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Topic: New Orleans
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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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Valentine's Day: Three new love stories
Three couples risk it all in three great new novels
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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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10 entrepreneurs who changed the world
From Starbucks to Home Depot, here are 10 of the businesses – and their leaders – that author John A. Byrne counts as 'World Changers.'
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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
From Starbucks to Home Depot, here are 10 of the businesses – and their leaders – that author John A. Byrne counts as 'World 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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Halliburton 'destroyed' evidence after Gulf oil spill, BP charges
BP alleges that Halliburton, a subcontractor working on the Deepwater Horizon rig, destroyed evidence pertaining to what might have caused the explosion that triggered the Gulf oil spill.
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BP says Halliburton destroyed evidence behind Gulf oil spill
BP says Halliburton destroyed evidence that it did faulty cement work on the oil will that leaked into the Gulf. Halliburton denies claim.
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Stir It Up!
Holiday shopping for your favorite foodie
A round-up of food-related ideas for your 2011 holiday gift list.
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Lions DT Ndamukong Suh suspended two games for Thanksgiving stomp (video)
Ndamukong Suh will sit out the next two games for stomping on the arm of a Green Bay Packers lineman last Thursday. The Detroit Lions defensive tackle met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell about player conduct earlier this fall.
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