Best-selling author - and New Orleans native Michael Lewis is atop the New York Times Best Sellers list again with his new book "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" - a character-rich tale of the handful of investors who went short and won in the recent financial meltdown precipitated by the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market.

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By Ian McNulty

New Orleans, LA – Teachers, staff and school leaders aren't the only ones making a difference in the promising new realm of public education in New Orleans. Every day, local residents from all walks of life are leading after-school classes, enrichment programs, tutoring sessions and workshops in art, music, writing, life skills and more. And many of them are making these contributions thanks to New Orleans Outreach.

By Eileen Fleming

By Eileen Fleming

New Orleans, LA – David hoover talks about the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in the French Quarter, Cathy Washington of the Urban League of Greater New Orleans on the 2010 Public School Expo, Food writer Michael Stern chats about The New Orleans Roadfood Festival

New Orleans, LA – Hi, this is Richard McCarthy with the WWNO Farmers Market Minute

By Andre Perry

New Orleans, LA – Andre Perry discusses how high schools need to partner with colleges to better prepare students for college entrance and retention.

By Diane Mack

New Orleans, La. – A stormy sea voyage lies ahead as the New Orleans Opera Association closes it's season with Wagner's The Flying Dutchman.

New Orleans, LA – Tim Williamson from Idea Village on Entrepenuer Week, Filmaker Les Blank at the Ogden, Chef Frank Brightsen on the James Beard fundraiser, and Dave Isay on Story Corp in New Orleans.

By Ian McNulty

New Orleans, LA –