Mardi Gras<title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Mardi Gras"> <style>  </style> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br> <table width="105%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <th width="2%" scope="col"> </th> <th width="50%" align="left" scope="col"><span class="y">Mardi Gras </span></th> <th width="48%" scope="col"><a href="../"><< American Entertainment </a></th> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20080908/NEWS01/809080305/1060&cid=0&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNE5fk70YG00ie1TseJWTI_Jsi-XnA">Bossier <b>Mardi Gras</b> Museum may close</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Shreveport Times, LA -</font> 11 hours ago</font><br><font size=-1>By Drew Pierson ? dpierson@gannett.com ? September 8, 2008 Representatives from the Ark-La-Tex <b>Mardi Gras</b> Museum in Bossier City will ask the Bossier City <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table><br /> <table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/News/Article.aspx%3Fid%3D837727&cid=0&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNFfMAGEat9co3fj-oQfmt3B-Iy5NQ">Letter: Diwali is sacred festival, not <b>mardi gras</b></a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>The Times, South Africa -</font> Sep 6, 2008</font><br><font size=-1>Nobody has a mandate from the Hindu community to sell their birthright, to change a sacred festival into a profane <b>mardi gras</b>. No group or individual has <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table><br /> <table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/2-0&fd=R&url=http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20080906/NEWS02/809060334/1070&cid=0&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNGFTw2W0pqV2bClhHUsu_OvzDxu7g"><b>Mardi Gras</b> mayhem grips Seaside Hts.</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Asbury Park Press, NJ -</font> Sep 6, 2008</font><br><font size=-1>However, the borough's businesses are going all out for the annual business decorating contest that is part of <b>Mardi Gras</b> Weekend 2008, transforming their <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table><br /> <table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/3-0&fd=R&url=http://www.samesame.com.au/news/local/2946/No-Dome-For-Sleaze-Ball-This-Year.htm&cid=0&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNFO0_dOy1RtFEoXBlK3G-lohiHJ9A">No Dome For Sleaze Ball This Year</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Same Same, Australia -</font> 10 hours ago</font><br><font size=-1>?Over the last few years the nature of Sleaze has changed,? says David Imrie, <b>Mardi Gras</b> Chair. ?Our strategy is to take it back to a darker, dirtier party. <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table><br /> <table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/4-0&fd=R&url=http://www.nj.com/living/jjournal/index.ssf%3F/base/living-1/1220595939224720.xml%26coll%3D3&cid=1242821711&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNEhLesrwfaGWPGVwe21VYoriQ3WXQ">'<b>Mardi Gras</b> is so much fun'</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>The Jersey Journal - NJ.com, NJ -</font> Sep 5, 2008</font><br><font size=-1>And what would a New Orleans bar be without <b>Mardi Gras</b>? "<b>Mardi Gras</b> is so much fun, you have to come," she says. The bar builds a float and even throws out <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table><br /> <table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/5-0&fd=R&url=http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/09/mardi_gras_promotions_for_sept.html&cid=1242385288&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNFhF6_L4nfhiV9NsaHOVoMhdHNQEA"><b>Mardi Gras</b> promotions for September</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Action, FL -</font> Sep 4, 2008</font><br><font size=-1>Also <b>Mardi Gras</b> is showing football games on weekends on the veranda, for those who might have some action going on the gridiron. <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table><br /> <table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td width=80 align=center valign=top><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6i-0&fd=R&url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story%3Fid%3D5591176%26page%3D1&cid=1238574752&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNHCa1b8PwbGZ6bSbSRv6QDjVa8a_w"><img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=fyKNfJFcJDEJ&imgurl=a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/ht_order_of_myths_080815_mn.jpg width=80 height=60 alt="" border=1><br><font size=-2>ABC News</font></a></font></td><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-0&fd=R&url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php%3FstoryId%3D93795479&cid=1238574752&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNEeftBbVZGfIEPeLXu5s3aoNBK5XQ">Telling The Tale Of Two <b>Mardi Gras</b></a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>NPR -</font> Aug 20, 2008</font><br><font size=-1>News & Notes , August 20, 2008 · Some historians say Mobile, Ala., is home to the oldest <b>Mardi Gras</b> celebration in the country. But there have always been <b>...</b></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/6-1&fd=R&url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story%3Fid%3D5591176%26page%3D1&cid=1238574752&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNHCa1b8PwbGZ6bSbSRv6QDjVa8a_w">Race Bleeds From Election Onto Big Screen</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f>ABC News</font></font><br><font class=p size=-1><a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=ISO-8859-1&ncl=1238574752>all 2 news articles</a></font></div></font></td></tr></table><br /> <table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/7-0&fd=R&url=http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf%3F/base/news/1220778916175530.xml%26coll%3D3&cid=1243520761&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNGosINJVZ9z_CbfvRbeMDlm0vivbQ">Nine-year-old Samantha Bowman called it a "luck</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Press-Register - al.com, AL -</font> Sep 7, 2008</font><br><font size=-1>Samantha also made a "little man" from an old black belt, more plastic bottles, more <b>Mardi Gras</b> beads, a football, a drink hugger and empty paper towel <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table><br /> <table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-0&fd=R&url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008117569_spdverdict16m.html&cid=1237327770&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNETTBlYT0qcaItgaBH11S_n4KKHew">Jury clears Seattle police in 2005 <b>Mardi Gras</b> incident</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>Seattle Times, United States -</font> Aug 16, 2008</font><br><font size=-1><b>...</b> the civil rights of a man who claimed officers used excessive force when they arrested him during the 2005 <b>Mardi Gras</b> celebration in Pioneer Square. <b>...</b></font><br><font size=-1><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/8-1&fd=R&url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/375271_taser16.html&cid=1237327770&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNGo4NbQQV1uDIwae5xm1FCsAtEnUg">Jury dismisses claim Tukwila man was needlessly Tasered</a> <font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f>Seattle Post Intelligencer</font></font><br><font class=p size=-1><a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=ISO-8859-1&ncl=1237327770>all 2 news articles</a></font></div></font></td></tr></table><br /> <table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7><tr><td valign=top class=j><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class=lh><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/9-0&fd=R&url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/09/04/gay-icons-hope-to-put-the-pride-back-in-cardiff-91466-21668935/&cid=0&ei=R3HFSPiIHY36lQSQw-XSAw&usg=AFQjCNG8XhX2ktGaLA3_yUOVkUc871r2Rg">Gay icons hope to put the pride back in Cardiff</a><br><font size=-1><font color=#6f6f6f>WalesOnline, United Kingdom -</font> Sep 4, 2008</font><br><font size=-1>The Echo reported how the organisers of Cardiff <b>Mardi Gras</b>, which had been held in the capital for the past 10 years, scrapped the flagship event because of <b>...</b></font></div></font></td></tr></table><br /> <br /><i></i></td> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"> <h2></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>