Mardi Gras Parade Brings Out New Orleans Revelers
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana  - Gaily costumed revelers  shouting for beads lined the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday  for the city's annual spectacle of colorful debauchery as  Carnival season came to an end with the massive Mardi Gras, or  Fat Tuesday, celebration.
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President Bush said Tuesday he wanted to celebrate the spirit of New Orleans. He chose to do so with Leah Chase, considered this proud, still-struggling city's Queen of Creole, known as much for her famous cooking as her warm personality.
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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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As revelers dress up in glittery costumes for a week of singing, drinking and dancing in Rio de Janeiro, many people will be celebrating Carnival under the barrel of a gun.
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Hundreds of people braved the dreary weather Saturday to welcome home the Krewe of Gladiators Â and mark another, modest milestone in this region's recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Religious groups led the city's gay pride parade on Sunday, lending gravity to an often outrageous event that also featured a jumble of drag queens in feather boas, marching bands, motorcycle-riding lesbians, rugby players and samba dancers.
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The Rolling Thunder Memorial Day rally on the National Mall in Washington, and the ride there, is a show of pride by thousands who often felt dispirited, disregarded and despised.
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Chilly temperatures did not deter the revelers who turned out Sunday to watch the parades roll through the city on the last weekend before Mardi Gras.
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Mardi Gras costumes were sparse but so were the crowds Tuesday as the annual extravaganza of parades and parties arrived earlier than usual because of a quirk in the calendar.
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Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined up the streets of Manhattan, New York to watch the 78th Macy&#39;s Thanksgiving Parade as the parade transformed Manhattan midtown into a world of balloons and floats Thursday.
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They hold parades right down Main Street. Huge fireworks displays erupt in their honor, lauded in part for the way they help subsidize the local economy.
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Thousands of Red Sox fans began descending on Boston for a parade many began to doubt they&#39;d ever witness in their lifetimes: a toast to a team of World Series champions.
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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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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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By Dusty Ricketts, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Feb. 4--NAVARRE BEACH -- The good times will roll again on Santa Rosa Island.   After a two-year absence, the Navarre Beach Mardi Gras Parade will make a welcome return this year.   The parade begins at 1 p.m.
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Thousands of Red Sox fans began descending on Boston on Saturday for a parade many began to doubt they&#39;d ever witness in their lifetimes: a toast to a team of World Series champions.
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On Saturday, New Orleansâs biggest and most lavish Mardi Gras parade will pass through the heart of the city for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded much of its traditional route.