Mardi Gras revelers party in scarred New Orleans
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Colorful parades rolled through New Orleans on Tuesday as thousands of revelers turned out to celebrate Mardi Gras in the city still scarred by Hurricane Katrina.
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Parade fans camped along St. Charles Avenue, beer trucks lined up on Bourbon Street and revelers milled from bar to bar &#151; all signs that this city's Carnival season was rolling toward its annual Mardi Gras climax.
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New Orleans plans a new &#36;700  million jazz district and central park, aiming to use the  devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina as an opportunity to  rebuild the damaged core of the city.
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Wearing beaded sunglasses with feathers, 83-year-old Lorraine&#13;&#10;McCaslin waved a green handkerchief as she danced in New Orleans'&#13;&#10;Woldenberg Park, ushering in what she says is her favorite time of year&#13;&#10; -  Mardi Gras
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When hurricane  Katrina devastated New Orleans it also ravaged a series of  small towns. Nearly two years later they have faded from the  spotlight but are still struggling to rebuild.
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20 -- The Mardi Gras celebration that took place "under the bridge" today wasn't broadcast live on TV. It didn't appear on tourist brochures. Indeed, it hardly seemed to exist, to judge by the absence of attention.
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Despite competition from the Super Bowl, thousands of revelers lined up along streets Sunday as New Orleans wrapped up a big Carnival weekend with another day of parades leading up to Tuesday's finale.
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Standing in the ruins of the Lower  Ninth Ward, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin envisions for the crowd  a city rebuilt from Hurricane Katrina with new houses standing  high above the reach of killer storms and grinding poverty.
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Now that the hurricane season has ended, New Orleans residents notice a lag in work to rebuild the cityÂs flood protection infrastructure.
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With thousands of New Orleans musicians still scattered around the country in a veritable diaspora, the cultural heritage of the Big Easy is in peril
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The view from Kinh Nguyen's front door these days is nothing like the "abandoned cemetery" she saw upon returning to her New Orleans neighborhood two months after Hurricane Katrina.
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A year after the Superdome became an emblem of the devastation wreaked upon New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, the National Football League's Saints will return to their refurbished home.
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ike the bourbon and beer, emotions tend to spill over in this traditional grudge match along the St. Johns River they call &quot;The World&#39;s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.
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Reunited rock-rap group Rage  Against The Machine brought its militant politics to New  Orleans on Friday, and urged the citizens of the ravaged city  to fight alleged government belligerence.
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More than two years after Hurricane Katrina hit, going home to New Orleans has become a receding dream for thousands of evacuees.
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Dancing, drinking revelers crowded the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday as colorful parades rolled through the damaged city on the final day of a Mardi Gras that locals touted as another step in the long recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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HolDame Elizabeth Taylor celebrates her 75th birthday in Las Vegas with a New Orleans-themed party.