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Louisiana probes euthanasia allegations
The Louisiana attorney general is investigating whether staff at a New Orleans hospital may have euthanized frail patients in the days after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city and conditions in the facility deteriorated.
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Oct. 27: The hardest-hit and poorest victims of Hurricane Katrina got their first look at their hurricane-devastated neighborhood. NBC's Martin Savidge reports.
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