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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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Gallery: Rising seas
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Obama stakes Democrats to first fundraising lead since 2004
President Obama plans to make two fundraising stops Tuesday night. Thanks to his efforts, Democrats have raised $1.3 million more than Republicans during the past three months.
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Obama, senior Bush celebrate community service at Texas event
Promoting volunteerism has been one of the most bipartisan causes of US presidents since Bush’s inaugural speech in 1989. The Obama administration has requested for 2010 a budget of $1.1 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Switzerland: Male band that's never been to US sings Ella Fitzgerald tunes
Swiss septet travels the Alps singing Dixieland and blues.
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Brazil: Former 'terrorist' gets US travel visa, praises Obama
A Brazilian who, as a student in 1969, helped kidnap the US ambassador to Brazil was granted a visa. Paulo de Tarso Venceslau is now an economist.
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On New Orleans visit, Obama makes time for gumbo
President Obama's visit to New Orleans Thursday lasts barely four hours, and includes a stop for some soul food at the famed Dooky Chase.
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Five things New Orleans wants from Obama
When President Obama speaks to New Orleans residents Thursday, they will likely tell him they need federal help to make the city more hurricane-proof and to fix a moonscape of post-Katrina potholes.
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The Monitor's View: Obama's salute to a New Orleans charter school
The president's visit to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. school helps validate America's nearly 20-year trend of charter schools.
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Floating house could ride New Orleans' floods
Architects have designed a floating house that can withstand up to 12 feet of water.
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Madeleine Albright: Read My Pins
As a diplomat, Albright enlisted her jewelry to send signals – some more pointed than others.
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Feds pledge help after Chicago beating death of Derrion Albert
Derrion Albert's death focuses federal aid, attention on scourge of youth violence, which has felled Chicago's students for years.
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World Monuments 2010 list ranges from dockyards to cave art
2010 Watch List calls attention to 93 global heritage sites at risk.
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How a little jam went global
'Stand by Me' YouTube hit started a cascade of interviews, a CD – and next month, a tour.
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In Pictures: Huge hurricanes
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Jay Leno ratings: How did his new prime-time show do?
The debut of the Jay Leno Show benefited from Kanye West's remorseful appearance, but many viewers were underwhelmed.
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A Paradise Built in Hell
When disaster strikes, ordinary human beings very often do extraordinary things.
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The Year Before the Flood
Music, race, politics, and history come together in this author’s examination of the year he spent in New Orleans.
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In Pictures: America's fastest-growing cities
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In Pictures: Endangered animals
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To catch a thief, homeowners turn to YouTube
Homeowners are rigging their homes with cameras and posting footage of robberies on YouTube. Even police departments are turning to social media to help nab criminals.
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Post-Katrina 'vigilante' violence: rumor or fact?
The US Attorney's Office and the FBI are looking into allegations of roaming 'people hunters' targeting blacks in the floods and chaos of four years ago.
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Will 'that John Wayne dude’ run for Louisiana senator?
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What Katrina has wrought, four years later
New Orleans will never be the same. Neither will Americans' view of government's role in disasters.
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