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Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees points to a fan in the crowd before he tosses beads Tuesday during the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl victory parade in New Orleans. Fellow Saints quarterback Mark Brunell is at center.

Krewe of Champions

NEW ORLEANS — Only a Super Bowl victory parade could upstage Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Carnival floats carrying Saints players, coaches and team owner Tom Benson rolled past tens of thousands of jubilant fans in downtown New Orleans on Tuesday, two days after the 43-year-old franchise won its first NFL championship. Read more →

EKL-Lake partnership discussed

LSU System Vice President Fred Cerise told more than 100 people Tuesday night that the public hospital in Baton Rouge has no other option than to work with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. Cerise said the proposed partnership with the Essen Lane facility, commonly called the Lake, would give the poor and uninsured access to health-care services currently unavailable, provide more in-patient care beds and allow for the training of more physicians. Read more →

Today's Sports Feed

Live by the curve ...

Put yourselves in the shoes of a hitter facing LSU relief pitcher Paul Bertuccini. Bases loaded in the top of the ninth, your team down by two runs and in trots Bertuccini. Not exactly the most imposing figure at 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds, Bertuccini doesn’t really intimidate at first glance. Read more →

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Police & Fire News Feed

7th gun seized at schools

A 13-year-old sixth-grade student at Westdale Middle School was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of bringing a loaded gun onto campus Monday and threatening to shoot another student, law enforcement authorities said. Read more →

Politics & Elections Feed

Standardizing college credit transfers advances

Taking English 101 at a community college soon will officially count the same as taking the same class at LSU or any other four-year state university. Read more →

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Judge orders studio dissolved

NEW ORLEANS — A judge ordered into liquidation a defunct Louisiana movie studio Tuesday tied to a $1.7 million dispute with New Orleans Saints players and coaches. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Magner issued the order after being told talks with potential buyers of Louisiana Film Studios LLC had not produced results and the studio had ceased operations. Read more →

Education Feed

Standardizing college credit transfers advances

Taking English 101 at a community college soon will officially count the same as taking the same class at LSU or any other four-year state university. Read more →

Entertainment Feed

Ideas for a successful Valentine’s Day

Illustration originally published on February 8, 2009.

Many people think that Valentine’s Day is a commercial holiday invented by the greeting card companies to boost business. While that may seem true, it is the perfect time to celebrate romance and love. It is a day to pamper your partner and discover just how much you love (or like … or lust) the one you’re with. Read more →

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Cage's 'Lieutenant' a guilty pleasure

Nicolas Cage, left, co-stars with Eva Mendes in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.

Often a manic presence on screen, Nicolas Cage goes off the deep end even more than usual in the crazily entertaining Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans. Read more →

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People and Features Feed

Caring for athletes’ hearts

Jump Start Your Heart, a nonprofit organization, screened Southern University athletes and more than 200 high school athletes last year for a form of heart disease that can cause sudden death. The athletes were healthy, as hoped for, said Danielle Kelley, executive director and co-founder of Jump Start Your Heart. But if a screening ever reveals that an athlete has the heart condition, “You’ve saved a life,” Kelley said. Read more →

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