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5 hrs ago | WWL-TV New Orleans

New Orleans' own Rebirth Brass Band wins Grammy

The award for Best Regional Roots Music Album was one of 78 presented in a special pre-show ceremony, a few hours before Sunday night's 7 p.m. broadcast on CBS and WWL-TV. , like the Saints winning the Super Bowl again," said co-founder Keith Frazier in his speech.

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

The Times-Picayune

Louisiana officials establish formula for anticipating sea-level rise

State coastal restoration and levee projects should be designed to anticipate an average 3.3 feet increase in sea level over the next 100 years, according to a new Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority report.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

The Advocate

Smiley Anders for Feb. 6, 2012

After I discussed getting in the last word with law enforcement officers who stop us for various traffic violations, it occurred to me that there's hardly any way you can get the best of these folks.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

NOLA.com

Hurricanes: The Times-Picayune covers 175 years of New Orleans history

The New Orleans area has been ravaged repeatedly by hurricanes during its 200-year history, with the first major hurricane in 1722 destroying nearly every structure in the four-year-old village, including its only church, parsonage and hospital.

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Sun Jan 29, 2012

Monroe News Star

Will Lafourche government acquire Fourchon beach?

FOURCHON, La. - The owners of a private beach in Fourchon say they will fight any attempt to expropriate the land and make it public.

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NOLA.com

Gulf shrimp harvest numbers are eagerly awaited

Rarely has quantifying Louisiana's annual shrimp harvest generated as much interest as it has this year, as scientists, shrimpers and even the general public nervously await news of how many shrimp were pulled from coastal waters battered in recent years by drought, flooding and the massive BP oil spill .

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Fri Jan 27, 2012

WWL-TV New Orleans

More dead dolphins wash up on Southeast Louisiana coast

Maya Rodriguez / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS-- It's been a busy few months for Suzanne Smith of the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas.

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Thu Jan 26, 2012

WIBW-TV Topeka

U.S. Will Open Up More Gulf Seafloor for Oil Development

The Interior Department will put 38 million undersea acres up for sale in June. Conservationists raise alarms over new Gulf of Mexico drilling Workers search for signs washed-up oil as they walk along a beach in Grand Isle, La., Thursday, Aug.

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Tue Jan 17, 2012

NOLA.com

Getting started on BP oil spill repairs: An editorial

The list of initial projects covered by $1 billion pledged by BP to begin to repair the damage done by the 2010 oil spill includes creating 104 acres of marsh, placing oyster cultch on six public seed beds and upgrading a Grand Isle oyster hatchery.

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Sat Jan 14, 2012

The Advocate

Project explores uses for robots

LSU and Georgia Tech professors are collaborating on a project to improve the ability of robots to test for dangerous substances in areas hazardous to humans.

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