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Mardi Gras Indian tribes, New Orleans police establish peace pact

This year’s Mardi Gras season should pass with less tension between Mardi Gras Indians and the New Orleans Police Department, thanks to a City Hall meeting on Monday that addressed issues that had divided them for years.

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Mardi Gras Indian tribes, New Orleans police establish peace pact

Mardi Gras Indian tribes, New Orleans police establish peace pact

This year’s Mardi Gras season should pass with less tension between Mardi Gras Indians and the New Orleans Police Department, thanks to a City Hall meeting on Monday that addressed issues that had divided them for years.

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Mardi Gras Indian tribes, New Orleans police establish peace pact

New Orleans police reform by decree: An editorial

The level of corruption and dysfunction in the New Orleans Police Department in recent years has been well documented.

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New Orleans police reform by decree: An editorial

Southern part of swamp fire in eastern New Orleans extingished, Fire Department says

The New Orleans Fire Department announced today that it has extinguished a fire that consumed 4.27 square miles of swampy land on the southern edge of the mostly undeveloped, 2,000-acre Pine Island property owned by developer John Cummings.

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Southern part of swamp fire in eastern New Orleans extingished, Fire Department says

New Orleans police reverse policy of releasing victim arrest records amid mounting criticism

Amid mounting public criticism, the New Orleans Police Department on Wednesday announced it was reversing its year-old policy of releasing the arrest histories of murder victims.

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Another dead in New Orleans: 7th murder victim in four days

The New Orleans Police Department is reporting a homicide in the 4100 block of South Washington Avenue.

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Another dead in New Orleans: 7th murder victim in four days

Police searching for suspect in sexual battery against LSU fan

The New Orleans Police Department is now searching for the suspect in what they are calling a  sexual battery that occurred against an LSU fan after the BCS Championship game.

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New Orleans Police search for Alabama fan wanted for sexual battery

The New Orleans Police Department's Special Victims Unit is searching for the Alabama fan seen sexually assaulting an LSU fan in a viral video.

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New Orleans Police search for Alabama fan wanted for sexual battery

Police arrest Warren Easton shooting suspect

The New Orleans Police Department is now reporting that 18-year-old Shawn Ballard, who is suspected of shooting five people outside Warren Easton High School after a basketball game last Friday , turned himself in yesterday.

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New Orleans overnight crime report for Thursday, January 5, 2012

This report comes directly from the New Orleans Police Department ‘s Major Offense Log for 6 a.m. Wednesday through 6 a.m. Thursday.

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New Orleans overnight crime report for Thursday, January 5, 2012

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