AP - The spiritual leader of the world's 200 million Orthodox Christians visited the devastated Lower Ninth Ward and prayed for the victims Hurricane Katrina on Saturday.

AP - Tangeyon Wall shivers, partly from anger and partly because it's a chilly New Orleans morning and there's no heat in her gutted home.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta fell apart Friday in the open Atlantic, finally bringing the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season to an end.

AP - The Bush administration handed out the first hurricane relief payments to schools and colleges, awarding more than $250 million on Thursday to four Gulf Coast states as part of a $1.6 billion in recovery aid.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta fell apart Friday in the open Atlantic, finally bringing the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season to an end.

AP - The Bush administration handed out the first hurricane relief payments to schools and colleges, awarding more than $250 million on Thursday to four Gulf Coast states as part of a $1.6 billion in recovery aid.

AFP - The New Orleans-Oklahoma City Hornets, chased from their Louisiana home by the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, will return to New Orleans for three games in March, the National Basketball Association said.

Reuters - Police in Houston reported a 23 percent jump in murders over the last year as the fourth largest U.S. city grappled with 150,000 evacuees from New Orleans and no extra money to cope with the influx.

AP - Thousands of Hurricane Katrina evacuees staying in hotels at government expense may be able to extend their stays beyond a Feb. 7 deadline, federal officials said.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta fell apart Friday in the open Atlantic, finally bringing the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season to an end.

AP - The Bush administration handed out the first hurricane relief payments to schools and colleges, awarding more than $250 million on Thursday to four Gulf Coast states as part of a $1.6 billion in recovery aid.

AP - The National Urban League and likely other civil rights groups would oppose any New Orleans rebuilding plan that would do away with the neighborhoods most heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the league's president said Saturday.

AP - A judge blocked the eviction Saturday of about 100 people from a New Orleans hotel, which had ordered tenants displaced by Hurricane Katrina to move out to make room for new guests.

AP - Tropical Storm Zeta fell apart Friday in the open Atlantic, finally bringing the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season to an end.

AP - The Bush administration handed out the first hurricane relief payments to schools and colleges, awarding more than $250 million on Thursday to four Gulf Coast states as part of a $1.6 billion in recovery aid.