New Orleans
New Orleans ex-cop pleads guilty to massive coverup in shooting of 6 unarmed citizens
Submitted by whytewolf on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 11:30Mardi Gras 2010: girl in "Creole Wild West Indians" parade
Submitted by whytewolf on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 11:43
Photo by Mar Doré (galleriamardore.com). A girl participating in the "Creole Wild West Indians" parade Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2010.
Remarks by the President and the Vice President on the One-Year Anniversary of the Signing of the Recovery Act
Submitted by whytewolf on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 09:3510:26 A.M. EST
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning, folks. Thank you all for being here. It's been one year today since the President signed the Recovery Act into law, and I'm probably preaching to the choir here as to how beneficial it's been. I stand before you, as I said, actually one day -- actually the exact day to a year that we signed this act. And what I want to talk about is what we've accomplished, where we were back then, where I think we are now, and where we're going.
Secretary LaHood Announces Funding for Over 50 Innovative, Strategic Transportation Projects through Landmark Competitive TIGER Program
Submitted by whytewolf on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 08:32Recovery Act-Funded Projects Will Create Jobs, Spur Lasting Economic Growth
KANSAS CITY, MO - One year to the day after President Obama signed the historic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will announce Recovery Act awards to states, tribal governments, cities, counties and transit agencies across the country to fund 51 innovative transportation projects.
Mardi Gras: Big Chief Bo Dollis, Wild Magnolias and Wild Red Flames
Submitted by whytewolf on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 13:00
New Orleans Mardi Gras photo gallery: Mar Doré
Submitted by whytewolf on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 11:57Happy Mardi Gras, y'all!
Mardi Gras: "What is Ya Ka May?"
Submitted by whytewolf on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 20:15Wade Davis on voodoo, the Haiti quake, and Pat Robertson
Submitted by whytewolf on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 12:15
Anthropologist Wade Davis is an incredibly engaging and eloquent explorer of the world's cultural diversity, what he calls the Ethnosphere.
Liveblogging the 2010 Grammy Awards
Submitted by whytewolf on Sun, 01/31/2010 - 17:01
(Xeni's in LA at the Grammy Awards, armed with a tactical blogging apparatus. Read the winners, losers and bad fashion in real-time starting after 5 p.m./8 p.m. Update: Thanks for reading! Tweets archived after the jump. - Rob)