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NEW ORLEANS - There will be no more Domino's deliveries in the Lower 9th Ward after dark.It is one of the changes the pizza company is making after another one of its drivers was murdered in the Lower 9th Ward while on the job, but residents and one city leader say the policy change is a knee-jerk reaction that is singling out their community."It just, again, puts a black eye on this community," said Vanessa Gueringer, a life-long resident of the Lower 9th Ward.Michael Price, a 36-year-old father of three, is the second Domino's delivery driver murdered on the job...

Christmas Lights in Ninth WardVolunteers working with the Common Grounds Collective,a non-profit community service and relief organization based in New Orleans,gather under generator-powered Christmas lightsstrung at the corner of North Robertson and Louisa in the Ninth Ward. Michael DeMocker / Times-Picayune

Government would make repairs that property owners can't afford Faced with tens of thousands of heavily damaged homes in the New Orleans area, and a cloud of uncertainty about whether their owners want or will be able to repair them, lawmakers and other leaders are floating radical ideas that would give the government broader control over private property.