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Despite the efforts of many New Orleanians, the 35,000 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America youths who descended upon the city for a youth conference returned home with their beliefs intact.
Levee editorial cartoonist Michael DiBari sums up William Jefferson's political legacy in one, simple panel.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the pointed fingers of blame were flying in all directions. The most striking direction was at God.
It's all Jefferson all the time.
There's trouble brewin' down in Da Parish.
I have a confession. I do detest White Linen Night! I hate the crowds. I hate the awkwardly dressed cretins drinking overpriced chardonnay. I hate the thought of a linen wedgie in August. Foremostly, I hate what it does to my hair.
"She just isn't hot enough for me," Louisiana's hooker-loving junior U.S. senator says.
City employees are busy using shopping carts to transfer office equipment from the old City Hall to the new City Hall beneath I-10, which is currently being used as an encampment for the homeless.
Folks, you have to laugh to keep from crying.
After his conviction on federal bribery charges, former New Orleans Congressman William Jefferson convinced former President William Jefferson Clinton to take him to Pyongyang in an effort to secure a pardon from North Korean President Kim Jong Il.
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Former New Orleans congressman William Jefferson will be returning to public service after a federal jury voted overwhelmingly to have the 62-year-old serve his country once more, possibly for the rest of his life.
"If Vista can totally halt operations and destroy productivity at multinational corporations, I am confident it can freeze a tropical storm in its tracks," Microsoft founder Bill Gates said.
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