• Legislators offer ideas to improve disaster response

• State hires auditor to look at bill for bus evacuations

• Algiers film center proposed

• Vacant lots overgrowing neighbors patience

• Fish fry at the Dome

• Zero gravity inspiration

• Regional Transit Authority seeks streetcar fare increase in New Orleans 6:45 a.m. CT

• New Orleans District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro to petition City Council today for more money 8:05 a.m. CT

• New Orleans City Council backs privatization application for Armstrong International airport 8:57 a.m. CT

• Tulane to unveil $27.5 million biosafety lab at Covington primate center next month 8:20 a.m. CT

• Marc Morial calls for increased urban initiatives under Obama 8:49 a.m. CT

• Deuce McAllister, Will Smith, Charles Grant, New Orleans Saints, all in a waiting mode over banned substance appeal

• LSU football gets another commitment in local linebacker

• Two more cops caught speeding on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway 7:56 p.m. CT

• Slidell City Council approves mini-storage with stipulations 5:33 p.m. CT

• Man convicted in 2006 robbery, attack on Madisonville Mayor Peter Gitz 4:05 p.m. CT

• Stocks jump following Wednesday's rout 9:16 a.m. CT