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• Studies find calorie restriction and fasting are not the same

  24-10-2018 15:00
  Mackie Shilstone Many people assume that the terms "calorie restriction" and "fasting" are interchangeable. According to the National Institute on Aging (NIA), calorie restriction is synonymous with reducing average daily caloric intake below what is typical or habitual -- without...
  
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• The physical activity level of our kids needs improvement

  17-10-2018 17:00
  
  Mackie Shilstone The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommend that children and youth ages 6 to 17 years participate in at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day of the week -- which quantifies to 10,000 steps per...
  
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• Humane education a helpful community tool for all children

  17-10-2018 17:00
  
  Mimi Spahn Sattler Humane education is more than teaching kids to care for animals. It's about combining critical thinking with compassion, encouraging students to think big, and understanding that their choices affect the earth, animals, and other people. Humane education...
  
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• Teach your children the Five Freedoms for pets

  10-10-2018 17:00
  
  Mimi Spahn Sattler  At the Louisiana SPCA, we believe in prioritizing the humane and compassionate treatment of companion animals, and we provide lots of opportunities for children to learn how to care for animals. Our year-round camps focus on topics...
  
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• Indian Arts Circle to present innovative concert in N.O. on Oct. 19

  10-10-2018 17:00
  The Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans (IACNO) will present an innovative concert titled "The Power of Indian Dance and Music: Kathak, Sarod" on Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m., at the Nunemaker Auditorium at Loyola University. Kathak, which means story,...
  
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• Matcha green tea shown to help trim fat in women

  10-10-2018 15:00
  
  Mackie Shilstone Research in 2006 demonstrated that "chronic intake of green tea extract" enhanced fat oxidation during swimming and running in mice. In 2008, similar research in men reported enhanced fat oxidation with prior green tea extract during 30 minutes...
  
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• Enter the NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune pumpkin carving contest!

  05-10-2018 20:11
  
  It's NOLA.com's super spooky pumpkin carving contest!
  
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• Sunshine Best shines light on medicinal uses of plants

  03-10-2018 17:00
  
  What if you could search on your mobile phone the herbal anecdote for nausea and immediately, you are given location-based agricultural information, recipes and recommendations for ginger? This type of knowledge using these traditional plant-based medicines is being integrated through...
  
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• Is your child ready to care for a pet?

  03-10-2018 17:00
  
  If you think your child is ready for a pet, bring them to visit the adoptable animals at the LA-SPCA first.LA-SPCA  By Chelsea Hebert Many of us have fond memories of growing up with our pets -- running around the...
  
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• Advantages in sports and health tied to energy availability

  03-10-2018 15:00
  
  Mackie Shilstone According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (ELA), energy is defined, "as the ability to do work" - ranging from heat, light, motion, electrical, chemical, nuclear and gravitational. There are, according to the ELA, two types - stored...
  
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• NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Sign-up Blitz Sweepstakes Rules

  02-10-2018 18:12
  Rules for entering the NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Sign-Up Blitz Sweepstakes.
  
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• Essential tips for introducing children to animals

  26-09-2018 17:00
  
  By Mimi Spahn Slatter   LA-SPCA Youth programs coordinator It's estimated that almost 70 percent of American households own a pet, and that more than 60 million of those households own dogs. Even parents without a dog in their home may...
  
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• Asian culture at the forefront of fall festival season

  26-09-2018 17:00
  
  Fall will bring about many Asian events and festivals. Not only will they provide opportunity for the community to enjoy Asian cultures, but they also further enrich the cultural diversity of the area. The Mid-August Festival, also known as the...
  
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• Chinese American Cultural Fest will celebrate NOLA tricentennial

  12-09-2018 17:00
  
  A two-day Chinese American Cultural Festival, celebrating the New Orleans tricentennial, will be jointly presented by the New Orleans Chinese Association, Confucius Institute at Xavier University and the Academy of Chinese Studies on Sept. 21, from 2 to 5:30 p.m.;...
  
