NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 17 -- -- NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 17 -- Against a backdrop of crumbled neighborhoods, stressed-out residents and a crippled economic landscape, Mardi Gras, the city's world-famous ...

It was 6:30 a.m., a warm, slightly muggy morning in mid February. I was surrounded by at least two dozen men clad in bright, loose-fitting coveralls striped with hand-torn fringe. Most wore tall, ...

(New Orleans, LA) The City of New Orleans today announced its official recommendation to the Mayor for the 2006 Mardi Gras celebration, marking 150 years of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The NOPD, City ...

"Buy us back, Chirac!" was one of the slogans of the Krewe du Vieux parade marching in the cold of night. The taped refrigerators marched, the corpses floated by, the Krewe du Jieux rotated in a mad ...

Mardi Gras is approaching and New Orleans is trying to recover its pre-Katrina lock on the celebration. But this year's attendance is sparse so far, the floats are fewer and festivities lack the ...

'New Orleans Black Mardi Gras Indians: Exploring a Community Tradition from an Insider's View'exhibition, held at the Anacostia Community Museum from April 23, 2006 - October 15, 2006, featured more ...

Glad Products, maker of famed Glad trash bags, became the first corporate sponsor of New Orleans' 2006 Mardi Gras, it was announced Tuesday. As part of efforts to recover from Hurricane Katrina, New ...

Rachel Walton, co-owner of the Bohemian Armadillo Guest House near the French Quarter, tells Don Gonyea how her business is doing during this Mardi Gras season. New Orleans resident Rachel Walton is ...

Nicole Schlecht, Moorhead, has been named chairwoman of the Mental Health Association in North Dakota - South Valley Mardi Gras 2006 Committee. Schlecht, a kitchen and bath designer at Braaten ...