AP - Tropical Storm Zeta, the 27th named storm of a record-breaking hurricane season, maintained its strength as it drifted across the Atlantic on Sunday, but forecasters expected it to eventually weaken.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta was expected to weaken Monday as it drifted westward over the central Atlantic, forecasters said.

AP - It's lunchtime and Elvira and Nick are having a quick bite, then it's back to an afternoon of swimming in their big glass house on the Mississippi River.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta moved slowly westward over the central Atlantic on Monday and was expected to weaken, forecasters said.

AP - It's lunchtime and Elvira and Nick are having a quick bite, then it's back to an afternoon of swimming in their big glass house on the Mississippi River.

Reuters - New Orleans could take three to five years to regain its population of nearly half a million before Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin said on Sunday, in a more optimistic view than some predictions the historic jazz city may never fully recover.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta moved slowly westward over the central Atlantic on Monday and was expected to weaken, forecasters said.

AP - It's lunchtime and Elvira and Nick are having a quick bite, then it's back to an afternoon of swimming in their big glass house on the Mississippi River.

Reuters - New Orleans could take three to five years to regain its population of nearly half a million before Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin said on Sunday, in a more optimistic view than some predictions the historic jazz city may never fully recover.

Reuters - Jim Haslett, whose beleaguered New Orleans Saints team was forced into a season-long road trip after Hurricane Katrina, was one of four head coaches fired on Monday.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta moved slowly westward over the central Atlantic on Monday, posing no threat to land, forecasters said.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta moved slowly westward over the central Atlantic on Monday, posing no threat to land, forecasters said.

AP - Hurricane Katrina evacuees around the nation who faced a Jan. 7 deadline for checking out of their government-funded hotel rooms have received a reprieve: Federal officials will keep paying for the rooms beyond that date as they iron out issues arising from a class-action lawsuit.

AP - It's lunchtime and Elvira and Nick are having a quick bite, then it's back to an afternoon of swimming in their big glass house on the Mississippi River.

Reuters - New Orleans could take three to five years to regain its population of nearly half a million before Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin said on Sunday, in a more optimistic view than some predictions the historic jazz city may never fully recover.