Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's governor during Katrina, dies
By MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state's first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, has died. After struggling for years with cancer, Blanco died Sunday in hospice care in Lafayette. She was 76. "Our hearts are broken, but we are joyful