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Brees sets mark with TD pass in 48th straight game
Drew Brees set an NFL record Sunday night with touchdown passes in 48 straight games, breaking a mark set by Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas ...
Katrina victims take on hurricane tour operators
Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city's Lower 9th Ward, where ...
Miami-based Venezuelans to vote in New Orleans
By bus and car, commercial flight and charter, U.S.-based Venezuelans are traveling en masse to New Orleans in the coming days, spending hundreds of ...
In the digital age, a rare fight for print readers
When The Times-Picayune decided to print three days a week, a nearby publication saw a chance to expand in the newspaper's backyard and fill a void ...
$42.6 million FEMA trailer settlements approved
A federal judge gave his final approval Thursday to a $42.6 million class-action settlement between companies that made and installed ...
Lil Wayne opens skate park in New Orleans
Lil Wayne showed off his beginner skateboarding skills alongside a group of professional skateboarders Wednesday to mark the opening of the artist's ...
Corps let off the hook for Katrina flooding
A surprise ruling by a federal appeals court that lets the Army Corps of Engineers off the hook for paying compensation for Hurricane Katrina's ...
'Beasts' director begins work on next film
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" director Benh Zeitlin is working on his next film — a Louisiana-made fable about a hidden ecosystem where the aging ...
Appeals court tosses out landmark Katrina ruling
A federal appeals court reversed itself Monday and threw out a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers was liable for billions of ...
Appeals court tosses landmark Katrina ruling
A federal appeals court has reversed itself and thrown out a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers is liable for billions of ...
NFL seeking to block Vilma's request for evidence
The NFL on Monday asked a federal judge to block Jonathan Vilma's demands for evidence in the league's bounty probe of the Saints, and a magistrate ...
Chiefs drop Saints to 0-3 with 27-24 win in OT
As Kansas City kicker Ryan Succop lined up for a 31-yard field goal in overtime, fans started filing out of the Superdome. Those who stuck around ...
Saints drop to 0-3 after 27-24 OT loss to Chiefs
Remember the hard-luck Saints of old — that mistake-prone franchise that routinely crumbled in crunch time? In their first three games since coach ...
Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart drums at AARP meeting
Longtime Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart came to New Orleans with a message for thousands of attendees at the AARP's national convention: Music has ...
AP photo leads to man's reunion with daughters
When a Florida man saw a news photo of a man rescued from Hurricane Isaac's floodwaters, he was sure it was his brother. It wasn't — but the mistaken ...
Billy Crystal walks red carpet in N.O.
Actor Billy Crystal babysat for his granddaughters for five days, and from the experience, a movie was born. On Friday, Crystal walked the red carpet ...
Bourbon Street 'no preaching' law challenged
A street preacher sued on Thursday to block a city ordinance that restricts religious or political speech on Bourbon Street after dark. In his federal ...
Bourbon Street preaching law challenged in court
A street preacher is challenging an ordinance in New Orleans that restricts religious or political speech on Bourbon Street after dark. The federal ...
Celebrities to attend AARP conference in N.O.
More than a dozen celebrities are participating in talks and activities for aging Americans at the national conference of the AARP this week in New ...
Correction: Space Shuttle-Last Stop story
In a story Sept. 13 about the space shuttle Endeavour's trip to California, The Associated Press reported erroneously the type of shuttle equipment ...
On Bourbon Street, party but don't preach at night
Bare breasts, drunken revelry and almost anything else is tolerated along Bourbon Street, but after dark, the city is saying street preachers are ...
Jewel pens new song, 'Flower' for cancer survivors
Singer-songwriter Jewel has penned numerous lyrics empowering women after heartbreak and loss, and now she hopes to do the same for breast cancer ...
Griffin stars and Redskins down Saints 40-32
Robert Griffin III lifted his head from the Superdome turf so he could witness the fruits of his sacrifice, then raised both arms in the air as he ...
Griffin shines as Redskins down Saints, 40-32
Robert Griffin III brought his Heisman Trophy swagger to New Orleans and made his NFL debut look like a Big Easy. Showing a veteran's composure by ...
Panel vacates bounty suspensions for 4 NFL players
Jonathan Vilma, Scott Fujita and Will Smith are back in the NFL. For now. The suspensions of those players, plus unsigned free agent Anthony Hargrove, ...