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  • Gettin' Sleazy in the Big Eazy

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    Fox News reports on the actions of the Hoboken, NJ SWAT Team while down in New Orleans. There are some ridiculous images and descriptions of what they were doing. Also seems that one of them may have been involved with a member of the Kenner City Council. This is pure [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2008, 8:56am EDT
    by Ben Montgomery

  • Our Vagina Friendly Mayor

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    I miss anything new that happens on Fridays. Nagin raised the bar on V-Day when he made this speech about the "Vagina Monologues." Who knows what he'll say next... or when, but rest assured, it's coming... [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2008, 2:57am EDT
    by Kurt Fromherz

  • Cocktail Film Fest

    Tales of the Cocktail, the culinary and cocktail festival, will be returning to New Orleans July 16-20, 2008. According to their official webpage, the festival is “five days of cocktail events such as dinner-pairings, cocktail demos and tastings, seminars, mixing competitions, design expos, book-signings and much more.” Tales of the Cocktail [...]
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    Posted: March 10, 2008, 11:48am EDT
    by Scott Touchton

  • Beer NOLA

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    My buddy Vasu is a genius. He just launched a great blog about beer in New Orleans called beernola.com. Talk about shooting fish in a barrel. Everyone head on over and check out his site. [...]
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    Posted: March 05, 2008, 2:34pm EST
    by Ben Montgomery

  • Nagin Just Doesn't Get It

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    After promotions for a WWL story about the Mayor's daily activities aired, Mayor Clarence Ray Nagin showed up to the morning show early Thursday morning. He wanted to vent his frustration with how the media always puts him in bad light. Next thing you know--bam--he does it again. Aside from [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2008, 11:35am EST
    by Kurt Fromherz

  • ESPN Article about the NBA Allstar Weekend

    ESPN's Bill Simmons, in my opinion, has written the best article about post-Katrina New Orleans with the only exception being Chris Rose. And maybe Kurt. Ok, and maybe Ben. But other than that, it's Bill Simmons all the way. I mean, Sam's had some good ones too. But anyways, here [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2008, 3:08pm EST
    by Scott Touchton

  • Great Article on the Positive in New Orleans

    A nice piece from well-known columnist Robert Novak in the Chicago Sun-Times today The money quote: At the heart of the Katrina-inspired revival is a transformed mindset in a city traditionally more interested in good times than good government. For the first time, New Orleans elites are concentrating on something [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 9:35am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

  • Shooting from the Hip: Ray ray Does it Again

    I watched the actual video at work. Nagin first asked if the M-4 was loaded. At the time of the photo, he was mid-motion swinging the rifle before handing it to an officer. Riley absolutely was apprehensive about the photo op. Afterwards, Riley said, "I can see... aw don't wait... [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 8:15am EST
    by Kurt Fromherz

  • Rex and Ray

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    We can say what we want about Ray Nagin, but this video cracks me up and makes me proud to be a New Orleanian. Where else would you ever see this? We definitely know how to have a good time. [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 9:26am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

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    More frustration and fallout from the ruling in the Corps favor after a 1920’s law forbids them from prosecution. JetBlue adds another flight from New Orleans, a daily to Boston. The media can’t get enough of the Manning Dynasty angle (or hyperbole from the two week wait), as the USA [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2008, 6:03am EST
    by Sam Winston

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    John Edwards steps down from the presidential race at the Musician's Village , opening the door for speculation as to which candidate it helps and bringing some mild attention on New Orleans. The Army Corps of Engineers is "off the hook" from the lawsuit with over 500,000 claims attached to it. [...]
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    Posted: January 31, 2008, 3:15am EST
    by Sam Winston

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    John Edwards cancels his campaign schedule and heads straight to New Orleans today to make a speech about poverty and the lagging recovery of Hurricane Katrina. Edwards was disappointed that President Bush and Democratic responses to the State Union address didn't discuss these problems and seeks to re-energize his campaign [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2008, 4:01am EST
    by Sam Winston

