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Baby steps to a king cake, New Orleans-style – Victoria Times Colonist

Baby steps to a king cake, New Orleans-style – Victoria Times Colonist

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Toronto stock market in for lower open: commodities dip, Fitch downgrades Greece – News1130

Toronto stock market in for lower open: commodities dip, Fitch downgrades Greece – News1130

TORONTO – The Toronto stock market was little changed Wednesday and commodity prices declined in the wake of weak European and Chinese economic data. The S&P/TSX composite index gained 10.83 points to 12,634.19 while Greece sustained yet another downgrade. The Canadian dollar was down 0.4 of a cent to 99.94 cents US. The greenback rose [...]

Costumes, colorful beads give way to ashes as New Orleans’ Mardi Gras ends … – Washington Post

Costumes, colorful beads give way to ashes as New Orleans’ Mardi Gras ends … – Washington Post

NEW ORLEANS — Officers on horseback cleared Bourbon Street early Wednesday, declaring an end to Carnival 2012 in New Orleans as Mardi Gras revelers began to prepare for the beginning of Lent, the period of fasting and repentance before Easter. Streams of people poured into the French Quarter as the sun began to set Tuesday [...]

Rondo suspended 2 games for throwing ball at ref – San Jose Mercury News

Rondo suspended 2 games for throwing ball at ref – San Jose Mercury News

NEW YORK—Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo has been suspended two games without pay by the NBA for throwing a ball at an official during a game. Stu Jackson, the NBA’s executive vice president for basketball operations, announced the suspension Monday, one day after Rondo received two technical fouls and was ejected late in the [...]

Mardi Gras feast: Jambalaya, fried oyster po-boys – msnbc.com

Mardi Gras feast: Jambalaya, fried oyster po-boys – msnbc.com

Just because you aren’t in the Big Easy doesn’t mean you can’t throw together a Mardi Gras menu. Chef Tariq Hanna of New Orleans’ restaurant Sucre, shares is recipes for classics like jambalaya, fried oyster po-boys and beignets. Recipe: Chicken, tasso and andouille jambalaya (on this page) Recipe: Fried oyster po-boy (on this page) Recipe: [...]

On Fat Tuesday, a grand show – SouthCoastToday.com

On Fat Tuesday, a grand show – SouthCoastToday.comTop Photo

Buy This Photo The Ambassador float makes its way down Jackson Avenue Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, John McCusker) ORG XMIT: LAORS105 The Ambassador float makes its way down Jackson Avenue Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, John McCusker) ORG XMIT: LAORS105AP By MARY FOSTER and [...]

IRS Top Tax Scams For 2012 – LoanSafe

IRS Top Tax Scams For 2012 – LoanSafe

(Source: By Kevin Hunt, The Hartford Courant, Conn.) – Here are the Dirty Dozen tax scams the IRS warns taxpayers to avoid: Identity Theft Topping this year’s list Dirty Dozen list is identity theft. The IRS is increasingly seeing identity thieves looking for ways to use a legitimate taxpayer’s identity and personal information to file [...]

The Season 4 Premiere of “Basketball Wives”: Welcome To The Olympics Of Hating – SportsGrid

The Season 4 Premiere of “Basketball Wives”: Welcome To The Olympics Of Hating – SportsGrid

Media Monster by Sarah Devlin | 5:57 pm, February 21st, 2012 I watch a lot of reality television, but I stayed away from Basketball Wives because I thought it looked pretty indistinguishable from the many reality franchises with “Wives” in the title. I caught the premiere of Season 4 last night, however, and quickly realized [...]

Lent in College: A Time for Wrestling – Huffington Post (blog)

Lent in College: A Time for Wrestling – Huffington Post (blog)

Please join the HuffPost community in “A Lenten Journey” for reflections throughout Lent, and join our online Lenten community here. The other day I took a break from work to grab coffee with a friend. As we paid for our cups I turned to my friend and said, casually, “What are you doing for Lent?” [...]

Hugo Chavez not getting cancer treatments: Venezuela – GlobalPost

Hugo Chavez not getting cancer treatments: Venezuela – GlobalPost

President Hugo Chavez told state television on Tuesday that doctors in Cuba had found a new lesion in the same area which had been operated upon last year, according to the Associated Press. He said, “It is a small lesion of about 2 centimeters (less than 1 inch) in diameter, very clearly visible.” Chavez has [...]