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• Confucius Institute, N.O. Opera team up to celebrate Moon Festival

  07-09-2018 17:00
  
  The Confucius Institute at Xavier, together with the New Orleans Opera Association, will celebrate the Moon Festival with "Puccini: Music of the Orient and Beyond Concert" on Sept. 27, from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m., at the university campus. The opening...
  
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• India Association of New Orleans showcases area's diversity

  06-09-2018 18:11
  
  Pakistani, Vietnamese, Chinese communities share in India independence day celebration
  
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• Vice President Pence meeting with WWII vets

  23-08-2018 12:34
  
  The Vice President of the United States will visit New Orleans Thursday.  
  
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• Health Department: Louisiana has highest rate of West Nile

  23-08-2018 12:30
  
  The State Health Department said Louisiana has the highest rates of West Nile Virus in the country. 
  
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• Parents meetings with Archdiocese over hairstyle violation

  23-08-2018 12:27
  
  The family of a girl sent home from a Gretna Catholic School because of a hairstyle violation will meet with the Archdiocese schools superintendent Thursday, according to our partners NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune. 
  
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• Council taking closer look at short-term rental policies

  23-08-2018 12:23
  
  The New Orleans City Council is taking a closer look at changing the rules on short-term rental policies. 
  
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• Coast Guard searches lake after receiving report of capsized boat

  23-08-2018 05:50
  
  Members of the Coast Guard and Kenner Police Department were searching Lake Pontchartrain Wednesday after a small vessel was reported capsized.
  
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• Kenner firefighters respond to 2-alarm blaze at hotel

  23-08-2018 05:21
  
  Kenner firefighters responded Wednesday night to a two-alarm fire at a hotel on Williams Boulevard. 
  
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• The push is on to lift patient limit for medical marijuana

  23-08-2018 03:48
  
  We're still months until Louisianans can pick up their medical marijuana prescriptions, but there's already concern for what experts say will be a huge demand. 
  
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• Proponents say Convention Center hotel would generate millions; residents outraged over funding

  23-08-2018 03:26
  
  Residents packed the convention center board meeting today to voice their opinions on a multi-million dollar hotel project proposed for the lot next to the convention center. However, proponents say the 1,200-room-hotel would generate millions for the city and the state.  
  
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• A local university works to aid the city's green water management efforts

  23-08-2018 01:20
  
  Heavy rainfall proves over and over that it can overwhelm conventional drainage systems and cause flooding on streets and beyond. Given that fact there’s increased focus on “green” water management projects. 
  
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• New task force aims to lower auto insurance rates

  23-08-2018 00:53
  
  The Department of Insurance formed a new task force to lower auto insurance premium.
  
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• Heated Convention Center board meeting held amid discussions of a new hotel

  23-08-2018 00:38
  
  Several people spoke during public comments at a Convention Center Board meeting about the proposal of a new hotel.
  
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• St. Tammany sheriff releases new details on Nanette Krentel homicide investigation

  23-08-2018 00:05
  
  Sheriff Randy Smith and detectives met Wednesday with Stephen Krentel and members of Nanette Krentel’s family to provide an update on the investigation into Nanette Krentel’s death. 
  
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• NOPD: Gunman arrested in hold-up of man pumping gas

  22-08-2018 22:59
  
  New Orleans police detectives have finally made an arrest in a New Years Eve holdup of a man pumping gas at a station in Mid-City.  
  
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• A Gentilly husband and wife finally move into their home after Katrina

  22-08-2018 22:14
  
  A Gentilly husband and wife finally move into their home post Katrina. They spent 15 years living in a small garage until help for rebuilding came.
  
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• Military father surprises daughters after 9 month deployment

  22-08-2018 21:09
  
  After nearly a year away from his family Major Barrett Lancon had a huge surprise in store for his three daughters as he returned home from a nine-month deployment in Iraq. 
  
