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07.24.01
Send in the Clones
The Baton Rouge company Lazaron Biotechnologies is leading the way in pet cloning - but how much is that doggie in the window?
By Eileen Loh-Harrist
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07.17.01
Tales from the Crypt
They star in horror movies, crowd our imaginations and once popped up in a basement stairwell at Tulane University. Shala Carlson untangles the mummy from the myth.
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07.10.01
Fight Clubs
They call it 'the game': two dogs, two owners, pride and money. Eileen Loh-Harrist goes behind the scenes.
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07.03.01
The Essence of Jill Scott
The hottest new voice in contemporary R&B joins the chorus at the seventh annual Essence Festival.
By Allen Scully
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06.26.01
New Waves
Is digital recording technology helping New Orleans' recording scene - or is it taking away the soul of music?
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06.19.01
To Serve and Reflect
NOPD tries to polish its image with record numbers of African Americans and womens in its ranks. How is the department adjusting to life after a federal consent decree?
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06.12.01
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
The United States wants to send former freedom fighter Jassim Al Salehy back home. Al Salehy says that's a death sentence. One recent day in New Orleans, a judge decided his fate.
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06.05.01
Tour of Duty
Ronnie Virgets joins the ranks of a Stephen Ambrose-designed tour of the landscape of D-Day.
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05.29.01
Fresh Pickings
A to Z Summer Restaurant Guide
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05.22.01
Crossing the Line
Attorneys for the 13-year-olds charged in the Carter Woodson school shooting want a jury trial. The request could change the way this country prosecutes its young.
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05.15.01
Neither Wind nor Rain
In the new play An Evening with Betsy, hurricane survivor recall the days and nights in 1965 that forever changed their lives.
By Constance Adler
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05.08.01
Holey Headlines
Project Censored names the 10 big stories the major media refused to cover in 2000.
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05.01.01
Jazz Fest Week 2
Count Basin's
Previews and Ratings
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04.24.01
Jazz Fest Week 1
Count Basin's
Previews and Ratings
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04.10.01
Terence Blanchard, Self Composed
The Big Easy Awards Entertainer of the Year talks to David Lee Simmons about playing the trumpet, scoring films, and how Spike Lee gets no respect.
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04.03.01
The Mystery of the 364th
Did a massacre of a black army WWII regiment take place in Mississippi? Geoffrey F.X. O'Connell reveals the story behind a 10-year investigation that culminates next month in a History Channel documentary.
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04.03.01
Behind the Bounce
DJ Jubilee helped put New Orleans rap on the map, but that's only half the story.
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03.27.01
Spring Forward, Flash Back
The season's newest looks turn heads - by turning back the clock.
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03.20.01
Allen's Town
Katy Reckdahl and Harvey Pekar explore the life of Red Allen and the music of old Algiers.
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03.13.01
The Keys to Freedom
What do the stories of convicted killers Wilbert Rideau and Billy Wayne Sinclair tell us about
crime and punishment -- and rehabilitation?
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03.06.01
Bucky's Dome
What's happening to the architectural wonder that R. Buckminster Fuller built in Louisiana? Rust, mostly.
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02.27.01
The House that Dr. Calhoun Built
The story behind how - and why - Pelican Publishing became both a local success story and a leading source of Neo-Confederate literature.
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02.20.01
Who Let the Mardi Gras Out?
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02.13.01
After the Diagnosis
Reflections on sickness, mortality and painted toenails: a year in the life of 31-year-old breast cancer patient Kellie Robertson.
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02.06.01
2001 Winter
Restaurant Guide
By Cuisine
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01.30.01
The Great Divide
In Jefferson Parish, it's not just a good idea for divorcing parents to consider the effect on their children. It's the law.
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01.23.01
20th Anniversary Issue
Gambit Weekly celbrates 20 years!
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01.16.01
Her Brilliant Career
A new book portrays the extrordinary life and wondrous art of Clementine Hunter.
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01.09.01
2000 New Orleanian of the Year
The Audubon Institute's Dr. Betsy Dresser is placing science in the service of wildlife.
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01.02.01
Double Feature
David Lee Simmons gets caught up in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic
Chris Thomas King helps Scott Jordan crash the set of O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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