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    The Killing Fields and My Brush with Death in Texas

    OCTOBER 21, 2011 3:03PM

    By Hayley Rose


    Topics: serial killers, texas, killing fields, the killing fields, houston, i-45, i-10, new orleans, voodoo, roadtrip, carlsbad caverns, new mexico

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 1988 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    NOLA Interlude

    JUNE 22, 2011 5:30PM

    By bbd


    Topics: fun with the bride, beauty and the profane, it's like breathing water, humidity, satanically hot, hot, road trip, roadie, new orleans, nola, photography, photos

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1681 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Flag of Ireland Shepherd's Pie

    MARCH 17, 2011 12:28AM

    By Theresa Rice


    Topics: open call, foodie tuesday, skc high on the hog, saint patrick's day, st. patrick, new orleans, louisiana, ireland, irish diasapora, shepherd's pie, cottage pie, potatoes, parade, food/drink, open+call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1955 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Zeppole for Saint Joseph's Day

    MARCH 14, 2011 8:43AM

    By Theresa Rice


    Topics: skc high on the hog, open+call, food/drink, saint joseph devotion, saint joseph's altar, italian immigrants, new orleans, sicilian-american food, louisiana food, feast of saint joseph, feast days, foodie tuesday, zeppole, zeppola

    • Editor's Pick
    • 62 Ratings
    • 3002 Views
    • 83 Comments
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    New Orleans—We Dat

    NOVEMBER 17, 2010 4:40PM

    By bbd


    Topics: friends, photography, photos, new orleans, memorial, tequila and donuts, deven, photographers' rights, street art, bourbon street

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 1570 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Chocolate on the Dark Side: Pots de Creme à lá Delphine

    OCTOBER 24, 2010 9:42PM

    By Theresa Rice


    Topics: lalaurie, open call, skc halloween candy, food/drink, horror, delphine la laurie, new orleans, halloween, pots de creme au chocolat, louisiana, chocolate, history, legend, hauntings, ghosts, murder

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2468 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Strikes, Solidarity and Sandwiches

    SEPTEMBER 6, 2010 9:13AM

    By Theresa Rice


    Topics: food/drink, louisiana, history, labor, new orleans, roast beef, sandwich, po-boy, poor boy, po'boy, skc labor day, katrina, god's katrina kitchen, volunteer

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1226 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Hurricane Katrina: Then and Now

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 1:40PM

    By ixxidust


    Topics: new orleans, hurricane katrina, gulf coast then and now, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3682 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    A Surprising Casualty of Katrina

    AUGUST 25, 2010 7:32PM

    By evaritol


    Topics: open call, vegetarian, vegan, katrina, new orleans, food, conflicted carnivores

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2638 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    100 Days Since BP Disaster: What People in Gulf Are Saying

    JULY 30, 2010 11:04AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: 100 days, bp, oil disaster, gulf oil spill, gulf oil leak, tony hayward, barack obama, president obama, obama administration, new orleans, gulf of mexico, alabama, mississippi, gulf coast, fish, seafood, katrina, hurricane, activism, organizing, politics, news, oil, coast guard, media, press, censorship, science, wildlife, marine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 869 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    On which side of the law are the New Orleans cops?

    JULY 30, 2010 8:48AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: new orleans, nola, police, murder

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 2873 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    A Streetcar Named Hogwarts

    JUNE 10, 2010 9:53PM

    By nolalibrarian


    Topics: dementors, oil spill, new orleans, summer, health, family, books, cats, harry potter

    • Editor's Pick
    • 53 Ratings
    • 6464 Views
    • 66 Comments
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    Hurricane Katrina: After the Flood (pictures and memories)

    AUGUST 28, 2009 3:46AM

    By MJwycha


    Topics: news, true story, photo essay, louisiana, new orleans, katrina, hurricane katrina

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 1649 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Spring Fatalism

    APRIL 12, 2009 11:48AM

    By Hillbilly Aunt


    Topics: environment, weather, arkansas, tornado, new orleans, little rock

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1205 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Mouth Candy

    APRIL 8, 2009 1:09AM

    By Jon Henner


    Topics: beignets, new orleans, girls, lips, sex, sugar, chicory, foodie sorta

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 873 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Brush with death (someone else's)

    MARCH 6, 2009 4:01PM

    By Ginny Kaczmarek


    Topics: open call, lament, poetry, senseless killing, crime, new orleans, brush with death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 1658 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Gunshots in the Night

    MARCH 6, 2009 8:16AM

    By jimmymac1025


    Topics: alcoholism, new orleans, new year's eve, open call, brush with death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 609 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    The Violence We Live With

    FEBRUARY 28, 2009 2:11PM

    By Ginny Kaczmarek


    Topics: new orleans, mardi gras shooting, parade, news, violence

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 616 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Bush, Katrina, Obama’s First Full Day As Prez

    JANUARY 21, 2009 11:45PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: white house official site, vice president biden, prez, president obama, new orleans, hurricane katrina, houston convention center, george w. bush, first full day, cnn, brave kids

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 3622 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Why I live in New Orleans

    JANUARY 5, 2009 3:45PM

    By Leeandra Nolting


    Topics: do you know what it means?, new orleans, the saints, cemeteries, mardi gras, you might as well just walk because you'll get there quicker

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