Weather stalls most New Orleans parades
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This city's Carnival season got off to a rough start when thunderstorms and chilly temperatures canceled or postponed most of Friday's parades.
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One of the major events on the European musical calendar, the Guinness Cork Jazz Weekend, is getting into its stride Leeside in spite of dismal weather forecasts.
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The 13th named storm of the 2004 hurricane season weakened after moving into Southern Louisiana on Sunday. Tropical storm Matthew caused scattered flooding as heavy rain drenched the area.
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By ED CULLEN  I stood looking at volunteer zinnias in the rain this morning thinking, "So long, summer children. Nice try." There are hard freezes predicted tonight and tomorrow night with a couple of nights of lows in the mid-30s thrown in.
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Getting to the New Orleans Bowl was more difficult than ever for North Texas. The Mean Green open the bowl season against Southern Mississippi on Tuesday night in the Superdome, the culmination of a season that was a struggle on and off the field for the Sun Belt Conference champs.
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Rain soaked the Plains states on Monday in a lingering storm blamed for five dead, two missing and more than 1,000 people stranded over the Memorial Day weekend. The storm's latest lashing caused some minor flooding and road closures.
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Tulane officials have postponed Saturday&#39;s football game against Louisville because of the threat of Hurricane Ivan. Tulane officials said in a statement Tuesday that the game is tentatively rescheduled for the weekend of Dec. 4 at the Superdome.
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A winter storm brought near-blizzard conditions to much of the U.S. Midwest on Tuesday, forcing schools to close and disrupting transportation across the region, while a deadly New Orleans tornado ripped through New Orleans.
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Residents in areas only now recovering from Hurricane Katrina were warned not to drive through flooded streets for fear of creating wakes that could send water into homes and buildings
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New York's gay pride parade is traditionally a mix of politics and campy pageantry, and the state Assembly's move toward legalizing same-sex marriage has heightened the atmosphere this year. But parade organizers are smarting over the city's rejection of a request to hold a street fair in an area with the city's heaviest concentration of gay-oriented businesses.
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NEW ORLEANS - Tropical Storm Matthew, the 13th named storm of the 2004 hurricane season, flooded roads and homes across southeastern Louisiana on Saturday as it blew toward the Gulf of Mexico with high tides and torrential rainfall.    The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for residents from Intracoastal City to the Alabama-Florida border...
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New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Saturday&#39;s Conference USA game between No. 24 Louisville and Tulane has been postponed due to the possible threat of Hurricane Ivan.
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The government's repairs to New Orleans' hurricane-damaged levees may put the French Quarter in greater danger than it was before Hurricane Katrina, a weakness planners said couldn't be helped, at least for now.
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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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Wet weather will persist across portions of the Southeast on Friday, as a cold front pushes through the region. Moist air from the Gulf of Mexico will collide with cooler, drier air, causing thunderstorms.
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Thousands of hurricane-weary residents joined with rowdy visitors for Fat Tuesday, taking a break from rebuilding New Orleans to put on wild costumes and celebrate the second Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina.
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By SAM POWELL World Sports Columnist  Oklahoma's record breaking winter storm will still be affecting a lot of outdoor recreation this weekend.   Heavy snow and ice lingers across much of the state, and those are not good conditions for any type of hunting.