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New Orleans' traditional Christmas Eve bonfires have been given the go-ahead after being held up because of high water on the Mississippi River, officials said. The festive fires are traditionally prepared on the parishes' many levees during Thanksgiving...
Tags: New Orleans, Levee, Environment, Geotechnical engineering, Mississippi, Greater New Orleans
Football's once-hapless New Orleans Saints are on a roll at 11-0, lifting spirits in this hurricane-battered city four miserable, down-in-the-dumps years after Katrina. In fact, folks in the Big Easy are feeling so good about their team's chances that...
Tags: Drew Brees, Katrina, New Orleans Saints, super bowl, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Superdome, allnews, Religion Belief
the stuff that is played every year at home, and the stuff that provides forced ambiance of cheer that can seem way too ubiquitous from Halloween to New Year's. Of course, tastes vary, and one family's classic can be another's atrocity.
Tags: christmas music, holidays jazz, christmas song, New Orleans, Christian music, Santa Claus, Peanuts, Vince Guaraldi, The Christmas Song, Christmas, Home for the Holidays, Entertainment Culture
The general consensus about the job Brad Pitt’s project to rebuild New Orleans, “Make It Right,” could be run a lot better, but it’s making much more of a difference than anything the government’s done. Of course, there will be critics about everything,...
Tags: Brad Pitt Houses, New Orleans, Musicians' Village, Make It Right Foundation New Orleans, Pitt, Brad Pitt
Can Baton Rouge-area teams go four-for-four in high school football semifinal playoff games? Berths in championship games at next weekend’s Louisiana High School Athletic Association/State Farm Prep Classic in the Superdome are at stake tonight for Catholic...
Tags: St. John of Plaquemine, John Curtis (entomologist), Parkview Baptist, New Orleans, Baton Rouge Louisiana, Louisiana High School Athletic Association, allnews, Religion Belief
Bioshock 2 and Bayonetta being pushed back to the first half of next year. But, whether you’re looking for a gift for a gamer or a game for yourself, there are still plenty of gems out there — as well as a few pieces of coal. On a state-pride...
Tags: Guitar Hero, New Orleans, PlayStation 3 games, Band Hero, Rock Band, Tekken, Rock music, video games, Van Halen
It took 35 years for another team, the 2007 New England Patriots, to join the 1972 Dolphins in achieving a perfect regular season in the modern NFL. It's possible that number could double just two years later with both Indianapolis and New Orleans at...
Tags: Dallas, New Orleans, Ted Ginn Jr., New England Patriots, Mercury Morris, Wes Welker, allnews, New England Patriots season
Kevin Love's imminent return to the Wolves' lineup is a thrill, a relief and a blessing -- and that's just Jonny Flynn's opinion. Imagine how Love must feel. "I can't wait," Love said Thursday after receiving clearance from his doctors to play NBA basketball...
Tags: Jonny Flynn, Kevin Love, Kurt Rambis, New Orleans, Los Angeles Lakers, Basketball, National Basketball Association Finals, Center, allnews, Rebound, Minnesota Timberwolves
A New Orleans police officer who ordered a hit on a woman should not get the death penalty because of prosecution errors and misconduct, his attorneys argued. Len Davis -- found guilty of ordering the 1994 murder of Kim Groves, who had filed a police...
Tags: Davis, death penalty, attorneys argued, New Orleans, Legal procedure, Troy Davis case, Law Crime, Jury