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Navy CPO arrested in wife's fatal stabbing in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans police say a Navy chief petty officer stationed in Virginia has been arrested and faces charges in the fatal stabbing of his wife — possibly with a pen. Officer Hilal (he-LAHL) Williams of the New Orleans police...Tags: Assault, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice, Louisiana, Murder
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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: Elections, Mitch Landrieu, Politics
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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: Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Hugh Hefner, New Playboy Incorporated
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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: Music, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Cancer, Ronald Reagan
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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: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (movie), Pakistan, Europe, Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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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, Dining and Drinking, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Los Angeles Times, Health
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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: Rivers, French Bread, Los Angeles Times, Human Interest, Tomatoes
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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: Circuses, Chicago Loop, History, Gambling, Human Interest
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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: Kelly Rowland, Atlanta, Comedy (genre), Chris Brown, Toronto (Canada)
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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: Charlotte Ross, Michigan, Louisiana, St. Louis
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Police: La. Man Decapitated Disabled Son
Staff WriterA Louisiana man is accused of decapitating and dismembering his disabled 7-year-old son and leaving the boy's head near the street so the child's mother would see it — a killing that brought seasoned police officers to tears, authorities said...Tags: Assault, Physical Conditions, Crime, Law and Justice, Heart Problems, Health
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