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STAFF BLOG GRAND FORKS GOURMET Pig Cheeks and Alligator Pieces
It was a sunny and unseasonably warm March evening, the sun at that particular, late-spring slant that makes everything look a little more interesting. We walked from a few blocks away to the restaur...
Posted on 4/7/13 at 1:22 PM
THE MINNESOTA BASHAW BLOG Super Bowl XLVII Prediction
The big game is today and if you are like most Americans you will be watching the Baltimore Ravens take on the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans. I am a huge fan of professional football but these t...
Posted on 2/3/13 at 7:10 AM
STORM TRACKER Pumping Water
I posted this to my twitter account (@darylritchison), but I thought I would post it here quickly as well. But New Orleans, LA has the ability to pump nearly 50,000 cfs of water out of the city. Last ...
Posted on 8/29/12 at 11:12 AM
THE DULLUM FILE Big Sam
This evening on WDAZ News @5, musician "Big Sam" Williams of Big Sam's Funky Nation joins us from Bourbon Street in New Orleans....
Posted on 5/23/12 at 6:04 AM
STAFF BLOG IN THE SPIRIT It’s delightful! It’s delectable!
When it comes to food there are only two things I really dont care for. They are white sauce on pasta and salsa on eggs. In my opinion those combinations were never meant to be. Anything else is fair ...
Posted on 5/11/12 at 4:04 PM
Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered
Days after a burst of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of six arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again.
By Kevin McGill , May 17, 2013
Police: 2nd suspect arrested in New Orleans parade shooting
Nineteen-year-old Akein Scott faces 20 charges of attempted second-degree murder. He made two court appearances Thursday morning.
By Kevin McGill , May 16, 2013
Police say progress made in New Orleans Mother's Day shooting probe
New Orleans police hope a $10,000 reward and blurry surveillance camera images will lead to arrests in a Mother's Day shooting that wounded 19 people and showed again how far the city has to go to shake a persistent culture of violence that belies the city's festive image.
By Kevin McGill and Michael Kunzelman , May 13, 2013
Bacchus parade is on, despite weather threat 
Actor G.W. Bailey will share the spotlight Sunday as celebrity king of the Bacchus parade — one the biggest in the run-up to Mardi Gras — with more than two dozen child cancer patients from across the country.
By Stacey Plaisance , February 10, 2013
Coast Guard: Body found near burned Gulf oil rig
Divers hired by the owner of an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico that caught fire recovered a body near the site Saturday evening, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and the rig's owner.
By Michael Kunzelman , November 17, 2012
Trumpet auction to benefit 'Satchmo' music fest
Trumpet-maker Jason Harrelson says he's donating one of the best trumpets he's ever made to benefit a festival honoring the artist who sparked his passion for the instrument — Louis Armstrong.
By Stacey Plaisance , November 14, 2012
Madonna booed after touting Obama in La. Concert
Madonna drew boos and triggered a walkout by several concertgoers after she touted President Barack Obama on her "MDNA Tour" in New Orleans.
By Stacey Plaisance , October 28, 2012
Days after Isaac, a quarter-million still in dark
About a quarter of a million customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, days after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a deluge that still has some low-lying areas under water.
By Cain Burdeau , September 03, 2012
Isaac becomes Cat 1 hurricane near Gulf Coast
Isaac became a hurricane Tuesday that could flood the coasts of four states with storm surge and heavy rains on its way to New Orleans, where residents hunkered down behind levees fortified after Katrina struck seven years ago this week.
By Kevin McGill and Cain Burdeau , August 28, 2012
Mardi Gras costumes, beads give way to ashes in New Orleans
Officers on horseback cleared Bourbon Street early today, declaring an end to Carnival 2012 in New Orleans as Mardi Gras revelers began to prepare for the beginning of Lent, the period of fasting and repentance before Easter.
By Mary Foster and Stacey Plaisance , February 22, 2012
Costumes, beads consume Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Bathed in spring-like warmth and showered with trinkets, beads and music, New Orleans reveled in the excesses of Fat Tuesday. A seemingly endless stream of costumed marching groups and ornately-decorated float parades led by make-believe royalty poured out of the Garden District, while the French Quarter filled up with thrill seekers expecting to see debauchery. And they did.
By Mary Foster and Stacey Plaisance , February 21, 2012
New Orleans gives way to Mardi Gras revelry, parades
Revelers hit the streets today to celebrate Mardi Gras, lured to the French Quarter and stately oak-lined avenues by the chance to snag beads and baubles from seemingly endless parades in the final unfettered party before the somber season of Lent.
By Mary Foster and Stacey Plaisance , February 21, 2012
5 wounded by gunfire leaving New Orleans high school basketball game
New Orleans police say a gunman opened fire into a crowd leaving a high school basketball game, wounding a man and four teenage boys.
By Associated Press , January 07, 2012
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