Mardi Gras
NOP96022003-20FEB96-NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA: Thousands of Mardi Gras revelers pack Bourbon St. in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Feb. 20, as celebrations of Mardi Gras day take place. UPI aj/a.j.sisco
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- The Mardi Gras-ending Fat Tuesday festivities in New Orleans turned bloody with gun play wounding six people, including an infant, authorities said.
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