NEW ORLEANS
Super Bowl XLVII Prediction
The big game is today and if you are like most Americans you will be watching the Baltimore Ravens take on the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans. I am a huge fan of professional football but these t...
Posted on 2/3/13 at 7:10 AM
Goodman’s ‘City of New Orleans’
Wait, what? Thats right Arlo Guthrie did not write the City of New Orleans, in fact it was Steve Goodman. Goodman a two-time Grammy from the Windy City was a mentor for John Prine, who I know at least...
Posted on 8/15/12 at 10:12 AM
Springtime in Louisiana Means Crawfish Season!- Recipe for Mama's Crawfish Etouffe
In Louisiana, crawfish season is usually in full swing at Easter. I remember as a child going crawfishing with my daddy and brothers after dinner on Easter Sunday. I would always bring my Easter baske...
Posted on 4/6/12 at 7:04 AM
New Orleans King Cake
I've heard a lot of comments about column on Mardi Gras food in the Herald on Wednesday (Feb. 10) www.grandforksherald.com/event/tag/group/Features/tag/food/. Most of them have been about how tas...
Posted on 2/11/10 at 3:04 AM
La. pipeline blaze could burn until Thursday
A fire raging in a coastal Louisiana bayou where a tugboat struck a gas pipeline appeared to have diminished Wednesday night, but is far from extinguished, the Coast Guard said.March 13, 2013
3rd man booked in pre-Mardi Gras shooting
New Orleans police say a third man has turned himself in to face charges from a shooting on Bourbon Street three days before Mardi Gras.February 17, 2013
US attorney in New Orleans resigns amid probe
New Orleans’ corruption-busting federal prosecutor resigned Thursday after two top deputies became embroiled in a scandal that threatens to undermine some of his biggest cases and damaged his standing as one of the most popular public officials in a city with a rich history of graft.December 07, 2012
Vilma goes to court with former coach's email
The attorney for New Orleans linebacker Jonathan Vilma has gone to court in the bounties case with an email from a former assistant coach who called the Saints a “dirty organization.”October 31, 2012
Wary Gulf Coast closely watching Debby's movement
NEW ORLEANS — Parts of three states were under a tropical storm warning Sunday as Debby churned off the Gulf Coast, leaving wary residents to closely watch a storm whose path has so far been difficult to forecast.By By Cain Burdeau, Associated Press , June 24, 2012
2 dead, 61 hurt in 40-vehicle New Orleans pileup
Two men died and 61 other people were injured Thursday in a pre-dawn pileup involving about 40 cars, vans and other vehicles on a busy interstate that crosses New Orleans, closing the route for hours both ways, police said.December 29, 2011
BP is looking strong a year later
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It's hard to tell that just a year ago BP was reeling from financial havoc and an American public out for blood.By By Harry R. Weber, The Associated Press , April 18, 2011
Feds: Pattern of misconduct by New Orleans police
New Orleans police officers have often used deadly force without justification, repeatedly made unconstitutional arrests and engaged in racial profiling, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report.March 18, 2011
Carnival in New Orleans warms up under sunny skies
With ideal weather as a backdrop, crowds poured onto the streets Sunday in the traditional warm-up for Carnival's big show on Fat Tuesday when New Orleans expresses itself in song, dance and masked spectacle.March 07, 2011
Dividends from BP irk Gulf residents
NEW ORLEANS — BP’s decision to resume paying dividends rankled Gulf Coast residents Tuesday who saw it as another sign the company wants to move on even though many are still suffering from last year’s massive oil spill. Oil stains linger in marshes along Louisiana’s fragile coast and tens of thousands of victims are waiting for final payments from a $20 billion compensation fund, while a large number of people haven’t received any money at all.By By Harry Weber, The Associated Press , February 02, 2011
Business leaders step up to keep NBA team
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group calling itself the Hornets Business Council is raising money to buy Hornets’ tickets and Thursday encouraged regional businesses and individuals to do the same. Hornets majority owner George Shinn is selling the team to the league, which has sparked worries that the league will in turn sell it to someone who will move it from New Orleans.December 17, 2010
New Orleans ordered to boil water until Sunday
Mayor Mitch Landrieu says New Orleans’ most widespread boil-water order since Hurricane Katrina will continue at least until 3 p.m. Sunday, because that's how long it will take to test for bacteria.November 20, 2010
Oil platform explodes in gulf; crew rescued
By By Alan Sayre, The Associated Press , September 03, 2010
Five years after Katrina, revival not yet complete
NEW ORLEANS — Gulf Coast residents tried to put Hurricane Katrina behind them on Sunday, marking its fifth anniversary by casting wreaths into the water to remember the hundreds killed. But part of the catastrophe lives on, in abandoned homes still bearing spray-painted circles indicating they had been searched and whether bodies were found inside.By By Cain Burdeau and Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press , August 30, 2010
Oil cap holds steady as BP works on permanent plug
July 18, 2010
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