Topic: New Orleans

US exports are almost certain to hit a record high in 2012, remaining one of the anchors of the nation’s economic recovery.  Click ahead to see the list of busiest land, water and air trade hubs.

BP has accused the U.S. government of withholding evidence that may show the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was smaller than federal officials claimed, a key issue in determining the oil company's liability.

If you’re a professional athlete, injuries are almost guaranteed. However, sometimes the off-field injuries are so bizarre they become noteworthy.

In city settings, mansions are less-expected dwellings, especially in densely populated downtown areas where many people live crammed on top of one another. There, the thought of a 10,000-plus-square-foot building housing just one family is excessive. Some people prefer excess and have the fortune to back it up, and those families have left a legacy of impressively ornamented historic homes. The ones intact today are like time capsules back to a bygone era of magnificent opulence. We’ve collected a lineup of them here, including no less than three mansions built on beer fortunes.

Unlike some who follow their fathers into the family business, pro athlete sons can't be accused of gaining their careers through nepotism. They have to be able to cut it on the playing field or they’ll get cut from the team. Who are some professional athlete fathers whose sons followed in their footsteps?