NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans, with more than 19,000 reported crimes and 208 murders in 2007, is ranked as the most violent U.S. city, according to a national study released Monday. The study, published by CQ Press, the book publishing arm of Congressional Quarterly, examined six categories — homicide, rape, burglary, robbery, aggravated assault and motor vehicle theft, said CQ spokesman Ben Krasney. The rankings include all cities of at least 75,000 residents that reported crime data to the FBI in those crime categories for 2007.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]