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Lee linked to four deaths; flooding expected here as system moves northeast
Associated PressHeavy rain from the former Tropical Storm Lee rolled northeast into Appalachian states Tuesday, spreading the threat of flooding as far as New England after drenching the South, spawning tornadoes, sweeping several people away and knocking out power to...Tags: Forests, Tropical Storms, Building Material, Metal and Mineral, BP Plc
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Who will fill the vacant City Council seat from District B?
Or maybe the better question is: who will make the recommendation to fill the vacant District B seat? Stacy Head, the former District B representative, would normally be the one to name her own replacement. But now it's possible Mayor Mitch Landrieu...
Tags: Mitch Landrieu, Politics, Elections
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Playboy Bunnies Relive History In New Orleans
WGNO NewsAbout 100 former Playboy Bunnies take over New Orleans, but not before Vanessa Bolano sat down with a few of the ladies to get a taste of what their life was like. The Playboy bunnies first bounced onto the scene in Chicago in 1960. Members and guests of...Tags: Hugh Hefner, New Playboy Incorporated, Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
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Why do we wait for special events to clean up our city?
I've often talked about the dirtiest, most filthy city in America. It's not Detroit or New York; it's New Orleans. And now, because of the Final 4 basketball championships coming to town, we are all about cleaning it up. This happens every few years...
Tags: NCAA Final Four, Bowl Championship Series
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Beauty In The Eye of Hurricane Holder
One of the things that modern conservatives have forgotten to do is to stop, enjoy, then support the good things in life. We are instead trained from political birth to think of everything in political terms. Once you are baptized in the Reagan waters...
Tags: Cancer, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Ronald Reagan, Music
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10 things you might not know about epidemics
Fear of epidemics is spreading from movie theater to movie theater, with "Contagion" all over the screen. But real-life epidemics have been reported recently as well — measles in Somalia, dengue fever in Pakistan, encephalitis in India. Here are...Tags: New York City, Hospitals and Clinics, World War I (1914-1918), Documentary (genre), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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John Mosca dies at 86; ran popular restaurant near New Orleans
John Mosca, proprietor of a two-room roadhouse near New Orleans famed for its Italian-style garlicky shrimp, oysters, chicken and marinated crab dishes, has died. He was 86.
Mosca died Wednesday at his home in suburban Harahan, said his daughter, Lisa...Tags: Italy, Los Angeles Times, Shrimp, Vehicles, Prostate Cancer
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Cajun cuisine breaks into Burbank
They say you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet. But how many do you have to crack to create a successful chain of brunch cafes? The owners of Another Broken Egg Café are trying to find out.
The family of restaurants that started in Louisiana...Tags: Caribbean Vacations, Louisiana, Los Angeles Times, Mayonnaise, Eggs Benedict
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What sort of casino suits the city of Chicago?
In March 2003, an executive from Park Place Entertainment, then the owner of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, stood inside the casino. His company had just spent $95 million to build the 4,000-seat Colosseum theater as the new home of superstar Celine Dion....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Gambling, Arts and Culture, Regional Authority, Music Industry
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Chris Brown's new concert tour will include an October date in Virginia Beach
Virginia's own Chris Brown will play Virginia Beach on Oct. 9 according to a press release issued today, Aug. 10. The R&B-pop singer who has rebounded from personal troubles to once again make smash hit tunes will launch his "F.A.M.E." tour Sept. 12 in...Tags: Phoenix (Maricopa, Arizona), Music Industry, Kansas (music group), Toronto (Canada), Wells Fargo & Co.
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New Orleans sound comes to Pennsylvania Park Friday
St. Louis, Mo., bands Gumbohead and the Funky Butt Brass Band will perform their original Mardi-Gras style music at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 8, in the gazebo at Pennsylvania Park in downtown Petoskey. The concert is part of the the Charlotte Ross Lee...Tags: Louisiana, St. Louis, Michigan, Charlotte Ross
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Dr. Ross J. Brechner, ophthalmologist and state epidemiologist, dies at 71
Dr. Ross Joseph Brechner, a mathematician turned ophthalmologist who abandoned private practice for a second career in public health, died Aug. 4 of heart disease at his Catonsville home.
He was 71.
"Ross was a fine ophthalmologist who changed careers...Tags: New York City, Phoenix (Maricopa, Arizona), Government Health Care, Colleges and Universities, Politics
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