AP: Times-Picayune city editor has Katrina book deal

"The city editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune is writing a book about Hurricane Katrina. It will be published by the Random House Publishing Group. According to Random House, Jed Horne's untitled book will be "an insider's narrative account of the Hurricane Katrina disaster that will locate its roots in the culture and politics of the city of New Orleans and in the national politics of oil, homeland security, poverty and race relations." No publication date has been set for the new book by Horne, author of "Desire: A True Story of Death and Deliverance in New Orleans," a true crime story."