Mardi Gras celebrations fling through New Orleans

Feb 13, 2013

Mardi Gras celebrations fling through New Orleans

Nick Tann 0 Comment Nation beads, carnival, Mardi Gras, New Orleans

Perhaps best known today for its drinking and “beads for breasts” activities, the Mardi Gras parade began earlier today around the French Quarter in New Orleans. French for “fat Tuesday,” Mardi Gras celebrates the last night of gluttonous celebration before the ritual fasting begins on the Christian holiday Ash Wednesday.

So far this year, Super Bowl Champions Ed Reed and Jacoby Jones were scene walking with the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club. Also this past weekend, parades (perhaps more child-friendly?) were also held in New Orleans that included a bead-throwing Kelly Clarkson two days before winning the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.

Rough Cut: A raw edit from the Ravens Super Bowl win over 49ers

Feb 4, 2013

Rough Cut: A raw edit from the Ravens Super Bowl win over 49ers

Denise Sanders 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun 49ers, Harbaugh, Harbowl, New Orleans, Ravens, Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLVII, Superbowl, Superdome

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“Rough Cut” is a loose edit from The Baltimore Sun’s photographic coverage of the National Football League. Fanatic fans, marching bands, cheerleaders and lots of game action are just part of the spectacle that is the NFL. This week photojournalists Lloyd Fox, Kenneth K. Lam, and Gene Sweeney Jr. photographed the Baltimore Ravens as they win Super Bowl XLVII by defeating the San Francisco 49ers at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

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Scenes from New Orleans and Super Bowl XLVII

Feb 1, 2013

Scenes from New Orleans and Super Bowl XLVII

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Nation, Sports, The Baltimore Sun Bourbon Street, French Quarter, Katrina, Mercedes Benz Superdome, New Orleans, NFL, NFL Experience, Ravens, Superdome

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For the first time since Katrina, New Orleans will once again play host to the Super Bowl as the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers prepare to square off on Sunday. This is the tenth time the city, best known for letting the good times role, will have welcomed football’s biggest spectacle tying them with Miami for the most. Six of those Super Bowls have been played in the Mercedes Benz Superdome.

Feb. 1 Photo Brief: A ‘Bear’ wins the Wing Bowl, the Ravens prepare for the Super Bowl and ewes take to the streets in France

Feb 1, 2013

Feb. 1 Photo Brief: A ‘Bear’ wins the Wing Bowl, the Ravens prepare for the Super Bowl and ewes take to the streets in France

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief 49ers, Bolivia, China, Egypt, ewes, Germany, gummy bear bikini, Harbaughs, Jordan, Mali, miners, Mohamed Mursi, New Orleans, Pakistan, Ravens, refugees, shepherds, Somalia, Timbuktu, Today Show, Virgin of the Socavon, Wing Bowl

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Shepherds protest the new European Union electronic RFID chip legislation, Jamie ‘The Bear’ McDonald upsets three-time winner Jon Squibb by 5 wings at ‘Wing Bowl 21,’ the Harbaugh brothers hold a press conference before the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers battle it out in Super Bowl XLVII and more in today’s daily brief.

Aug 29, 2012

Hurricane Isaac hits the gulf coast

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Nation Alabama, French Quarter, Gulf of Mexico, hurricane, Louisana, Mississippi, national guard, New Orleans, Plaquemines Parish

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Hurricane Isaac, the slow-moving but powerful Category 1 hurricane, was felt along the Gulf Coast, threatening to flood towns in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana with storm surges of up to 12 feet and winds up to 80 miles per hour, according to reports by Reuters.

While not nearly as strong as Katrina – a Category 3 hurricane when it slammed into New Orleans on August 29, 2005 – Isaac was a threat that authorities said should not be underestimated.

August 28 Photo Brief: South Koreans rescue Chinese fishermen, blood stains Syrian streets, Hitler sells clothing in India

Aug 28, 2012

August 28 Photo Brief: South Koreans rescue Chinese fishermen, blood stains Syrian streets, Hitler sells clothing in India

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Apple-1, bongo antelope, China, clowns, dentist, dogs, Egypt, fishing boat, Germany, Hitler, India, maid cafe, Mohamed Morsi, Nepal, New Orleans, Oktoberfest, orangutan, Pakistan, South Korea, Steve Wozniak, Syria, tawny owls, Tropical Storm Isaac, typhoon, World Wildlife Fund

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A typhoon capsizes two Chinese fishing vessels near Seoul leaving five people dead and ten missing, a clothing store in Ahmedabad causes an uproar over its name, Syrians witness another devastating day of violence and more in today’s daily brief.
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July 27 Photo Brief: German belly-flop, flooding in China, First Lady meets the Queen

Jul 27, 2012

July 27 Photo Brief: German belly-flop, flooding in China, First Lady meets the Queen

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Beijing, Cave Church, China, Congo, Germany, hot air balloons, Japan, Miami Dolphins, Michelle Obama, Nepal, New Orleans, pool, Queen Elizabeth ll, refugees, Spain, Syria, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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US First Lady Michelle Obama and meets Queen Elizabeth II, rescuers pile sandbags in flood-swept Beijing, hot temperatures continue, while Germans flock to the swimming pool in today’s daily brief.