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10 Mardi Gras recipes
Recipes from Stir It Up! bloggers to bring some pizazz to your Mardi Gras menu.
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Evolution of the NFL: 16 ways the game has changed
Forty-seven years after the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles before a less-than-capacity crowd, let’s look back at some of the ways the NFL has changed.
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The 25 best musicians of the Rock era
Who took the top slots for the best artists in the Rock-and-Roll era? Check out the full list.
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5 great interviews with female crime authors
From Denise Mina to Nevada Barr, here are recent insights from some of the best contemporary female crime authors.
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The top 25 celebrity baby names of all time
Many celebrities are creative people, but seldom does their creativity get more free rein than when they’re naming their own offspring. From Beyonce and Jay-Z's firstborn Blue Ivy to Frank Zappa's daughter's avante-garde moniker Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen, there are plenty of unusual names.
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BP faces billions in fines as spill trial nears
The huge legal bill for the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is coming due for BP as a federal trial opens Monday to determine the company’s liability for the blowout of its Macondo well.
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Opinion: Melissa Harris-Perry show at MSNBC breaks more than gender, race barrier
Melissa Harris-Perry is the first African American woman to solo-host a news and politics show on a major television outlet, MSNBC. But she also breaks a pundit barrier. As a professor at Tulane University, she raises academia to a new level where it can enrich public discourse.
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New Orleans' razing craze aims to clear way for post-Katrina recovery
New Orleans is on a mission to raze thousands of properties abandoned after hurricane Katrina. Many are in neighborhoods, such as the Lower Ninth Ward, where poor and minority residents were concentrated.
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Stir It Up! King Cake cupcakes
Cupcakes inspired by the traditional Mardi Gras King Cake.
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Affirmative action in college admissions goes back before Supreme Court
US Supreme Court is taking an affirmative action case about the University of Texas admissions policy, which permits race to be a factor in deciding which applicants are admitted.
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Stir It Up! King Cake bars for Mardi Gras
These bars meet all King Cake flavor requirements, but are simpler to make and to serve.
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Mardi Gras: a guide to five of the biggest New Orleans parades
Parades known as krewes form the backbones of the Mardi Gras season in New Orleans. Here are five of the biggest ones.
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In Pictures: It's Mardi Gras time all over the world!
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Mardi Gras Museum goes up on auction block
Mardi Gras season has begun, but memorabilia collectors and Fat Tuesday fans had to say farewell to the Mardi Gras Museum. The museum will be auctioning its collection.
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Valentine's Day: Three new love stories
Three couples risk it all in three great new novels
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Chapter & Verse Nevada Barr: 'The Rope' is fueled by obsession
In Nevada Barr's new novel "The Rope," heroine Anna Pigeon is tested by darkness – including the kind that lurks in others.
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What did Clint Eastwood say about Chrysler bailout?
Before Clint Eastwood did the Chrysler Super Bowl commercial, the libertarian actor criticized the Chrysler bailout.
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Super Bowl cities: Is hosting a boon or a bust?
Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Ind. will bring tourists, visibility, and money. But is hosting the Super Bowl worth it?
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Tornado tourism: Should Joplin, Mo., mourn – or cash in?
Tornado tourism debate is dividing Joplin, Mo., scene of a devastating twister in 2011. Tornado tourism could promote the city's recovery, visitors bureau says.
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Green Economics Building green cities using public/private partnerships
Public funding for environmentally friendly urban centers benefits private investors, too
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Global News Blog Hillary Clinton to step down from 'high wire' of US diplomacy
It's too early to talk of her legacy, or to grade the Obama administration's foreign policy, but four years of repairing relationships and defending US interests have taken a physical toll.
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Planet Earth poses for new high-res NASA 'Blue Marble' portrait
Suomi NPP is equipped to do far more than provide Earthlings with some stunning views of their home planet. Five instruments are traveling aboard the first-of-its-kind satellite, designed to improve both short-term weather forecasts and the overall understanding of long-term climate change.
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Space station dwellers safe from massive radiation storm
NASA scientists also routinely monitor space weather conditions in order to protect astronauts and hardware in orbit from harmful radiation, and today's solar storm is no exception, agency officials said.
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Massive eruption on sun to shower Earth with radiation
A barrage of charged particles triggered by this morning's solar flare is expected to hit Earth tomorrow at around 9 a.m. EST.
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Sue Monk Kidd's 10 favorite books
Sue Monk Kidd, author of "The Secret Life of Bees," shares her favorite reads.
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BCS National Championship Game: LSU vs. Alabama in football rematch heaven (+video)
LSU and Alabama will play for all the marbles Monday night in New Orleans. Will the national title game resemble the regular season's first meeting?
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BP parries with Halliburton over recovery costs for Gulf oil spill
British oil giant BP wants a US judge to force Halliburton to pay all recovery costs stemming from 2010 Gulf oil spill. In a filing Monday, it aims to rebuff assertion that Halliburton bears no liability.
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Gulf oil spill could result in criminal charges for BP employees
The Wall Street Journal reports that federal prosecutors are targeting several Houston-based engineers and at least one supervisor employed by British oil giant BP connected to the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
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10 entrepreneurs who changed the world
In his new book 'World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business As We Knew It,' former Fast Company editor-in-chief John A. Byrne offers advice for those who want to be entrepreneurs along with insights from those who have already made it. Here are 10 of the 25 businesspeople that Byrne names in his book as game-changers.
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Faced with evictions, occupy movement protesters look to new tactics
Disrupted by police, Occupy movements in several major cities now mobilize largely during daytime hours or through marches designed around specific issues. Some are aligning with local community groups, churches, and unions.
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