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By Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune February 17, 2010, 7:00PM With a Super Bowl victory immediately followed by the final week of Carnival, New Orleans has resembled a moveable feast of late. Amid all the revelry and...

By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune February 18, 2010, 7:14AM sherwood-solomon.jpgMurder suspect Sherwood Solomon, 26A man accused of fatally shooting 43-year-old Braddock Chambliss just blocks from the Krewe of...

By Times-Picayune Staff February 16, 2010, 1:00AM Uptown Mardi Gras parades: Zulu, 8:15 a.m., Central City to Downtown * mardi_gras_zulu.JPGELLIS LUCIA / THE TIMES-PICAYUNEA Zulu float rider prepares to launch a plush toy on

By R. Stephanie Bruno February 14, 2010, 6:20AM Valentine’s Day usually ushers in a flurry of chocolate, flower and jewelry sales. But this year the holiday comes in the midst of a citywide love affair with the New...

By Mark Lorando, The Times-Picayune February 13, 2010, 11:38PM st saints parade 0182Scott Threlkeld / The Times-PicayuneThe Saints Super Bowl parade last week was just a warm-up for Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who will...

By Times-Picayune Staff February 14, 2010, 1:00AM Uptown Mardi Gras parades: Ted Jackson / The Times-PicayuneSuper Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees will reign as Bacchus. Babylon, 10:15 a.m. Iconic local designer Henri Schindler...

By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune February 13, 2010, 1:44PM Endymion ParadeAdriana Gomez of Pensacola screams as she catches a huge bag of beads with friend Rachel Chapman (R) as they watch the 2,430 riders of the...

By The Times-Picayune February 13, 2010, 9:45AM By Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi, staff writers and A.C. Thompson, ProPublica Henry Glover’s burned remains were found weeks after Hurricane Katrina inside an...

By Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune February 13, 2010, 9:05AM drew brees parade square pass boyd.jpgG. Andrew Boyd / The Times-PicayuneDrew Brees tosses a Bacchus football during the Saints’ victory parade in New Orleans

By Times-Picayune Staff February 13, 2010, 1:00AM Uptown Mardi Gras parades: The Times-PicayuneHands reach out for beads during the Krewe of Iris parade. Iris, 11 a.m.

By Times-Picayune Staff February 08, 2010, 6:43PM An inmate who escaped from the Orleans Parish jail just hours before the Super Bowl on Sunday was recaptured Monday afternoon, a spokesman for Criminal Sheriff Marlin Gusman...

By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune February 11, 2010, 8:44AM carol-banks.jpegCarol Banks, 62 A 62-year-old woman accused of causing a car crash that killed three people in Kenner on Wednesday was booked with three...

By Bruce Nolan, The Times-Picayune February 09, 2010, 7:13AM John Pope and Bruce Nolan wrote this story. saints-fans-reggie-bush.JPGTed Jackson / The Times-PicayuneNew Orleans Saint Reggie Bush jumps into the stands at Sun...

By Mary Sparacello, The Times-Picayune February 08, 2010, 3:56PM The Super Bowl champions New Orleans Saints flew home Monday afternoon to find a throng of shrieking fans at Louis Armstrong International Airport....

According to a Reuters report by Deepa Babington, a Sicilian man stole sweets and a packet of chewing gum so he could get arrested and spend New Year’s Eve in a jail cell rather than be with his wife and relatives. The

By Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune February 04, 2010, 6:01PM Craig Codina, a multiple DWI offender from Destrehan, pleaded guilty Monday to vehicular homicide and third-offense DWI in connection with two separate Metairie

By Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune February 05, 2010, 1:00AM An independent study of Jefferson Parish’s stop-light cameras, which were switched off last week amid disclosures of payments to the contractor’s...

By Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune February 05, 2010, 1:00AM FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. – If there is such a thing as a Who Dat prototype, James Carville would be it. The Ragin’ Cajun is witty, passionate, colorful and