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Lowly mudbugs fuel annual Fat Tuesday celebration at Duck Inn – Evansville Courier & Press

Lowly mudbugs fuel annual Fat Tuesday celebration at Duck Inn – Evansville Courier & Press EVANSVILLE — It’s not the Guinness Book of Records holder for world’s most popular party like Brazil’s Carnival celebration, nor does it have the elaborate floats and costumes found in the street parades on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street. But what [...]

Mardi Gras celebration rocks New Orleans with Fat Tuesday music, revelry and … – Washington Post

Mardi Gras celebration rocks New Orleans with Fat Tuesday music, revelry and … – Washington Post NEW ORLEANS — From the family-friendly avenues of the Garden District to raunchy displays in the French Quarter, New Orleans let loose with a Fat Tuesday party as parades rolled and revelers frolicked amid showers of beads, trinkets and [...]

Album review: Sleigh Bells, ‘Reign of Terror’ – Chicago Tribune

Album review: Sleigh Bells, ‘Reign of Terror’ – Chicago Tribune 3 stars (out of 4) Sleigh Bells’ Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss dropped a grenade of a debut, “Treats,” in 2010 that had bloggers doing hyperbolic hand-stands. The mix of trash-compactor guitar, abrasive samples and thundering electro-beats topped by Krauss’ chirpy-cheerleader vocals made for a [...]

Elizabeth Smart marries at Hawaii temple – The Associated Press

Elizabeth Smart marries at Hawaii temple – The Associated Press Elizabeth Smart marries at Hawaii temple (AP) – 2 hours ago  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elizabeth Smart, the young woman from Utah who was kidnapped at knifepoint at 14 and held captive for nine months by an itinerant street preacher, married her Scottish fiance [...]

Whitney Houston’s funeral a star-studded, music-filled farewell – Newsday

Whitney Houston’s funeral a star-studded, music-filled farewell – Newsday Originally published: February 18, 2012 3:58 PMUpdated: February 18, 2012 10:16 PMBy GLENN GAMBOA  glenn.gamboa@newsday.com Clapping hands and swaying to gospel hymns in the church where Whitney Houston’s voice once wowed her congregation, the top names in entertainment sang along with the choir at her funeral [...]

Outside Whitney Houston’s funeral: ‘We’re hurting too’ – Los Angeles Times

Outside Whitney Houston’s funeral: ‘We’re hurting too’ – Los Angeles Times Reporting from Newark, N.J.— Three hours before Whitney Houston’s funeral was to begin Saturday, about three dozen fans gathered at a corner four blocks up the street from the New Hope Baptist Church, the closest police permitted them to be. Catherine Graham Ross peered [...]

Pat Buchanan gets the ax from MSNBC – Los Angeles Times

Pat Buchanan gets the ax from MSNBC – Los Angeles Times Pat Buchanan has been dismissed by MSNBC, the left-leaning news network, four months after the channel suspended him. In an angry post on his blog, conservative commentator Buchanan took his critics to task, writing, “After 10 enjoyable years, I am departing, after an incessant [...]

Comedian Stephen Colbert – Wall Street Journal (blog)

Comedian Stephen Colbert – Wall Street Journal (blog) By Sam Schechner Stephen Colbert has suspended production of his satirical comedy show temporarily because of an emergency in Mr. Colbert’s family, according to people familiar with the show. The show is expected to resume production soon, perhaps as early as next week, the people added. Comedy [...]

Best in show at Westminster dog show: A pipsqueak, Malachy – Los Angeles Times

Best in show at Westminster dog show: A pipsqueak, Malachy – Los Angeles Times Best in show, that most coveted of all honors at the famed Westminster dog show, went to … how should we describe it? A fallen cloud? A hair ball? A pug stuck inside a pom pom? Let’s just call it what [...]

Kate Upton “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit issue on stands – CBS News

Kate Upton “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit issue on stands – CBS News Model Kate Upton graces the cover of the Sports Illustrated 2012 Swimsuit Issue. (Credit: AP/Walter Iooss Jr. for Sports Illustrated) (CBS/AP) The 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has hit newsstands, with model Kate Upton as its latest cover girl. The 19-year-old Florida native graces [...]