Gandolfini to rule over 2007 Mardi Gras
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James Gandolfini, aka Tony Soprano, will reign as celebrity monarch Bacchus during the 2007 Carnival season.
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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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Some Italians want African illegal immigrants deported, others want them arrested, but theater director Marco Baliani believes one way to ease Italy's refugee crisis is with a long-nosed wooden puppet.
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The New Orleans police chief, reeling from the deaths of six people over the holiday weekend, said Monday that he would ask the governor to keep National Guard troops in the city past the end of the year, when their mission to help patrol hurricane-damaged neighborhoods was supposed to end.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 7 -- U.S. and Italian law enforcement officials Thursday rounded up dozens of organized crime figures, including the top leadership of New York's notorious Gambino family, in what was described by authorities here as the biggest takedown of the Mafia in recent memory.
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Their new president wants to get the French to work harder to compete in global markets, but some traditions are likely to endure -- including long holidays, a kiss for colleagues in the morning, and a decent lunch.
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Italian towns will be allowed to tax tourists up to five euros per day in the 2007 budget put forward by Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
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The cops got Tony Soprano Friday. James Gandolfini, who plays the Mafia boss on the Emmy and Peabody-winning HBO series "The Sopranos," was surrounded by lawmen when he arrived in New Orleans to begin his reign over one of the city's biggest Mardi Gras parades. His limousine was escorted by 10 motorcycle officers and two police cars.
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The Sopranos actor James Gandolfini is engaged to his girlfriend Deborah Lin, the star's manager confirms.
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From costumed men on horseback riding rural roads to an "American Idol" and bead-throwing marchers, there are events in the weekend leading up to Mardi Gras to please almost anyone.
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Carnival revelers streamed into the city Saturday &#151; and Mardi Gras organizers hoped to throw such a fantastic party that visitors would vow to return to this tourist-dependent city again.
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Gerard Mortier will take over as general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera, putting him in prime position to mount an avant-garde challenge to the Metropolitan Opera across Lincoln Center Plaza.
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Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sibelius will assume the chairmanship of the Democratic Governors Association next year as the party enjoys its first gubernatorial majority in 12 years, officials said Monday.
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A vehicle driven by James Gandolfini, who plays mob boss Tony Soprano on the HBO series "The Sopranos," was hit by a suspected drunken driver over the weekend. The actor was not injured, police said.
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In a speech to business and trade union leaders on Tuesday, Jacques Chirac, the French president, said that by 2007 the agency would be given up to 2bn ($2.7bn, 1.4bn) to invest in promising high-growth ...
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By Leigh Coleman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 17--BILOXI -- Allie Grant of Disney's hit show "The Suite Life of Zach and Cody" celebrated Mardi Gras on Friday with the students of Beauvoir Elementary School.
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Jacques Chirac delivers speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris, 4 Jan 2007 French President Jacques Chirac has signaled he will probably not seek an unprecedented third term in this year's presidential elections.Comment