Annual ‘Halloween New Orleans’ benefit celebrates 30 years

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans has earned a reputation as the premier destination for Halloween. This year will be no exception as the city prepares to celebrate the 30thanniversary of “Halloween New Orleans (HNO XXX),” Oct. 24 – 27. The weekend-long extravaganza, benefiting Project Lazarus, is expected to bring in more than 5,000 visitors from across the country and will feature…

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HRC: Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning ‘deserves respectful treatment by media and officials’

WASHINGTON – Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning announced today that she is female and wishes to begin hormone treatment therapy. In a statement read on NBC’s Today show, Thursday, Manning said,  “As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me,” Manning said in the statement. “I am…

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