By Fred Kasten

New Orleans – Today - on "The Sound of Books" - with Fred Kasten - the critically-acclaimed new dual biography by LSU history professors Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg -"Madison and Jefferson"...

To find out more about "Madison and Jefferson" - and Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg's Friday, October 8, 2010 6 pm appearance at Octavia Books - please click here .

German Potato Salad (Serves 4 - 6)

Ingredients:
4 medium, Idaho potatoes
1 tablespoon salt
4 slices bacon
1 small onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons salad oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

By Eileen Fleming

New Orleans, La. – Kenneth Feinberg says claims will now be considered that are submitted from areas not directly impacted by oil. He says the process is fluid and he's making changes as issues are brought to his attention.

"I am listening. I am willing to make mid-course corrections based on input from the very people I'm trying to help." :09

By Eileen Fleming

New Orleans, La. – E-P-A Administrator Lisa Jackson met in New Orleans with groups concerned about having a role in Gulf restoration. The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, for instance, says toxic waste coming from the BP spill should not be sent only to landfills in low-income areas. Jackson says those concerns will be addressed.

By Eileen Fleming

By Ian McNulty

New Orleans, LA – Community IMPACT Series: New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative, Oct. 5, 2010

By Eileen Fleming

By Eileen Fleming

New Orleans, LA –

By Eileen Fleming

New Orleans, La. – Claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg says the flood of checks in recent days is the result of a streamlined process he ordered over the weekend.

Feinberg is in charge of the $20 billion dollar fund the White House negotiated with the oil company.

Since taking over the claim process from BP in August, the fund has paid out more than 42-thousand requests for economic damages.