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School vouchers have yet to prove their success definitively - NOLA.com

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School vouchers have yet to prove their success definitively
NOLA.com
By Andrew Vanacore, The Times-Picayune The state's private-school voucher program in New Orleans -- the test case for Gov. Bobby Jindal's new statewide voucher push -- has yet to produce enough raw data to show whether it is really boosting student ...

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Legendary Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans shines after restoration - Examiner.com

Legendary Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans shines after restoration
Examiner.com
Just in time for Mardi Gras, the famed Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans has completed a $22 million restoration of the entire property. The restoration includes new décor in all 316 guestrooms and suites, a refurbished Club Level lounge; ...

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Frozen yogurt shop a true family endeavor - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

Frozen yogurt shop a true family endeavor
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
WASILLA - You could be forgiven if, upon walking into Beary Cool Yogurt, you assumed the decorations and furniture indicate marketing help from a national restaurant chain. But Beary Cool Yogurt is all-local, a monument, really, to what one creative ...

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When it comes to furniture making, Vermont is a player - BurlingtonFreePress.com

When it comes to furniture making, Vermont is a player
BurlingtonFreePress.com
GLENN RUSSELL, Free Press Michael Lash relaxes on a bedroom set at Ethan Allen Furniture that was made locally in Orleans. / EMILY McMANAMY / Free Press Ruth Pope brings new meaning to the term “nature girl.” She embodies the qualities of naturalist, ...

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MS Rau Antiques Celebrates Its Cenntennial in March 2012 as One of the ... - MarketWatch (press release)

MS Rau Antiques Celebrates Its Cenntennial in March 2012 as One of the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
New Orleans, LA, Feb 2, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Bill Rau, third generation owner of MS Rau Antiques and Fine Arts in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans, started 2012 thinking ahead to the next one hundred years that his family's ...

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Largest Bead Mosaic: Stephan Wanger sets world record (Video) - World Records Academy

World Records Academy

Largest Bead Mosaic: Stephan Wanger sets world record (Video)
World Records Academy
New Orleans, LA, USA -- German native Stephan Wanger created a 30' x 8' gigantic bead mosaic (240 sqft) made out of over a million recycled recycled Mardi Gras Beads to help rebuilt destroyed neighborhood, by donating artwork to raise funds - setting ...

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Still Angry After All These Years - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

Still Angry After All These Years
Wall Street Journal
Yet the first thing you see on screen is an all-white, banjo-powered Dixieland band, for New Orleans-style jazz was the preferred music of England's "angry young men," as Mr. Osborne and his fellow rebels soon came to be known, back in the benighted ...

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World's Largest Mosaic Made out of Over 1 Million Recycled Mardi Gras Beads Is ... - PR Web (press release)

PR Web (press release)

World's Largest Mosaic Made out of Over 1 Million Recycled Mardi Gras Beads Is ...
PR Web (press release)
Artist Stephan Wanger created a 30' x 8' gigantic Postcard (240 sqft) from New Orleans made out of recycled Mardi Gras Beads to help rebuilt destroyed neighborhood, by donating artwork to raise funds. The city of New Orleans has given me such a ...

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