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We have to hand it to New Orleans politicians — they really know how to put their feet in their mouths. First Mayor Ray Nagin came out with his infamous "chocolate city" remarks, and now some New Orleans City Council members have said they don't want the city's poorest residents to return unless they're willing to work. The report initially came from the New Orleans Times-Picayune:

Just when you're starting to think living next door to a refinery isn't so bad, the refinery releases some kind of fog that leaves caramel-colored oily residue all over houses, cars and anything left outdoors. It happened to some Baytown residents this week when some gas oil — a heavy, waxy substance similar to crude oil — leaked from a storage tank Monday and a cloud of oil-containing steam drifted over to the Archia Courts public housing complex.

A new development in the Katrina evacuee housing story: Fannie Mae and the Harris County Housing Authority will offer police officers, firefighters, nurses and other public servants staying in Houston a rent-free year in 68 foreclosed houses and condos in the Houston area.