January 2010
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CBS Video: What the Saints mean to New Orleans |...
CBS Reporter Kelly Cobiella filed this report on the CBS Evening News Friday on what the Saints mean to New Orleans. Read more via wwltv.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
Wear your love for a WHO DAT Nation on your shirt...
Cafe Press is loaded with assorted WHODAT apparel. http://www.cafepress.com/whodat_love WHO DAT who say they love you on Valentine’s Day! Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
NFL responds to "Who Dat" controversy | WWL -...
nfl-whodat.pdf (69 KB) View this on posterous The National Football League has issued a response to Senator David Vitter’s letter that he sent to the league Friday saying it is a misunderstanding Read more via wwl.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via email from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
The Rise of No-Town: New Orleans & Motown | CBS...
Although now based in New York City, singer-songwriter Josh Charles, an artist with a panache for fusing diverse musical styles from piano jazz to soul, has his heart set in New Orleans, a city where he gained firsthand experience from his main mentor there, prolific blues rock artist Dr. John. Watch CBSNews VIDEO: cbsnews.com/video Musician Josh Charles Tells CBSNews.com About Hybrid Sound on...
Hurricane Katrina good for New Orleans schools,...
Education Secretary Arne Duncan called Hurricane Katrina “the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans” because it forced the community to take steps to improve low-performing public schools, according to excerpts from a television interview made public Friday.Read more via washingtonpost.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. ...
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New Orleans to throw a parade for The Saints --...
The city will host a parade for the NFC champions — win or lose in Super Bowl XLIV — on Feb. 9Read more via usatoday.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
The Soul of New Orleans | Youtube Video
Wright Thompson narrates the amazing recovery for New Orleans post-Katrina, through the excitement over the Saints Superbowl run. visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
Jefferson Parish suspends red light cameras |...
The Jefferson Parish Council has voted to suspend their red light traffic cameras after concerns were raised about the contract for them…Read more via telegram.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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Mid-City teaching hospital plans boosted by...
A federal arbitration panel awarded Louisiana $475 million Wednesday for hurricane-related damage to Charity HospitalThe $475 million brings the state more than halfway to the financing it needs for building a new hospital on a lower Mid-City tract bordered by South Claiborne Avenue, Canal Street, Galvez Street and Tulane Avenue.Read more via nola.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf...
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New Orleans scrambles to add Saints parade
Carnival season — which sees more than 70 parades roll through greater New Orleans before Fat Tuesday — is getting one more. The Saints-crazed city plans to celebrate the team’s first-ever trip to the Super Bowl with a parade to honor them…Read more via thetowntalk.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via...
New Orleans Jazz Fest Daily Schedule for 2010
Added on Sunday, April 25: Juan Luis Guerra y 440, a Dominican singer who has sold over 20 million records and won nine Latin Grammy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards. Moved to Saturday, May 1: Band of Horses will not appear during the first weekend of the Festival as previously listed. Scratched: Gil Scott-Heron, previously announced for the Festival, will not...
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Nectar Soda Back on Tap in South Louisiana |...
Photo: Tim in Sanhazzay, flickr A New Orleans soda that got its start in a pharmacy more than a century ago has wound its way back to the quasi-health food category. Vitamin Cold Rush, a spin-off of the venerable Nectar Soda label, premieres this week at a Tiger Express convenience store in Baton Rouge. Read more via slashfood.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news...
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New Orleans, Indianapolis To Meet In Super Bowl |...
The New Orleans Saints will make their first appearance in a Super Bowl. They will be playing the Indianapolis Colts — a franchise that has been to three previous Super Bowls. To get to next month’s big game in Miami, the Saints beat the Minnesota Vikings in overtime Sunday 31-28. The Colts won over the New York Jets 30-17…Read more and listen to NPR story via npr.org visit nola411.com...
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Miami Spice: Authentic tastes for your Super Bowl...
If last year’s Super Bowl offered visitors to Tampa an appetizer of Florida’s foods, this year’s game in Miami will provide a buffet of the international flavors found in the city… Read more via www2.tbo.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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Indianapolis, New Orleans mayors place Super Bowl...
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has offered up St. Elmo’s famed shrimp cocktail with its fiery sauce as part of the city’s wager on the Super Bowl. - Star file photo In usual battle of the bets among mayor’s of championship teams, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin have made their wagers for the Super Bowl.Read more via indystar.com visit...
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Mardi Gras Music and Video on YouTube * All...
Get in the mood for that Second Line Parade… http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C0128EF20CD0E2A8 visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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Vikings-Saints NFC Championship Game breakdown...
Don Banks breaking down the NFC Championship Game, Vikings at Saints (Sunday, 6:30 p.m. ET)…Read more via sportsillustrated.cnn.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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Café Du Monde - New Orleans | Nation's Restaurant...
