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Why do we wait for special events to clean up our city?
I've often talked about the dirtiest, most filthy city in America. It's not Detroit or New York; it's New Orleans. And now, because of the Final 4 basketball championships coming to town, we are all about cleaning it up. This happens every few years...
Tags: Bowl Championship Series, NCAA Final Four
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Beauty In The Eye of Hurricane Holder
One of the things that modern conservatives have forgotten to do is to stop, enjoy, then support the good things in life. We are instead trained from political birth to think of everything in political terms. Once you are baptized in the Reagan waters...
Tags: Cancer, Ronald Reagan, Entertainment, Music, Arts and Culture
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Playboy Bunnies Relive History In New Orleans
WGNO NewsAbout 100 former Playboy Bunnies take over New Orleans, but not before Vanessa Bolano sat down with a few of the ladies to get a taste of what their life was like. The Playboy bunnies first bounced onto the scene in Chicago in 1960. Members and guests of...Tags: New Playboy Incorporated, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Hugh Hefner
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The Beads are Flying at Armstrong International Airport
We’re months away from Mardi Gras, but the iconic statue of Louis is already in the spirit. So are the customer service agents he stands next to at Louis Armstrong International Airport. As part of an effort to make the ticket counters, heavy...Tags: Mardi Gras, Louis Armstrong, Culture, Consumers, Arts and Culture
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Troopers intercept Fugitive Rapist on Interstate 12
WGNO NewsThrough the cooperative effort of several law enforcement agencies, a convicted sex offender and fugitive rapist was taken into custody along Interstate 12 following a traffic stop earlier this afternoon. The multi-state search for the suspected...Tags: Tampa, Traffic, WGNO, Hernando County (Florida), Abusive Behavior
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National Guard Redeploys Helicopters In Marsh Firefight
WGNO NewsNew Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu called on the governor on Friday to redeploy Louisiana National Guardsmen to fight a stubborn marsh fire in New Orleans East, after a reconnaissance flight late Thursday showed three hot spots still burning in Bayou...Tags: Tropical Weather, Weather, Tropical Storms, Tropical Storm Lee (2011)
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Female's Body Found In Old Gentilly
WGNO NewsNew Orleans Police found a body around 12:30am Tuesday in the 8900 block of Old Gentilly Rd. The deceased female was found wrapped in blankets with no visible signs of trauma. The New Orleans Coroner will conduct an autopsy Tuesday to determine the...Tags: WGNO
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"Street Fare Derby" Celebrates NOLA Food Trucks
New Orleans - It's an event that celebrates New Orleans' always delicious mobile food vendors! The "Street Fare Derby" is this Saturday from 12:30pm-6pm at the Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots.
16 food trucks, including La Cocinita, the newest vendor...Tags: Fair Grounds Corporation
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New Orleans Historian 'Buddy' Stall Dies at 81
WYES will air METAIRIE CEMETERY: CEMETERY OF KINGS WITH BUDDY STALL Friday at 8:00 p.m.
The program was inserted into WYES' schedule (replaces LOUISIANA: THE STATE WE'RE IN) due to the passing of Buddy Stall Thursday.
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99 Year Old Musician Defies New Study on Aging
A new study shows public health is headed in the wrong direction. Among the findings, New Orleans' men have among the shortest life expectancies in the nation.
When we meet Lionel Ferbos, he's looking dapper in his pressed suit and Meyer hat. It's...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Alabama, Louis Armstrong, Louisiana, Obesity
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Mississippi Fugitive Arrested In New Orleans
WGNO NewsThe Louisiana State Police Region I Criminal Investigative Division’s New Orleans Office located and arrested a fugitive from Hattiesburg, MS on a warrant for capital murder. On Sunday, May 29, 2011, the Hattiesburg Police Department...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Orleans Parish, Mississippi
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Woman Strangled and Suffocated Inside Metairie Hotel
WGNO NewsGuests at the La Quinta Inn on Veterans Blvd. in Metairie woke up to police cars and a body bag. It's the third homicide at the hotel in just two weeks. "It was very scary," said Joe, a tourist from San Antonio. Joe and his wife Cindy were staying...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Murder
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