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Leading up to the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orleans, HandsOn will recruit and train ten thousand volunteer leaders and mobilize fifty thousand volunteers to support the region's environmental and economic recovery....

For the first time since it was a Spanish colony some 200 years ago, New Orleans is getting revitalized by Spanish speakers.

In a century-old building at 220 Camp St. bustle a bunch of new-fangled companies -- the kind once considered as likely to call New Orleans home as the Saints winning the Super Bowl.

The Big Easy is making a big comeback. New Orleans has steadily won back some of the population it lost in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, according to a government report released Wednesday.

New Orleans residents can celebrate more than Mardi Gras. The city's economy is doing pretty well because of the tourism and construction industries.

Will it last? Kate Archer Kent reports.

After Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, many residents were quick to rush back. Dan Baum covered New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and talks to Kai Ryssdal about why the Crescent City is so appealing.