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   (Reuters) - Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was due to report   
   to federal prison on Monday to begin serving a 10-year sentence   
   for corruption during the years when the city was struggling to   
   recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.   
      
   Nagin, a Democrat, was thrust into the national spotlight in   
   2005, when Katrina overwhelmed levees and flooded 80 percent of   
   New Orleans, killing 1,500 people and causing some $80 billion   
   in damage.   
      
   He is due to serve his time at a federal prison in Texarkana,   
   Texas, according to television station WDSU.   
      
   Nagin, 58, plans to appeal his conviction. He has said in court   
   filings that he is nearly penniless, and has been granted a   
   court-appointed lawyer.   
      
   The onetime cable company executive who served as New Orleans'   
   mayor from 2002-2010 was convicted on 20 criminal counts   
   including bribery, conspiracy and money laundering, all tied to   
   payments he received for granting city contracts.   
      
   Seeking re-election in 2006, Nagin, a black politician who had   
   enjoyed strong support from both black and white voters, seemed   
   to adopt a racially divisive tone, urging residents to rebuild a   
   "chocolate New Orleans," referring to its majority black   
   population.   
      
   Under federal sentencing rules, Nagin would serve about 8-1/2   
   years in prison with good behavior.   
      
   (Reporting by Jonathan Kaminsky. Editing by Chris Micahud ad   
   Simon Cameron-Moore)   
      
   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/08/us-usa-neworleans-   
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