Guests at Café Du Monde can enjoy beignets and coffee to the soundtrack of jazz played by street musicians.Just three items – coffee, beignets and milk – have kept Café Du Monde a must-see, must-sip destination in New Orleans for nearly a century and half. Sandwiched in the French Market between the French Quarter’s Jackson Square and the levees of the Mississippi River, the 400-seat Café Du...
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Mayor Ray Nagin says Haiti resembles New Orleans |...
Over 122 people have been rescued from the rubble in Haiti since the 7.0 earthquake more than a week ago. 40 plus of those rescued were saved by American rescue personnel. Those who have traveled to the disaster scene contend there is death and destructions amid a hope for life and a city flourishing after rising from the rubble and ash in Port-Au-Prince. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, at the White...
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PJ's Coffee Brews Up Saints Black and Gold Blend...
PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans has partnered with the New Orleans Saints to produce a custom blend of co-branded coffee — Saints Black & Gold Blend will be launched this Sunday in the Super Dome during the NFC Championship game. Through a season-long partnership, PJ’s Coffee is already the preferred coffee of the New Orleans Saints and is exclusively served in the Super Dome.Read more...
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Most of New Orleans Still Struggles to Recover |...
This week on our program … VOA visits New Orleans, Louisiana, to learn about the recovery efforts since Hurricane Katrina … …and plays music from several of the city’s many jazz bands. ftp://8475.ftp.storage.akadns.net/mp3/voa/english/spec/special_english.mp3 Read more via voanews.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New...
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King Cakes: Fabled New Orleans coffee cake comes...
It’s a coffee cake with a twist and a history. The feted king cake of New Orleans is a confection made of braided Danish pastry, laced with cinnamon. Traditionally it’s served between Epiphany (Twelfth Night) and Mardi Gras, which this year is celebrated on Feb. 16…Read more via freep.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via...
Streetcar Book Giveaway / Contest! | @YatCuisine...
YatCuisine is giving away copies of New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line! They’ll randomly choose a winner from each of the four groups. Get details via food.yatpundit.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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New Orleans all the jazz and rump-shakin' funk you...
Whether you’re in the mood for an isolated neighborhood beer joint, a glitzy hotel cocktail bar, or a Bourbon Street cover bar where supercharged slushies flow, let the imbiber beware. Read more via concierge.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
Orleans DA Cannizzaro marks first year on job |...
Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro told the crowd gathered at Gallier Hall he spent his first year in office working tirelessly to put his “house in order”…Read more via fox8live.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
Dr. John's endorsement goes to James Perry |...
New Orleans music icon Dr. John has endorsed mayoral candidate James Perry. The candidate’s first celebrity endorsement was from the NBA’s Grant Hill, an all-star with the Phoenix Suns … Read more via neworleans.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
Day 1: On the road to New Orleans with...
Follow Mike Pomeranz’s journey to New Orleans via his video updates… After leaving St. Louis on Tuesday, we’ll head south on I-55 to Memphis and through Mississippi to New Orleans. We’ll be sending along any interesting pix and video we can! Read more via kare11.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web...
Bankruptcy Filings Sharply Increase in Louisiana |...
According to the Administrative Office of United States Courts, there were 18,268 bankruptcy filings in the state from Oct. 1, 2008, through Sept. 30, 2009, up 18 percent from the previous year’s filings of 15,412.Read more via abcnews.go.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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2 New Orleans tourism groups to merge | WDAM.com
Under the proposal, the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corp. would essentially become the marketing arm of the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau…Read more via wdam.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
6,500 Katrina slabs to go from St. Bernard |...
Almost five years after Hurricane Katrina flooded St. Bernard Parish, the government is getting ready to remove the slabs from thousands of demolished houses. It’s being called the largest concrete demolition and recycling job ever undertaken in the United States. Engineers have calculated that the amount of concrete from the slabs across Louisiana could build a four-foot-wide sidewalk...
Southern Comfort Rolls Out New Campaign | The...
Popular bourbon liqueur Southern Comfort has launched a new cinema advertising campaign entitled ‘What is Southern Comfort?’. The campaign, which will provide insight into the sprit-based liqueur’s heritage, will be screened in Moonlight Cinemas nationally. Read more via theshout.com.au visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web ...
Haiti As Seen Via New Orleans | postchronicle.com
The earthquake disaster in Haiti, while owning tragic dimensions far worse that those of Katrina in 2005, nevertheless provides some insight as to the performance of FEMA in 2005, although it has been demonstrated in Congressional hearings, etc., that FEMA got a bad rap.Read more via postchronicle.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. ...
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2010 Mardi Gras Parade Schedule | New Orleans...
