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Stir It Up! Travel: New Orleans and shrimp remoulade

Day 2 of a culinary travel adventure to New Orleans included a lesson in making a four-course meal at the New Orleans Cooking Experience cooking school.

Hawaii tsunami: Smaller waves than predicted after Canada quake

Is West Coast ready for a tsunami? Oregon towns hold tsunami drill

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Culture Cafe Los Angeles opera company is filling a need for experimentation

Japan tsunami a wake-up call for US west coast

What unleashed Japan's massive 8.9 earthquake?

California harbor 'destroyed' by tsunami, but damage less severe elsewhere

Tsunami waves produce flooding surge in Hawaii and California boat damage

New Orleans without seafood gumbo? Oil spill's unsavory toll.

World's 18 most endangered spoken languages

Opinion Who dat! New Orleans Saints fans are ready to finish strong.

The Vote Will 'that John Wayne dude’ run for Louisiana senator?

What Katrina has wrought, four years later

Four years after Katrina, who will lead New Orleans?

In New Orleans, a plan to bring back a favorite vegetable

US cracks down on dogfighting. Can pit bulls find a home?

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Katrina trial: New Orleans' truth commission

How New Orleans weathered Gustav

Exodus ahead of hurricane Gustav more thorough - but some won't go