NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Waves crashed high against flood walls Monday and New Orleans' rebuilt levee system survived its first hurricane in three years, but Gustav exposed weaknesses the Army Corps of Engineers won't plug any time soon. Gustav was no Katrina.

By Anonymous The Army Corps of Engineers will discuss plans to improve hurricane protection in the Lower 9th Ward during a public meeting tonight at Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School, 1617 Caffin Ave. The event starts with an open house at 6 p.m. followed by a presentation at 7 p.m.

By Guillet, Jaime The Port of New Orleans today signed a new $1.8-million, six- year lease with Miami-based shipper Seaboard Marine for operation of several France Road docking spaces that have been closed since Hurricane Katrina. The spaces are on the Industrial Canal.

By AMY WOLD NEW ORLEANS - Scientists have performed hundreds of computer model tests to determine which combination of levee features will provide the most protection for Louisiana's fragile coast. And the research is ongoing.

By AP Wire Services NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The Army Corps of Engineers said Saturday it wants to build a $50 million earthen dam to plug a ship channel blamed for much of the flooding from Hurricane Katrina.