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New Orleans: tax day photo-vacation / Denver Dining Examiner
If you have waited until the last minute to finish your taxes, (as so many Americans do), then you may need to take a short break, and what could be better than a trip to New Orleans without even leaving your desk? So, take a bight on your Po’Boy, have a sip of French roast, sit back, relax, and enjoy the trip.
via examiner.com
Popeyes rewards its top franchisees with culinary program | Human Resources (HR) | QSR Web
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has begun a new program to introduce its best operators to the culinary heritage of Louisiana cuisine.The Popeyes Louisiana Heritage Culinary Institute was created for the brand's Gold, Silver and Bronze Plate award winners. The winners were selected for their commitment to and execution of operational excellence.
via qsrweb.com
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Near New Orleans: Tours of swamps and plantations - San Jose Mercury News
There's so much to do in New Orleans that a tourist might be forgiven for overlooking attractions just outside the city. But whether you're here for a festival or a convention, or just to party on Bourbon Street, consider adding a tour of a historic plantation or a swamp teeming with alligators to your itinerary.Several of these attractions are well within an hour's drive on New Orleans. Jean Lafitte Swamp Tours, Laura Plantation and Oak Alley Plantation, among many others, are served by tour companies that offer pick-up and drop-off at French Quarter hotels.
via mercurynews.com
NoLA Rising seeks help to paint New Orleans floodwalls
A New Orleans public art group wants 65 artists to paint shotgun houses on an Industrial Canal floodwall to help rejuvenate the Lower 9th Ward, an area destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
via sunherald.com
Baby Boy, Two Others Found Shot To Death In Terrytown, on the West Bank
Local NBC News affiliate WPTZ reports that four people were shot by gunmen in dark clothing who kicked in an apartment door and opened fire. A six-year-old boy, his baby brother, and a 19-year-old woman were killed.
read more via allheadlinenews.com
ISS - FEMA shuts down Gulf Coast Recovery Office
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Thursday that DHS is shutting down FEMA's Gulf Coast Recovery Office, a special oversight office set up in New Orleans after Katrina to oversee recovery in the region.
Chill out at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest -- Newsday.com
Festival attendees gather around the food outlets during the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans.
(AP Photo / April 26, 2008)It's that time of year when New Orleans slathers up and chills out.Never mind how spring temperatures tend to sizzle. Get a big hat and plenty of sunscreen and everything will be cool in the Big Easy for the last weekend of April and the first weekend of May.
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Film industry tells mayor, legislators to strengthen incentives | ShreveportTimes | The Times
Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover hosts a forum for the film industry at Independence Stadium's Skybox on Thursday. (Alexandyr Kent/The Times)
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WAFB Channel 9, Baton Rouge, LA |Louisiana receives Homeland Security grant
Louisiana's first responders are getting a Homeland Security grant for almost $19 million.
Governor Bobby Jindal announced some of the money will be used for three urban search and rescue teams.
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