New Orleans Krewe List and Parade Schedule…Read more via mardigrasparadeschedule.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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Churchs, businesses across St.Tammany Parish are...
If people want to help the victims of the massive earthquake in Haiti, there are several businesses and churches in St.Tammany Parish that are taking collections…Read more via slidellsentry.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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What is a Krewe? | @2theadvocate
According to Wikipedia the definition of krewe is: A Krewe (pronounced in the same way as “crew”) is an organization that puts on a parade and or a ball for the Carnival season. The term is best known for its association with New Orleans Mardi Gras, but is also used in other Carnival celebrations around the Gulf of Mexico, such as the Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa, Florida, and...
Volunteers help replant trees in eastern New...
More than 100 volunteers, organized by the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, tramped through mud in eastern New Orleans on Saturday, planting about 250 trees to help restore a wetlands forest decimated by Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters. Before the storm, the Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, along with the surrounding forest land, was a top urban nature center. Read more via...
Brad Pitt & Maddox: New Orleans Football Time! |...
The father-son pair sat on the sidelines as they watched the NFC Divisional Playoff Game between the New Orleans Saints against the Arizona Cardinals.Read more via justjared.buzznet.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
'Treme' set for April premiere, place in my...
HBO unveiled more details about Treme, the New Orleans-set series from The Wire genius David Simon, and it sounds amazing. After The Corner, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Wire, and Generation Kill, I think a lot of us would follow Simon et al pretty much anywhere. Read more via popwatch.ew.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. ...
New Orleans' Hotel Monteleone | chicagotribune.com
The grande dame of New Orleans hotels — the Monteleone is 124 years old and has 570 rooms, making it the largest in the French Quarter — specializes in providing a first-class experience for guests, from luxury accommodations to everything-you-could-possibly-need amenities to attentive service.Read more via chicagotribune.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. ...
Streetcar expansion plans benefit from changes in...
The Obama administration is changing the criteria that determine federal financing for transportation projects in a way that could give proposals to expand streetcar operations in New Orleans a leg up over competing projects elsewhere.Read more via nola.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment » ...
New Orleans' Rapper Mystikal Released From Prison...
Mystikal has just been released from a Louisiana prison. This is after a six year stint in jail for extortion and sexual battery . He was arrested in 2004 after being accused of forcing his hair stylist to perform sexual acts on him after finding out that $80,000 in checks had been stolen.Read more via dimewars.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. ...
Spike Lee Back In New Orleans For Levees Sequel...
Spike Lee is back in New Orleans today, beginning work on a sequel to his Emmy-winning documentary series When the Levees Broke for HBO. While the sequel doesn’t yet have a name, it’s intention is to shine a light on the region five years after the devastationRead morevia cinemablend.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web ...
Facebook and Twitter comments on NOLA411.com
Technology is great… when it works You can now post comments on nola411 via your Facebook and Twitter connections! Posted via email from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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Vice President Biden to visit Cameron Parish on...
Vice President Joe Biden will be in Louisiana on Friday to announce steps that the Administration is taking to assist recovery and rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.Read more via kplctv.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
Bobby Charles Passed Away @OffBeatMagazine |...
Songwriter Bobby Charles passed away this morning; the cause has yet to be determined. The writer of “Walking to New Orleans” and “See You Later Alligator” had struggled with ill-health for years, including back problems and a bout with cancer that was in remission…Read more via offbeat.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from...
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B-52’s to headline Krewe of Muses ball | Best Of...
The Krewe of Muses, one of Carnival’s most all-time fun organizations, announced to its members this afternoon that the B-52’s — one of the music world’s most all-time fun bands — would be headlining the Muses ball Feb. 11. Read more via blogofneworleans.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans...
The Special Event 2010 Gets Rolling in New Orleans...
Event professionals from throughout the world are gathering in New Orleans for The Special Event 2010, which opens officially today at the Morial Convention Center. The event runs through Jan. 15.Read more via specialevents.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
Port-au-Prince and New Orleans: Only 1300 miles...
It has now been almost 5 years since Hurricane Katrina, and the citizens of New Orleans are still rebuilding. Physically there are only about 1300 miles that separate New Orleans and Port-au-Prince but these two cities are almost a century apart in terms of their wealth and level of development. via globalpost.com Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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Crystal Hot Sauce Sponsors New Orleans Saints...
FOX8 Saints promo The Saints are getting ready for The Big Thang. You get ready too! visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web from New Orleans clippings | Comment »
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The New Orleans music scene: A decade in review |...
The last 10 years, however, boasted numerous positives for this city’s music and its purveyors as is reflected by the responses of some of New Orleans’ movers and shakers to the questions: “What do you consider a significant musical milestone of the last decade?”… Read more via louisianaweekly.com visit nola411.com for New Orleans and Gulf Coast news clippings. Posted via web ...