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  • 2013 New Orleans Home + Design Show

    The New Orleans Home+Design Show When / Where May 24-26 at the Morial Convention Center Hall I Dates/Times ? 4 pm - 9 pm Friday, May 24 ? 10 am - 8 pm Saturday, May 25 ? 10 am - 6 pm Sunday, May 26 Ticket Price: $15 adults (Military with ID – $5) Visitors can get a $5 off admission coupon by ...

  • Couple arrested in Covington armed robbery

    The robbery happened on Monday in the 400 block of Kirkland Street. Investigators say the victim says she was attacked with an electronic stun gun and her purse was ...

  • Arias jury foreman Decision gut-wrenching

    A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and ...

  • Lafourche man missing after leaving Raceland business

    Lafourche Parish investigators are searching for a 53-year-old man who left his place of business on Thursday morning for stops at a store and the bank and hasn't been seen ...

  • Advocacy group claims La. laws weak on gun violence

    A recent national study says Louisiana has the highest rate of gun violence in the nation and the weakest gun safety laws. But state lawmakers are moving to expand the already permissive ...


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Movie Review

Playtime [DVD]

Playtime [DVD]

In an article titled The Death of Hulot originally published in Sight & Sound in 1983, film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum gave Jacques Tatis Playtime its most apt description: the masterpiece that wrecked his career. A decade in the making and, at the time, the most expensive film ever ... ...

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  • Louisiana’s Sen. Landrieu Seeks to Delay Flood Insurance Increases

    Sen. Mary Landrieu filed legislation this week to delay flood insurance increases for many residents and businesses in southern Louisiana that officials fear could begin skyrocketing at the end of the year. The National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization was approved last year. Landrieu, D-La., had an amendment that was defeated that would have stalled premium increases of 20 percent or ...

  • Victim in I-10 shooting identified

    The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting on I-10 after finding a man shot to death inside a vehicle on the side of the ...

  • 2 arrested 1 still on the loose in CBD attack

    They have been identified as brothers 32-year-old Dorian Ferguson and 21-year-old Byron Ferguson. The duo were arrested at a restaurant on Bourbon ...

  • 2 held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted

    Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ...

  • Tornado loss estimate $2 billion to $5 billion

    The string of tornadoes that ripped across the central United States in the past week did between $2 billion and $5 billion in damage, according to an initial estimate from Eqecat, a catastrophe risk ...

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