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Waters: Acknowledging big gains in the 'Big Easy'
Although far too few Kentucky 2011 high school graduates were ready for college, our students did improve their performance on this year’s 36-point ACT college entrance test — going from an overall composite score of 19.4 in 2010 to 19.6...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Human Body, Colorado, DNA, Education
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Big gains in the 'Big Easy'
Guest columnistAlthough far too few Kentucky 2011 high-school graduates were ready for college, our students did improve their performance on this year’s 36-point ACT college entrance test — going from an overall composite score of 19.4 in 2010 to 19.6...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Human Body, Colorado, DNA, Education
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50 Years Ago in Clark County
Feb. 5, 1961
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Harrison and son Gay have moved from the Boonesboro Road to 117 Hood Ave.
A house at 140 Linden Ave., owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mills, was sold at auction Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mansfield on a bid of $4,000....Tags: Homes
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Who will fill the vacant City Council seat from District B?
Or maybe the better question is: who will make the recommendation to fill the vacant District B seat? Stacy Head, the former District B representative, would normally be the one to name her own replacement. But now it's possible Mayor Mitch Landrieu...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Mitch Landrieu
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Why do we wait for special events to clean up our city?
I've often talked about the dirtiest, most filthy city in America. It's not Detroit or New York; it's New Orleans. And now, because of the Final 4 basketball championships coming to town, we are all about cleaning it up. This happens every few years...
Tags: NCAA Final Four, Bowl Championship Series
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Beauty In The Eye of Hurricane Holder
One of the things that modern conservatives have forgotten to do is to stop, enjoy, then support the good things in life. We are instead trained from political birth to think of everything in political terms. Once you are baptized in the Reagan waters...
Tags: Music, Cancer, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Ronald Reagan
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Playboy Bunnies Relive History In New Orleans
WGNO NewsAbout 100 former Playboy Bunnies take over New Orleans, but not before Vanessa Bolano sat down with a few of the ladies to get a taste of what their life was like. The Playboy bunnies first bounced onto the scene in Chicago in 1960. Members and guests of...Tags: New Playboy Incorporated, Hugh Hefner, Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
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New Orleans Police Detectives Go Hi-Tech
WGNO NewsNew Orleans police have new hi-tech tools to fight crime. Detectives in the 8th district are now using state of the art equipment in their interrogation room. The community followed developments in the Earl Wheeler murder case; the tragedy, and the...Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Human Interest, Prosecution, WGNO, Justice System
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10 things you might not know about epidemics
Fear of epidemics is spreading from movie theater to movie theater, with "Contagion" all over the screen. But real-life epidemics have been reported recently as well — measles in Somalia, dengue fever in Pakistan, encephalitis in India. Here are...Tags: AIDS, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (movie), Health, Epidemics and Plagues, Viral Diseases and Infections
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HUD Settles Katrina Housing Program Lawsuit
Homeowners living in Cameron, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard Parishes may be eligible for additional compensation under the Louisiana’s Road Home Program under the terms of a settlement agreement announced today by the U.S. Department of...Tags: Homes, Louisiana
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Gov. Jindal Signs Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits into Law
Today, Governor Bobby Jindal signed into law HB 348 by Rep. Leger – a Governor’s Package Bill – that extends and improves the residential historic rehabilitation tax credit, and SB 63 by Sen. Murray – the duplicate of Governor&...Tags: Human Interest, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Politics, Real Estate, Executive Branch
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John Mosca dies at 86; ran popular restaurant near New Orleans
John Mosca, proprietor of a two-room roadhouse near New Orleans famed for its Italian-style garlicky shrimp, oysters, chicken and marinated crab dishes, has died. He was 86.
Mosca died Wednesday at his home in suburban Harahan, said his daughter, Lisa...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Chicago, Vehicles, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Italy
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