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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison in July 2014 for bribery, money laundering, fraud and tax violations stemming from his two terms as New Orleans' mayor from 2002-2010. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Image: National World War II Museum, New Orleans

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Former NBA player Bill Russell waves to the crowd during the NBA All Star basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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RUSSELL BRAND - In this handout booking photo provided by the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office, actor Russell Brand is seen after being booked in New Orleans, Thursday, March 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office)

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... and lose the robe! (Illustration by Walt Handelsman of The New Orleans Advocate)

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Water breaks over the I-wall along the industrial canal as Hurricane Gustav arrives in New Orleans on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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People line up to be evacuated from the train station parking lot in New Orleans Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast. People who do not have a way out of the city are being put on trains and buses. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

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Times-Picayune staff photographer Alex Brandon swims away from the paper in the flooded city of New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Brandon had swam to the building to get a memory card of photos to the paper.(AP Photo/Bill Haber)

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Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina fill the streets near downtown New Orleans, La., on Aug. 30, 2005. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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National Guard trucks haul residents through floodwaters to the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina hit in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Officials called for a mandatory evacuation of the city, but many residents remained in the city. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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FILE - This Aug, 31, 2005 file photo shows a man pushing his bicycle through flood waters near the Superdome in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina left much of the city under water. Hurricane responses by politicians mean avoiding disaster _ their own. Katrina’s legacy looms large as Isaac heads toward New Orleans and politicians from local Gulf Coast parishes to the White House and the Republican convention host city of Tampa, Fla., are calibrating their actions and their words, mindful of the sensitivities of how the public will perceive them. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Sen. Ted Cruz addresses the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La., Saturday, May 31, 2014. Midterm election campaigns are in full swing, but several thousand Republicans gathering in Louisiana look toward a bigger prize. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

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Sen. Ted Cruz addresses the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La., Saturday, May 31, 2014. Midterm election campaigns are in full swing, but several thousand Republicans gathering in Louisiana look toward a bigger prize. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)