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    President Bush finally throws New Orleans a bone in his last State of the Union Address of his presidential tenure. The whole text of his speech can be viewed here. In other news, the corruption of Louisiana judges and the law system that allows them to proceed is revealed, in [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2008, 4:44am EST
    by Sam Winston

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    The housing market crunch has become a grim reality for thousands of New Orleanians and the re-population of the city even despite an almost equal number of vacancies that are priced too high. Buyout offers finally arrive the Army Corps of Engineers. The Krewe of Barkus, the dog parade in [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2008, 12:59am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Candidate Match

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    ABC News Match O Matic allows you to take a test to see if your views really match up with your candidate. Pretty interesting if you answer honestly and don't try to guess for your choice [...]
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    Posted: January 27, 2008, 4:34pm EST
    by Sam Winston

  • The Obama Race

    With Barack Obama's latest victory in South Carolina the theme of what role his race played in his success is getting tossed around once more. That includes what role it will play in Louisiana. Is it too naive to ask again why he is considered only black when he has a [...]
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    Posted: January 27, 2008, 8:14am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Louisiana Republican Caucus Results Update: Ron Paul Picks Up 1 More Delegate

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    This is the latest update from the Louisiana Republican Party on the Caucus results. The one change was a gain of 1 delegate for the Ron Paul slate. I will keep everyone posted as we get more FINAL results. To see the names of the delegates on Ron Paul's slate [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2008, 9:57am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

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    There's an advocacy group with a $8.5 million budget that is sure to bring up New Orleans and Katrina as the group's specific purpose is to ensure that President Bush's approval ratings remain low until the end of his tenure. Not that this is a huge surprise, but there's a [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2008, 1:44am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • An Orleans Parish Office That Works!

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    I have to say I was beyond doubtful that the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters would be able to reach me here in Germany. They actually mailed my ballot for February 9th presidential primary within reasonable time to get it back to them by the election day deadline. Considering Louisiana [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2008, 3:07pm EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Latest About Provisional Ballots In LA GOP Caucus

    So I found a little more information about what is happening with the provisional ballots from the Louisiana Republican Caucus. This was from a post at ronpaulforums.com. I can not vouch for the source, but it seems logical. "Today [jan. 23rd] was "organizational" day. LAGOP copied all provisional ballots so the [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2008, 7:53am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

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    The Jazz Fest steps it up and nets Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and other big hitters to produce a new level of talent to play at this year's festival. The homeless sue for their plight while the state proposes building apartment that don't require homeless residents to get off alcohol or [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2008, 1:20am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Louisiana Republican Caucus Preliminary Results

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    Many of you have been asking me if I won? How did Ron Paul do? Well hopefully this post will clarify somethings. Basically no one knows yet. There were tons of provisional ballots, which are people that were not on the voter roll, but claim to have registered in time to [...]
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    Posted: January 23, 2008, 5:53pm EST
    by Ben Montgomery

  • Who Dat, Who Dat, Who Dat Say They Gonna Beat Ron Paul, Who Dat

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    With obvious bias (that's me in the picture with Ron Paul) I would like to report that Ron Paul made it down to New Orleans yesterday. He is the only Republican Presidential Candidate that has been to Louisiana this campaign season. The gathering drew over 500 "Who Dat" shouting supporters to [...]
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    Posted: January 22, 2008, 6:38am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

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    A United Nations official calls out the federal government for not doing enough for Katrina victims. In a related story, former executive of the LRA Andy Kopplin writes in the USA Today pleading for Congress to change the Stafford Act, that bureaucracy justifying, Recovery sapping law that we all know [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2008, 1:06am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Could Technology Remedy Curruption?

