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The new comedy The Man stars actor and comic Eugene Levy. He's also had memorable roles in Splash, Best in Show and the American Pie movies. Levy was part of the original cast of Second City TV or SCTV, which also featured Martin Short and the late John Candy.

Thousands of hurricane victims who wanted to leave New Orleans remained stranded in squalid conditions until this afternoon, when buses evacuated most of those remaining at the Convention Center. Security in the city seems to be improving, though the city is not really safe.

In the early 1980s, commentator Alexs Pate worked for a company called City Venture Corporation, which pooled big companies' resources to tackle inner-city poverty. It failed. Now, Pate says, it's time to try again to involve corporate America in the inner city. Pate is the author of the novel Amistad and is an assistant professor in African American and African Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Stuart Bowen is the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. His office has just released its seventh Quarterly Report to Congress. The report documents how $30 billion set aside for Iraqi reconstruction was spent -- and how to prevent waste and fraud.

Scott McClellan is under fire from the White House press corps because of the Valerie Plame case. David Folkenflik looks at the conflict and McClellan's odd position in the long line of White House press secretaries.

Renee Montagne talks with Michael Gerhardt about how Samuel Alito may shape decisions on states' rights if his nomination to the Supreme Court is confirmed. Gerhardt teaches constitutional law at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

In Port Arthur, Texas, an oil refining town that was in the direct path of Hurricane Rita, officials are now assessing the damage to pipelines and refineries. Almost every building in town has had some damage.

When a musical group needs a dobro guitar player, Jerry Douglas is the go-to guy. Douglas can be heard on some 1,500 recordings. Occasionally, he breaks out to make his own records. His latest is called The Best Kept Secret.

Hannah Einbinder is a comedian and actress who was nominated for an Emmy for her role in HBO's Hacks, so we've invited her on to answer three questions about questionable life hacks.

Across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, people in the town of Slidell, La., are struggling to deal with their own version of Katrina's devastation.