AP - The IRS will put off until after the new year enforcement action against people in Hurricane Katrina-hit areas who are late in paying their income taxes, IRS Commissioner Mark Everson said Friday.

Reuters - John Harris served his last customer at his Lilette restaurant in New Orleans about 36 hours before Hurricane Katrina hit, piled into a car and drove the roughly 75 miles Baton Rouge in 13 hours.

AP - David Rideout braced for a grueling court battle when he sued Allstate Insurance Co. for denying his claim after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

AP - Much of the $2.6 million the Agriculture Department gave to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita was unnecessary, a federal audit said.

AP - In the spirit of French Quarter laissez faire, the drinks were flowing again at a bar and pizza parlor where five people were wounded just hours before.

AP - The IRS will put off until after the new year enforcement action against people in Hurricane Katrina-hit areas who are late in paying their income taxes, IRS Commissioner Mark Everson said Friday.

Reuters - John Harris served his last customer at his Lilette restaurant in New Orleans about 36 hours before Hurricane Katrina hit, piled into a car and drove the roughly 75 miles Baton Rouge in 13 hours.

AP - David Rideout braced for a grueling court battle when he sued Allstate Insurance Co. for denying his claim after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

AP - Much of the $2.6 million the Agriculture Department gave to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita was unnecessary, a federal audit said.