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Crowds are large for French Quarter Festival

April 16, 2012 6:09 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The French Quarter Festival, a free four-day music festival centered in this city's historic center, saw what some long-time performers said were the largest crowds ever for a festival that's been around since the 1980s. "This is the biggest I've seen it," jazz trumpeter Leroy Jones... more »
Retired Circus Chimp Drawing Crowds to Watch Him Paint

September 20, 2010 4:29 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A retired circus chimpanzee is the Cezanne of simians, drawing crowds to a Brazilian zoo to watch him paint. The 26-year-old chimp called Jimmy has been producing surprisingly lovely paintings each day for three weeks at the Niteroi Zoo. Trainer Roched Seba said Monday Jimmy... more »
Lafayette council set vote on security fee

February 16, 2010 8:24 AM

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The Lafayette City-Parish Council will vote this week on whether to scrap a security fee for downtown bars implemented last year. Councilman Brandon Shelvin is seeking to rescind a security fee the council imposed on downtown bars to help pay for a stronger police presence to... more »