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    I stumbled over an interesting website today that attempts to bring some clarity to what is happening in Washington. The site is called Maplight.org "Money and Politics: illuminating the connection." The website brings together the lobbyists, congressmen and bills to help the general public understand the real reasons that laws [...]
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    Posted: January 17, 2008, 6:27am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

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    The Bill Jefferson case heats up, as the prosecution lays out its case in a pre-trial procedure, Jefferson speaks to the media outraged at the repeated mention of his family's connections to the case. The stage is set for Jena as a white supremacist group and a civil rights group organize [...]
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    Posted: January 17, 2008, 1:21am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Houma Men Banned For Eating Too Much

    Two man were banned from their favorite all you can eat buffet for "being fat and eating too much." Jimmy Kimmel does an interview with the two gentlemen to let them tell their side of the story. I hope the two of them get their apology. Please enjoy. Note: The video [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2008, 8:42am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

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    The re-population of New Orleans flatlines, which is cause for concern regarding the the health of the recovery. A gas tax of up to 40 cents per gallon is proposed to fund failing national infrastructure like the Minneapolis bridge and the New Orleans levees. Elsewhere the feds propose rules to prohibit [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2008, 1:35am EST
    by Sam Winston

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    The Brain Gain phenomenon in New Orleans grows as numbers of young people coming to New Orleans continues despite the naysayers. That's in addition to the overwhelming amount of volunteers that are staying in New Orleans. The current state of Louisiana gets profiled in national news as Governor Bobby Jindal [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2008, 5:51am EST
    by Sam Winston

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    A Marine accused of killing a pregnant women was spotted in a bus station in Shreveport as the nationwide manhunt continues. Residents along the levee and the Corps battle over trees on their property whoe removal the Corps says is essential for levee protection.The Lower 9th Ward has a new [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2008, 7:17am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Death and Taxes

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    This is an interesting poster that depicts and labels the majority of the departments and programs in the Federal budget. It is really fun to look around the poster. The website has a good viewer that makes it easy to scroll around. The poster costs $24.95 to buy. I am not [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2008, 6:32am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

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    Three-fourths of federal aid money for the Recovery has NOT been spent, as FEMA's red tape continues to strangle reconstruction. The Mardi Gras Indians are getting ready to suite up, as they are profiled in the USA Today. And the Army Corps of Engineers string of misinformation and missed deadlines [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2008, 10:42am EST
    by Sam Winston

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    The National Guard is extended to patrol the streets of New Orleans through July according to an AP report that cites a Jindal aide. Marc Morial's brother Jacques is sentenced to 6 months "house detention" and 3 years probation for not paying his income taxes. In other news, eat your way [...]
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    Posted: January 10, 2008, 4:05am EST
    by Sam Winston

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    One Katrina victim is seeking $3 quadrillion from the Army Corps of Engineers. That's not a typo, though the entire gross domestic product of the U.S. was only $13.2 trillion in 2007. The John Wayne type dude that started cussing, Lt. General Russel Honore who led Army into New Orleans during [...]
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    Posted: January 09, 2008, 9:07am EST
    by Sam Winston

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    "This is New Orleans the most dirtiest, nastiest, most beautiful place on the planet, either way I don't care who wins. It's all good."- LSU sophomore interviewed on Bourbon Street during the game. That was, of course, the college football national championship won by LSU 38-24 (video highlights). The USA Today [...]
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    Posted: January 08, 2008, 9:06am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Exporting "FUN"

    A buddy of mine just wrote me a check for an event that I threw, and in the memo line of the check he wrote "FUN." This made me think...people pay good money for this thing "FUN." In the post Katrina recovery discussions it is often brought up that the City [...]
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    Posted: January 08, 2008, 7:06am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

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    Uh, the Hornets aren't just doing well this season. They're tied for best record in the West (video highlight) and my man Chris Paul is going bonkers on the league right now. That of course playing it's usual red-headed stepchild role to football in Louisiana as Tigah fans have swamped [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2008, 11:29am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Should They Stay Or Should They Go?

