Businesses also celebrating Mardi Gras
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The final weekend leading up to Mardi Gras has been a boon for hotels, restaurants and bars, with business generally brisker than last year, the first Carnival since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.
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By Joshua Norman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 22--GULFPORT -- As part of Coca-Cola's celebration of 100 years in Gulfport, Coast Coca-Cola Co.
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Celebrations were held throughout Paris Wednesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the city's liberation from Nazi occupation, the BBC reported.
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Wearing beaded sunglasses with feathers, 83-year-old Lorraine McCaslin waved a green handkerchief as she danced in New Orleans' Woldenberg Park, ushering in what she says is her favorite time of year Â Mardi Gras.
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Shoppers milling around Downtown Crossing on a recent Saturday might not have noticed the new indoor design and art market, Wears+Wares, tucked in a lobby near the Men's Wearhouse on Summer Street. A couple of balloons marked the entrance to the space, where colorful and eclectic creations, from fashion to furniture, were for sale.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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Though the climax of Mardi Gras is still to come, official data so far from the second celebration since Hurricane Katrina show a city on the rebound.
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Joe Briand recalled a less-than-fond Mardi Gras run-in with the law almost a decade ago, when hundreds of revelers were hopping a fence at a local school to use the playground as an impromptu bathroom.
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Thousands march in Sydney in the Mardi Gras festival, one of the world's biggest gay and lesbian celebrations.
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With tourists streaming into town for Mardi Gras celebrations, a spasm of gun violence left two people dead and seven wounded &#151; more bad news for a city struggling to rebuild itself and its tourism industry.
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By BECKY BOHRER NEW ORLEANS - The cash-strapped city, which has borrowed heavily to continue operating after Hurricane Katrina, is turning to text-messaged donations in an effort to defray the costs of Mardi Gras, its premier cultural event.
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Paris celebrates the 60th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi occupation Wednesday, with a series of commemorations, parties and dances.
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In Evangeline Parish, La., squirrel season's opening celebrates and preserves a distinct Cajun custom.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb.
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Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, one of the biggest of its kind in the world, is going green this year with a message to Australians that they must take action to protect a threatened environment.
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Business in the gambling halls of Biloxi, Miss., has reached all-time highs in recent months, and a similar story has been unfolding in New Orleans.
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NEW YORK - Merci beaucoup, Frederic. The Statue of Liberty hosted a party Sunday honoring its creator, sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, for the 100th anniversary of his death...