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Several Inland area residents are marching for the first time today through the streets of Pasadena in the Rose Parade as part of an Arabian horse group.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in Milan, Mich. Abdulmutallab, 23, has been charged in federal court with trying to detonate an explosive device on a Dec.

THE HOUSE: A 100-year-old Creole cottage in Old Arabi THE OWNER: Harold Applewhite, owner of Harold's Plants in Bywater THE SPACE: The living room and holiday tree WHY HE LOVES IT: 'I don't know why I love my red Christmas tree,' he says.

A holiday tradition, the St. Bernard Parish Christmas Parade, returned to the streets of Chalmette last weekend for the first time since Hurricane Katrina.

Two St. Bernard Parish fire stations that were swamped during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 will be formally reopened Friday.

The iconic Maumus building in Arabi, empty and unused since Hurricane Katrina, will see new life under an ambitious plan by the St.

It's been nearly two decades since St. Bernard Parish last had a parade on Mardi Gras.

Answering a domestic disturbance call, a St. Bernard deputy shot and killed a man earlier this morning in the 800 block of Lebeau Street.

Officials say a St. Bernard Parish sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man in Arabi.

In a quiet corner of Arabi, the 7200 block of Success Street has become the latest battleground over post-Katrina housing in St.

The St. Bernard Sheriffs Department says they have arrested a couple in yet another case of failing to call for emergency help when someone has overdosed on drugs.

A married couple in St. Bernard Parish were charged with negligent homicide when they failed to call for medical help for several hours as a man died in their home from a heroin overdose, police said.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that President Obama was the most deserving individual for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

By Christine Bordelon Source: Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Nuns work on a house in New Orleans as part of "Nuns Build," an Oct.

Subtance abuse help also offered there St. Bernard bureau St. Bernard Parish will get a permanent mental health and substance abuse clinic along St.

Killed: Mohammed al-Majed suffered a serious head injury after hitting the pavement and died three days later A young Arab student was killed in a fracas that started after his friend was taunted for being black, a court has heard.

A 22-year-old man was arrested Saturday night in connection with a July 15 drive-by shooting that left a teenager dead and two other people wounded, New Orleans police said.

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