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Viral video shows Bama fan tormenting LSU fan

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000

A disturbing video has gone viral online, showing an Alabama fan tormenting an LSU fan who has passed out in a Krystal's on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

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Alabama creates ‘pep rally’ atmosphere – The Decatur Daily

Alabama Notes — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:32:46 +0000

Alabama creates 'pep rally' atmosphere The Decatur Daily NEW ORLEANS — The restaurant workers on Bourbon Street are less concerned about who will win Monday's Bowl Championship Series championship game between LSU and Alabama. “I don't know who will win,”…

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Late Mardi Gras meets spring break for rowdy fete

Alabama Notes — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:33:46 +0000

Revelers bared flesh and threw beads on Bourbon Street until the sun rose on Mardi Gras to mark the annual pre-Lenten celebration that takes on so many shapes in New Orleans, from early morning parades to gay costume balls and second-line dancing of Mardi Gras Indians.

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News of oil spill cap brings some relief, provokes disbelief

Alabama Notes — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:59:24 +0000

Many Gulf Coast residents don't believe it. Some accuse BP of making it up. And even those convinced that the oil leak has finally been stopped are tempered in their relief, aware that their environmental nightmare is far from over. View full size (AP Photo/…

Bourbon Street fry cook stabs man more than 20 times, paralyzes victim, police say

Alabama Notes — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:27:42 +0000

Paramedics took the victim to LSU Interim Public Hospital, where medical staff counted about 20 stab wounds to his body and "numerous" others near his chest. Doctors then discovered the man was paralyzed from his injuries, according to the report. View full size Larry L. Brown: 29-year-…

Douglas Schantz, Houston exec, hit forehead falling into Mississippi River, coroner says

Alabama Notes — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:22:29 +0000

NEW ORLEANS — Houston energy company president Douglas Schantz apparently hit his forehead as he fell into the Mississippi River from a steamboat's dock early Friday, according to the New Orleans coroner. View full size (The Times-Picayune/Michael DeMocker) The fence and ledge next…

Harry Connick brings a taste of New Orleans and Bourbon Street to VBC

Alabama Notes — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:44:44 +0000

Harry Connick Jr., entertains a near-sellout crowd at Huntsville's Von Braun Center with a mixture of jazz, dancing, fun and humor. Robin Conn / The Huntsville Times—Harry Connick Jr. performs at the VBC Concert Hall Thursday Feb. 25, 2010. HUNTSVILLE, AL. – Jazz crooner/musician Harry Connick Jr…

3 shot during Super Bowl after-parties in New Orleans (w/raw video of celebrations)

Alabama Notes — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:54:05 +0000

NEW ORLEANS — Three people were wounded this morning near Iberville and Bourbon streets after shots were fired during the wild Super Bowl victory parties in the French Quarter and elsewhere, the New Orleans Police Department reported. View full size (Times-Picayune/Brett Duke) New…