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• Body discovered after vehicle pulled from water on I-10

  22-08-2018 20:34
  
  The New Orleans Police Department has recovered a vehicle from the water near Interstate 10 west and Michoud Boulevard.
  
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• New ice skating rink now open at Esplanade Mall

  22-08-2018 19:56
  
  An ice skating rink hopes to bring more families together and more business to the Esplanade Mall.
  
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• Report: Brother Martin fined $1,000 for rule violation

  22-08-2018 19:32
  
  Brother Martin High School has been fined for rule violations, according to a report by our partners NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune.
  
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• 2 arrests made in armed carjacking of mother, NOPD says

  22-08-2018 19:25
  
  The New Orleans Police Department has made two arrests in connection with an armed carjacking of a mother on Gilbert Street.  
  
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• JP landfill progress reports now available online

  22-08-2018 18:02
  
  Jefferson Parish leaders have now made progress reports on the landfill available online.  
  
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• Soldiers return home after 9 months in Iraq

  22-08-2018 17:55
  
  Over 60 soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 139th Regional Support Group, returned home to Jackson Barracks in New Orleans Wednesday. 
  
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• Chef John Folse: Spicy Italian meatball peacemaker

  22-08-2018 17:53
  
  There are many different claims to the origin of the po’boy, but the most commonly accepted belief is that it was created in New Orleans by Benny and Clovis Martin during a streetcar strike in 1929. The Martins created an inexpensive sandwich made of Louisiana-style French bread and loaded with meat or seafood. The local restaurant workers began referring to the strikers as “poor boys,” and it wasn’t long before the sandwich gained that same name.
  
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• 5 injured after explosion at Ohio facility

  22-08-2018 13:51
  
  Five workers were hospitalized after an explosion at an iron casting facility in Ohio Tuesday night. 
  
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• JP officials call for air quality monitors

  22-08-2018 13:15
  
  Jefferson Parish officials are calling for permanent air quality monitors amid concerns of foul odors surrounding the landfill. 
  
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• City ramps up mosquito abatement

  22-08-2018 13:10
  
  The city is ramping up efforts to get rid of mosquitoes that could carry the West Nile Virus. 
  
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• Louisiana regulators weigh raising marijuana patient limit

  22-08-2018 13:06
  
  With only a few doctors signing up to dispense medical marijuana, Louisiana regulators are considering whether to change rules limiting how many cannabis patients each doctor can treat.
  
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• Causeway Police move closer to issuing 'e-tickets'

  22-08-2018 13:06
  
  The Causeway Police could soon start issuing "e-tickets." 
  
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• Causeway Police could issue 'e-tickets'

  22-08-2018 13:06
  
  The Causeway Police could soon start issuing "e-tickets." 
  
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• Report: LaToya Cantrell's executive counsel ineligible to practice law

  22-08-2018 13:03
  
  One of Mayor LaToya Cantrell's top two lawyers could be in violation of Bar Association rules if he provides her with legal advice.  Clifton Davis III has been ineligible to practice law since the end of June because he failed to complete continuing legal education, according to a report by our partners NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune.  Cantrell's spokesperson said Davis was unaware of his ineligibility until last week, and expects to clear up the matter this week.  Co...
  
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• Convention Center leaders making case for new hotel

  22-08-2018 12:50
  
  Leaders from the Convention Center are set to make their case for a proposed hotel on the river.  
  
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• Shelby: Hot and dry end to week

  22-08-2018 12:40
  
  Scattered showers and storms will be around through the weekend.
  
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• FBI, JPSO investigating bank robbery

  22-08-2018 12:39
  
  The FBI New Orleans Field Office and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office are requesting the public's help in identifying a suspect they say robbed a bank in Metairie Tuesday. 
  
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• Teen killed in Desire area identified, suspect arrested

  22-08-2018 12:25
  
  The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting in the Desire neighborhood.
  
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• NOPD investigating fatal shooting in Desire

  22-08-2018 12:25
  
  The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting in the Desire neighborhood.
  
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