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    I came across this little piece this morning, which got me thinking. The latest debate about whether the housing projects should be torn down or not is really not the issue that we should be debating. I far better line of questioning would be, should that land be held and developed [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2008, 6:45am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

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    Numbers from New Orleans DA's office say early releases are down by as much as 99 percent from last year. The numbers also pile onto the validity of Eddie Jordan's departure. You can click here to listen to Chief Riley and DA Johnson speak. In other big news, congress reports [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2008, 8:42am EST
    by Sam Winston

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    Got politics on the brain as voters go to the polls in Iowa? Voters in Louisiana have to put up with some "funny" voting policies as do others around the nation. Additionally, the women along I-10 share their concerns in this coming election. The national media picks up New Orleans set [...]
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    Posted: January 03, 2008, 5:08am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • The Year In Review

    Hope everyone is having a great holiday. Here's the Year in Review piece I co-wrote for Gambit (click here for the whole story.) By almost any measure, 2007 will go down as a year in which New Orleans and New Orleanians lived on the edge. Even for a town that never [...]
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    Posted: December 25, 2007, 11:45am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • A Great Tiger: Ciron Black

    As LSU fans dig for news while waiting for January 7th, someone came across a gem. Ciron Black, a starting Offensive Lineman for the Tigers, made a post on a blog that has been highly circulated around the internet. Ciron left an encouraging and sincere message on the Caringbridge website [...]
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    Posted: December 21, 2007, 9:57am EST
    by Kurt Fromherz

  • Bienvenue... now Au Revoir!

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    If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem. I've noticed something about this housing mess: Outsiders are no longer welcome here. Since Katrina, New Orleans and Louisiana changed its staunch ways and actually opened up to outsiders. For a little bit. Now, two and a half years [...]
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    Posted: December 20, 2007, 12:30pm EST
    by Kurt Fromherz

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    The showdown over public housing demolition makes national news while the Times Picayune predicts a 4-3 vote in favor of demolition (WWL calls it 5-2). The crowd at City Hall is expected to swell. The editorial board of The Washington Post strongly advocates for demolition. Additionally, Mayor Nagin discussed the [...]
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    Posted: December 20, 2007, 8:29am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Ladies and Gentleman... Chris Paul

    "The New Orleans guard is putting together a season that, provided he keeps it up, will put him in the pantheon of the league's greatest little guys. This is getting shockingly little attention because Paul hasn't been on national TV and plays before crowds that would have trouble filling a [...]
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    Posted: December 19, 2007, 12:03pm EST
    by Sam Winston

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    The housing debate reaches a showdown tomorrow with the city council vote tomorrow, with three decided for demolition, three remaining silent and Arnie Fielkow undecided.The architectural value of New Orleans public housing is hailed by the New York Times as demolitions approaches. FEMA bureaucracy prevails in the latest dispute, letting [...]
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    Posted: December 19, 2007, 9:56am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • Celebrate New Years In New Orleans

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    2008 NOLA New Years @ Rosy's Jazz Hall feat. Billy Iuso and the Restless Natives Post K Productions is proud to announce that for the 3rd year we will be hosting our NOLA New Years Party @ Rosy's Jazz Hall . NOLA New Years is about celebrating New Orleans style. That means [...]
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    Posted: December 19, 2007, 9:35am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

  • Time Ranks Jindal as a Person Who Matters

    In Times person of the year issue Bobby Jindal will be one of the people that mattered. "Who would have guessed that the first non-caucasian governor of Louisiana would be a Republican, let alone an under-40 Republican who borrowed his name from a Brady Bunch character after his immigrant parents dubbed [...]
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    Posted: December 19, 2007, 8:31am EST
    by Ben Montgomery

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    'Life in New Orleans is over' for a multitude of the Katrina diaspora that have officially decided not to come back. Crime is keeping tourists from coming to New Orleans according some interesting new polls by U.N.O. "Environment Friendly" demand for ethanol is crushing our seafood industry, according to this [...]
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    Posted: December 18, 2007, 8:50am EST
    by Sam Winston

  • New Orleans Gift Giving Guide

    We’ve all been there. Random people asking what you want as holiday gifts and you draw a blank. Maybe it’s Grandma asking you or your weird Aunt Sally from Sheboygan. And you know if you don’t come up with some suggestion she’s going to buy you another pair of plaid [...]
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    Posted: December 18, 2007, 1:20am EST
    by Scott Touchton
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