New Orleans celebrates revitalized Superdome
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The Louisiana Superdome, a scene of   misery, frustration and death in the days after Hurricane   Katrina, came back to life on Monday as the New Orleans Saints   took the field for what turned out to be much more than a   football game.
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More than 50,000 people packed the RCA Dome on Monday to cheer the Indianapolis Colts as the Super Bowl winners brought home the city's first major professional sports championship in more than 30 years.
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NEW ORLEANS -- They hauled off soil tainted by Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters and rebuilt a grandstand roof ripped free by the storm's winds. After more than a year of renovations, costing about $16 million, a Thanksgiving tradition _ horse racing _ returned to New Orleans on Thursday. And a record...
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Residents have taken more pride in their nation's Games as Friday night's kickoff has neared.
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NEW ORLEANS - Officially, it is a neutral location. The Superdome, site of tonight's Bowl Championship Series national title game between Ohio State and Louisiana State, will be sold out, but it also is only 90 miles from the Tigers' campus in Baton Rouge.
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Dancing, drinking revelers crowded the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday as colorful parades rolled through the damaged city on the final day of a Mardi Gras that locals touted as another step in the long recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
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Like others through New England, Boston Red Sox fans in Maine erupted in celebration following their team&#39;s first World Series championship in 86 years.
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On Saturday, New Orleansâs biggest and most lavish Mardi Gras parade will pass through the heart of the city for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flooded much of its traditional route.
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With French and American flags, vintage military vehicles and heartfelt memories, Paris on Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of its liberation from the occupying Nazis &#151; the day the French capital recovered its honor after four years of hardship and shame.
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The city's dominance in football, baseball, and basketball has fans in a rare feel-good mood.
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As a new governor prayed for strength to lead Louisiana through its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, the city's infirm gathered at a Mass to pray for their own healing from the man many call the saint of New Orleans.
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As rock bands blasted and tailgate parties served up barbecue and brew, thousands of people poured into the streets Monday night, hoping to forget about Hurricane Katrina during a Mardi Gras-like celebration of the Saints' first home game since the storm.
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Happy fans hit the frigid streets of Indianapolis on Sunday night after the Colts beat the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl, celebrating the Indiana city's first big-time professional sports crown in more than 30 years.
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NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 29 -- President Bush marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by trying to reassure the people of the Gulf Coast that they are not forgotten, declaring that "the town is coming back" at an appearance Wednesday in the devastated Lower Ninth Ward.
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Confetti rained down on a sea of New York Giants blue on Tuesday as fans celebrated the team's surprising Super Bowl victory with a parade up New York City's fabled "Canyon of Heroes."
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Before big game, NBA's finest lend a helping hand to parts of city still ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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The All-Star game will generate an estimated $80-$90 million for the city of New Orleans, which is still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.