Mardi Gras

'Dancing With the Stars' recap: It's the Finals Countdown

2013-05-21 05:00:00

“This is the spray tan traffic zone, right here.” — host Tom Bergeron We’ve reached the “Dancing With the Stars” Season 16 finals, ballroom fans! And this two-hour, heavily padded first-night showcase had each of...

Suspect arrested in New Orleans parade shooting

2013-05-15 22:09:00

NEW ORLEANS --� The suspect in a Mother's Day parade shooting that left 19 people wounded in New Orleans was taken into custody Wednesday night, police said. Akein Scott, 19, was arrested in the Little Woods section of eastern New Orleans, police...

2 brothers held in New Orleans parade shooting

2013-05-16 11:59:00

A pair of brothers have been charged with attempting to murder 20 people during a shooting spree at a parade on Mothers Day in New Orleans, and four other people have been arrested for allegedly harboring the fugitives during an intense manhunt, officials...

173-year-old family-run New Orleans restaurant may lose a daughter

2013-05-09 00:00:00

NEW ORLEANS — She grew up crawling around the dining room of her family's French Quarter restaurant, lost under crisp white tablecloths stamped with fleurs-de-lis and smoke drifting from gentlemen's cigars, a towheaded child nicknamed "The Wildness....

Suspect named in New Orleans mass shooting

2013-05-13 22:04:00

Police late Monday identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of about 20 people during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, saying several people had identified him as the gunman captured by surveillance camera videos. Superintendent...

Passengers tell tales of joy, woe as crippled cruise ship returns

2013-02-15 04:00:00

MOBILE, Ala. – The first real glimpse of what life has been like for those stranded aboard a Carnival cruise ship adrift in the Gulf of Mexico came late Thursday as passengers began to disembark at the port in Mobile, a process that stretched into...

Mardi Gras 2013 shifts into high gear with Fat Tuesday in New Orleans

2013-02-12 10:33:54

Twister rakes Hattiesburg, University of Southern Mississippi

2013-02-10 19:45:00

A tornado touched down in a southern Mississippi college town Sunday evening, officials said, inflicting "significant damage" and injuring at least 10 people. "We do have significant damage throughout the city,” Kyle Hopkins, emergency...

It's almost Mardi Gras! Got king cake?

2013-02-08 10:00:00

Mardi Gras is next Tuesday -- got your king cake? At first sight, it may come across as, well, a little unusual. A large wreath-shaped cake bedazzled in vibrant shades of purple, green and gold — there's nothing subtle about it. It might be...

Super Bowl outage traced to device used to prevent power outage

2013-02-08 11:28:00

The Superdome folks might want to get their money back on this one. An electrical device whose sole purpose was to prevent a power outage caused the Super Bowl blackout, the stadium's power company said Friday. Officials of Entergy New Orleans said...

Las Vegas: It's Mardi Gras daily at Rio, but Feb. 12 is special

2013-02-07 06:30:00

It’s Mardi Gras every day inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, but on Fat Tuesday -- Feb. 12 -- a variety of Vegas headliners will join the regular cast of colorfully costumed characters in the Show in the Sky, the resort’s nightly free...

Super Nola: Insider's tour of New Orleans

2013-02-01 16:53:00

NEW ORLEANS — One thing you can say about New Orleanians: They know how to punt. When the date for Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII was set, there could have been a loud gasp: It was scheduled right in the middle of the city's hectic Carnival season....

1960's rock legends the Lovin' Spoonful play Mardi Gras Casino on Tuesday.

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Louisiana folk artist Darryl Montana made this feathered and beaded Mardi Gras tunic.

2013-04-18 13:10:00

Louisiana folk artist Darryl Montana made this feathered and beaded Mardi Gras tunic, shown in detail.

2013-04-18 13:10:00