The Nation Today
NEW ORLEANS - Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu of Louisiana was elected mayor of New Orleans yesterday, replacing term-limited Ray Nagin and becoming the majority-black city’s first white mayor since 1979. Landrieu is a 49-year-old moderate Democrat who won in a landslide over a field of 10 opponents in a campaign that focused on the city’s slow recovery from Hurricane Katrina, violent crime, and slumping city finances. The city’s last white mayor was Landrieu’s father, Moon Landrieu. (AP)
COLORADO
3 killed in crash of small planes
BOULDER - A small plane clipped the towline of another plane pulling a glider yesterday, sparking a fiery midair crash in Colorado and killing at least three people. The glider disconnected from the plane just before the second plane hit the tow rope, officials said. The accident happened at about 1:30 p.m. near the Boulder Municipal Airport. The glider landed safely, with no injuries to the three people on board. (AP)CALIFORNIA
Mudslides strike areas north of LA
LOS ANGELES - Thunderous mudslides swept away cars and pushed furniture out of homes and into the streets in the foothills north of Los Angeles yesterday as an intense winter storm brought down hillsides in wildfire burn areas. At least 41 homes were seriously damaged and 500 more were ordered evacuated after heavy rains overflowed debris basins, carried away concrete barricades, and swept cars down streets. (AP)OHIO
Police arrest kin of shooting suspect
YOUNGSTOWN - Police have arrested the parents of a suspect in the killing of an elderly parishioner in a church parking lot, alleging the couple threatened to kill a witness. John Houser, 46, and Frances Cianciola, 48, were arrested Friday. They are the parents of Jamar Houser, 18, who is being held in lieu of a $3 million bond on charges of aggravated murder and robbery. (AP)
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