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Thanks to LSU basketball, where the men's and women's teams are both in the Final Four.
"I just wanted to tell the team that what they're doing is really uplifting Louisiana," said Gov.
Kathleen Blanco, who met with the men's team Monday.
"We've been through a lot of really difficult and dark days.
We all need some relief, and the spirit that they project has given us a real lift."
For southern Louisiana the climb back from the hurricane destruction remains a long one.
New Orleans has only half its pre-Katrina population.
Giant stretches of the city remain filled with empty, wrecked houses.
In southwest Louisiana, where Rita ripped through a month after Katrina, the cleanup continues slowly, with much of the population still scattered and rebuilding still questionable in many areas.
Baton Rouge, about 70 miles northwest of New Orleans, did not get hit as much as spots farther south.
The sto...
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