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NOLA Ideas To Make Community Better Compete For Pepsi Refresh Grant

By Shercole of  NewOrleanstech.netPepsi has stepped into the realm of providing grants to…

Mayoral Candidate Forum on Youth Issues

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President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech from Oslo, Norway

President Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize and gave, like usual, an excellent…

The Music Class

Billionaire George Soros Increasing Involvement in New Orleans

National Press Club Hears Crescent City Story

Pedal Power

The city of New Orleans is starting to look more and more like…

HAMP Fest / benefit music festival to raise money to help the HIV Agencies and Clinics in New Orleans fight AIDS

Tonight, come out to the Howlin' Wolf and show support for a worthy…

URBANbuild: local/global conceived at Tulane

NY Times Book Critics Christmas List

Building Trust in Our Community and Urban Planning: Critical Perspectives and Open Public Dialogue

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CNN Heroes: New Orleans Kids Plant 'Roots Of Music'

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Rising Tide presents Blogging 101

EngageNOLA to release “job description” for city’s top post 

WWII museum expansion opens in New Orleans

Getting vacant New Orleans schools back in commerce: an editorial

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Loyola to offer minor in the study of the Crescent City

“If we are going to have a center that focuses on New Orleans,…

Brees and Payton make contributions to 9th Ward Field of Dreams

In the summer of 2008, 30 students emerged from seven classroom trailers and…

CNN Hero Award / Derek Tabb needs your vote!

A local musician and teacher, Derek Tabb, who started

Warren Easton high school first of four New Orleans schools to get solar panels

Warren Easton Charter High School officials unveiled this morning a new solar panel…

Labor Dept. Says La. Has Surplus of 4-Year Grads

In the ongoing saga of how Louisiana can drive native, college-educated people out…

LSU President Proposes Higher Tuition and End to TOPS

"At the end of the day we'll have a nice report and it…

Pitt Speaks at Clinton Global Initiative

Time to check in with our boy Brad.  He spoke yesterday at a…

Local Research Lab Lands Big Stem Cell Contract

A local research lab has landed a big contract that not only means…

Jindal Wants to Cut $1 Billion from State Budget

Gov. Bobby Jindal asked cost-cutting panels Wednesday to help him identify nearly $1…

Enrollment Up at Local Colleges and Universities

Despite potential students and parents who are still skeptical post-K, local colleges and…

State likely to run New Orleans public schools for years

The Times-Picayune reports that state schools superintendent Paul Pastorek has indicated that the…

Vallas Wants Permanent Charter Reforms

The Times-Picayune reports that Recovery School District superintendent Paul Vallas believes the New…

I CAN Learn ... how to take a bribe!

Testimony continued today in the trial of Mose Jefferson, with former New Orleans…

Louisiana Air National Guard troops leave for Haiti

Two Louisiana Air National Guard airmen deployed to Haiti on Friday to set… 16 minutes ago

Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks

WASHINGTON (AP) — An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for… 36 minutes ago

Examiner unveils Lehman accounting tricks

WASHINGTON (AP) — An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for… 36 minutes ago

Indictments expected In Danziger case

An attorney for the detective who led the police probe of the shootings… 36 minutes ago

Indictments expected In Danziger case

An attorney for the detective who led the police probe of the shootings… 36 minutes ago

Overcharging, favoritism alleged in Jefferson Parish schools copier contract

Ray St. Pierre acknowledges ties to new vendor 38 minutes ago

New Orleans Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis' press conference transcript 3/12/10 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

He addresses Super Bowl XLIV, free agency and the draft 45 minutes ago

Regulators shut banks in NY, Florida, Louisiana (AP via Yahoo! News)

Regulators on Friday shut down banks in New York, Florida and Louisiana, raising… 45 minutes ago

New Orleans hotel owner offers to host prom for Mississippi students, after theirs was canceled over same sex prom date (ABC 26 New Orleans)

While the ACLU takes the case of a cancelled Mississippi prom to federal… 1 hour ago

Foul play not suspected in case of Jefferson man whose body was found Thursday in car in Kenner parking lot

A Jefferson man whose body was found in his car in a Kenner… 1 hour ago

Regulators Shut Banks in NY, Florida, Louisiana (ABC News)

Regulators shutter 3 banks in New York, Florida, Louisiana; making 30 closures this… 1 hour ago

DioGuardi, dad of 'Idol' judge, to run for Senate

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The father of "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi (KEHR'-uh… 1 hour ago

Paul, once the outsider, gains GOP support in Ky.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Now that Rand Paul's candidacy for the U.S. Senate… 1 hour ago

Public input sought for St. Charles Parish land use plan

RUSTY COSTANZA / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Mary Clulee, a member of the St. Charles… 1 hour ago

Ex-LSU star carted off field after spectacular catch crashing into wall

Chicago White Sox outfield prospect Jared Mitchell was carted off the field Friday… 1 hour ago

Ex-LSU star carted off field after spectacular catch crashing into wall

Chicago White Sox outfield prospect Jared Mitchell was carted off the field Friday… 1 hour ago

John Bel Edwards is new leader of Louisiana House Democrats

The House Democratic Caucus has picked a freshman legislator from Amite as its new… 1 hour ago

New Orleans Hornets' James Posey out Friday with flulike symptoms (ESPN)

Hornets forward James Posey has been scratched from New Orleans' game against the… 1 hour ago

New Orleans Saints SportsWeek Video: Mickey Loomis on free agency (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

Hopes to get multi-year deals done with the team's restricted free agents 1 hour ago

Tulane beats UAB 62-54 to earn 10th trip to NCAAs

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulane coach Lisa Stockton didn't have much to sell… 1 hour ago

Some hurricane projects still being delayed by contractor protests, Corps of Engineers officials say

Bid challenges continue to hamstring a major hurricane flood reduction project in St.… 1 hour ago

Female car burglar caught on tape looting Old Metairie vehicles

JPSOUnidentified woman captured on private video surveillance just before burglarizing a vehicle in… 2 hours ago

Senate action helps chances for New Orleans housing

“Judge sympathetic, but dismisses complaint about housing money shifted to port”  “BGR President… 2 hours ago

Councilman withdraws from Kenner mayor's race

Councilman Louis Congemi says he is withdrawing his name from consideration for Mayor… 2 hours ago

Councilman withdraws from Kenner mayor's race

Councilman Louis Congemi says he is withdrawing his name from consideration for Mayor… 2 hours ago

Pope Benedict XVI under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse

Munich archdiocese emphasizes that he didn't know about transfer of suspected pedophile priest… 2 hours ago

Stocks end mixed after mixed economic reports

NEW YORK — Mixed economic reports pinned the stock market to only modest… 2 hours ago

Man charged with stealing thousands of dollars worth of baby formula

A New Orleans man that police say shoplifted nearly $2,000 worth of baby… 2 hours ago

Man charged with stealing thousands of dollars worth of baby formula

A New Orleans man that police say shoplifted nearly $2,000 worth of baby… 2 hours ago

At Task Force Meeting, Largely Redundant Comments Underscore Sad Reality Of Broken NOPD

It probably didn’t shock Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu Thursday night when the residents of… 2 hours ago

No. 15 Tennessee advances ugly at SEC tourney

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The opening game 15th-ranked Tennessee played in the Southeastern… 3 hours ago

New Orleans Hornets vs. Denver Nuggets, by the numbers (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

They play tonight at 7 at the New Orleans Arena 3 hours ago