Fat Tuesday in New Orleans
Members of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club toss trinkets to the crowd as their parade rolls down Canal Street in New Orleans on Mardi Gras, February 24, 2009. Zulu, a traditionally African-American Carnival organization, celebrated its 100th anniversary this year. (UPI Photo/A.J. Sisco)
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Four women say in a lawsuit that San Jose, Calif., police used excessive force against them in 2006 after mistaking them for Mardi Gras revelers.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Tourism officials in New Orleans say the city is attracting visitors this year despite the recession and is bouncing back from 2005's Hurricane Katrina.
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.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The majority of the more than 300 people arrested in New Orleans during recent Mardi Gras celebrations were guilty of public drunkenness, police say.
MANDEVILLE, La., Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A Louisiana coin dealer wants to give away 1 million pennies during the 12 days between Lincoln's Birthday and the beginning of Mardi Gras.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The national recession does not appear to be a mood-killer for those attending Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, a Carnival season organizer says.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Hotel room bookings are ahead of pace for the 2009 Mardi Gras season, the Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging Association said Tuesday.
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NEW ORLEANS, March 22 (UPI) -- A Louisiana native who returned to New Orleans for Mardi Gras was found in his sport utility vehicle at the bottom of a canal, 44 days after he vanished.
SYDNEY, March 1 (UPI) -- The yearly Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney drew 300,000 spectators on its 30th anniversary Saturday.