AP - Assailed for its many missteps in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the American Red Cross is plunging into a daunting, two-track effort to overhaul its entire disaster response system and the often cumbersome way it governs itself.

Reuters - Hurricane evacuees got a chance to grill New Orleans mayoral hopefuls on Saturday, quizzing them on their plans to bring back the more than half of the city's pre-Katrina population still in exile.