Initially, the killings resulted from
clashes among rival New Orleans gangs, says Hurtt. Part of the problem, according to Edwards: a hip-
hop culture clash between kids who feel a need to "represent " their musical
style.

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With their arrival have come new social tensions: one near-riot
between Houston and New Orleans kids at a high school in December resulted in
the arrests of 27 students .msnbc.

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Public services are overwhelmed,
city finances are strained and violent crime is on the rise. Of 189 murders in the six months after the
hurricane, 33 involved Katrina evacuees as either suspects or victims,
according to Police Chief Harold Hurtt. The problem will likely only get worse: on
Jan.

The Battle of the Bulgers!

NEW YORK, There are two books on the shelves
these days about one of the FBI's most wanted, the notorious serial killer
James "Whitey" Bulger.

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Carr's book has already hit The New York Times bestseller list.

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There, residents bemoan the loss of the city's
small -town feel.

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THE BROTHERS BULGER: How They Terrorized and Corrupted
Boston for a Quarter Century (Warner Books Hardcover; February 23, 2006;
$25.

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com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060305/NYSU008 )
In cities stretching from Atlanta to San Antonio that received Katrina
evacuees, good will has often given way to the crude reality of absorbing a
traumatized and sometimes destitute population, reports Miami Bureau Chief
Arian Campo-Flores. "It's more tense, more violent. Many may take Brian McGrory's recommendation in
his March 14th article in the Boston Globe "All these years later, Weeks is
still wielding a shovel, only it's not the dirt from some victim's grave he's
tossing around any more.

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Already
burdened by a high proportion of uninsured people before Katrina, Houston has
had to contend with thousands more.com/id/11677333/site/newsweek/

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" To which, Weeks replied, "Well, I
don't think Howie Carr has the stones to confront any man and say what he
prints to their face.
Which book will the public embrace? It will be interesting to see if the
public wants to put money in the pockets of a convicted felon who was the
close associate of Whitey Bulger, the man only second to Osama Bin Laden on
the FBI's most wanted list.

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NEWSWEEK: Houston Suffering From 'Compassion Fatigue': City With Largest Influx of Katrina Victims Facing Strained Public Services Rising Crime Rates

"It seems like the face of crime has changed in
Houston," said Officer Brandon Brown.com. Weeks' book,
on the other hand, is the first-hand account of what it was like to be
Whitey's accomplice to his many brutal crimes.

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"You'll hear
little snide remarks," Angelo Edwards, vice-chair of the ACORN Katrina
Survivors Association tells Newsweek in the March 13 issue (on newsstands
Monday, March 6).
Though Houston's murder rate was already climbing before Katrina, the
newcomers have added to it. More recently, they've
stemmed from robberies or narcotics, he says. The Houston Independent School District
has been flooded with 5,800 additional kids, out of 20,000 overall in area
schools ."

(Complete article can be read at http://www.

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Backlash Growing: 'Swim in That Katrina Water and Die' Kids Taunt
Grandchildren of One Evacuee

NEW YORK, As some see it, Houston is suffering
from "compassion fatigue.
There are other signs of strain. Carr's book
focuses not only the psychopathic killer, Whitey Bulger, but also exposes his
brother, the former Massachusetts senate president, Billy Bulger. Do yourself a favor and save your money.

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But perhaps no city has been as convulsed as Houston, which
took in the greatest number of survivors. "Our hospitals are
struggling financially to get by, and this doesn't help," says David Persse,
Houston's EMS medical director.95) by the notorious criminal, Kevin Weeks.

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" Six months after the arrival of more than 150,000
Katrina survivors, signs of a backlash are becoming apparent.
(Photo: http://www. Bradley went to Carr for comment, as Whitey
has made it no secret that he 'd like to see this journalist silenced.

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"Now you've got two sticks of dynamite rubbing against each other," he
says. As a
result, countless patients who had been receiving treatment in doctors'
offices may now turn to overwhelmed emergency rooms.

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When
asked if Carr considered Weeks a threat , Carr responded, "It just doesn't seem
like Kevin would have the stones to do it.

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" Soon
after saying that, he was called to respond to an alleged assault. 31, more-generous Medicaid rules for Katrina victims expired.
The battle of the Bulger books began this past Sunday When Ed Bradley
interviewed Weeks on 60 Minutes to talk about the horrendous crimes Weeks was
part of as Whitey's accomplice .

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http://www.95), by veteran Boston Herald reporter, Howie Carr and BRUTAL: The Untold
Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob (HarperCollins; March 2006;
$25.

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"People will say, 'The reason you can't get a job is because
you can't talk right'.
The newcomers are also taxing the area's health-care system.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060315/NYW093 )
These books were published within a month of each other.

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" Among the nasty examples, Dorothy Stukes, an evacuee,
cites: graffiti blaring F--- NEW ORLEANS in her apartment complex, schoolkids
taunting her grandchildren to "swim in that Katrina water and die," and
shopkeepers muttering about survivors' sucking the public coffers dry . "Hospital CEOs are about to have coronaries."
The gloves are off and the battle is on between THE BROTHERS BULGER and
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Many cops are struck by the
brazenness of the evacuees.Newsweek .
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Take Baton Rouge, which added 100,000 people to a pre-
Katrina population of 225,000.

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A New
Orleans woman was accused of attacking her boyfriend , whose head she had
previously slashed with a shard of glass.msn.