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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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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: Bowl Championship Series, NCAA Final Four
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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, Cancer, Entertainment, Ronald Reagan, Arts and Culture
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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: New Playboy Incorporated, Hugh Hefner, Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
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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: Tomatoes, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Sandwiches, Jack Cheese, Los Angeles Times
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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: Health, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Chicago Restaurants, Celine Dion
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Chris Brown's new concert tour will include an October date in Virginia Beach
![Virginia's own <a href="http://www.chrisbrownworld.com/us/home">Chris Brown</a> 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 Toronto.](http://www.dailypress.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/63875557-10095158.jpg "Virginia's own <a href="http://www.chrisbrownworld.com/us/home\">Chris Brown</a> 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 Toronto.")
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: Verizon Communications, Dallas, Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Toronto (Canada), Romance (genre)
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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: Health, Chicago, Oysters, Homes, Chicago Restaurants
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Texas Governor Addresses Crowd at LA Anti-Abortion Rally
Reuters(Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry, viewed as a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate, ventured far from his home state on Sunday to address a largely Hispanic group at an anti-abortion rally in Los Angeles. The governor's English-...Tags: Television, Health, Women's Health, Texas, Human Interest
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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: Health, Physical Conditions, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Louisiana
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Dr. Ross J. Brechner, ophthalmologist and state epidemiologist, dies at 71
Dr. Ross Joseph Brechner, a mathematician turned ophthalmologist who abandoned private practice for a second career in public health, died Aug. 4 of heart disease at his Catonsville home.
He was 71.
"Ross was a fine ophthalmologist who changed careers...Tags: Union Carbide Corp., Health, Midwood, Bioterrorism, Brooklyn (New York City)
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World War II families reunite
Daily American Staff WriterThe two families that inspired the book “Jason’s Helmet: The true story of a helmet's journey home from the battlefield,” reunited Friday during a ceremony at the Georgian Place Shopping & Office Village in Somerset. “Jason’...Tags: France, World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest, Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts
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