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An 14-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department has been suspended without pay for allegedly possessing a firearm in a bar while off duty.

" Beasts of the Southern Wild " has earned awards, it has earned a major distribution deal, and it has earned the attention of serious movie buffs after taking the Sundance Film Festival by storm last month .

Searching for the best roast beef po-boys in New Orleans requires passing unforgiving judgments, often about bread.

Hard as it my be to believe if you happened to wake up in New Orleans this morning, but yesterday was merely the day before Wednesday for most human beings.

Zach Galifianakis, left, and Will Ferrell -- who just wrapped the comedy 'The Campaign' in New Orleans -- will be presenters Sunday at the Oscars.

The New Orleans City Council 's Health, Education and Social Services Committee is scheduled to meet Thursday at 10 a.m. to discuss pending cuts to state-financed mental health and substance abuse services in New Orleans .

The First Family threw a Mardi Gras party of sorts Tuesday night, with the Obamas turning their home into a White House of Blues, featuring performances by some of the nation's most gifted blues musicians, including Troy " Trombone Shorty " Andrews, who gave up his own New Orleans Fat Tuesday to be there.

New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is asking Catholics in the Archdiocese to do two things starting today, Ash Wednesday, and throughout Lent.

Riders in the Mardi Gras parade make their way to their float in the staging area of the parade in New Orleans, Monday, Feb.

' Officers on horseback cleared Bourbon Street early Wednesday, declaring an end to Carnival 2012 as Mardi Gras revelers began to prepare for the beginning of Lent, the period of fasting and repentance before Easter.

New Orleans police said they are investigating two crimes on the outskirts of the French Quarter that happened during the height of Mardi Gras.

In days gone by, when the Indians of Mardi Gras were heard approaching your neighborhood, you would flee in terror and bar your door.

From babes to "old dudes," it was a good day for all ages in Metairie on Fat Tuesday .

New Orleans police still aren't sure whether the juvenile they arrested after a parade-route double shooting Thursday night was the gunman, NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas said Monday.

Last week we asked readers to weigh in on New Orleans' best dishes, and boy, did you deliver .

Marlow's Tavern has added a Cajun kick to its menu just in time for Mardi Gras. Marlow's will be serving up a "Bayou 'n Bourbon" menu through March 26.

Rocker Bret Michaels and Grammy-winning singer Cyndi Lauper were expected to usher in Mardi Gras with musical performances in the wee hours of the morning Tuesday.

And by big I'm referring to size and quantity. So far this winter J ohn Besh and Mike Stoltzfus have expanded with restaurants inside New Orleans hotels, Besh with Borgne in the reborn Hyatt Regency and Stoltzfus with Sweet Olive in the Saint Hotel.

MERAUX, La. An Orleans Parish sheriff's deputy has been booked on charges of harboring a fugitive and obstruction of justice after St.

New Orleans police are searching for three men who allegedly burglarized a French Quarter hotel room early Saturday and choked the guest in the process.