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Custom-made king and queen beads new to MCCA this year
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| MCCA?s ?royal subjects? will have the opportunity to catch a special keepsake when they watch the krewe?s parade roll through the streets of Bogalusa on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m.: King Will Branch and Queen Carmen Jones will be throwing the first-ever king and queen beads from their floats. |
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13 Feb 12
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Locally-Made Beads The Rage In Royal Oak
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| At Miner's Den, sales of Michigan-made, personalized Pandora-style beads have really taken off. |
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13 Feb 12
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On your radar: Make Valentine's Day memorable on the Serengeti, check out a blues legend or gather some more beads at ...
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| By Kelly Smith, Times Staff Writer Sunday, February 12, 2012 Valentine's Day: If you want to go wild Tuesday, try Busch Gardens' Serengeti Night Safari, with animals in the dark, a bonfire, champagne and chocolate-dipped strawberries (6:30 p.m. $60 per person. Toll-free 1-888-800-5447). Not feeli... |
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13 Feb 12
05:34:55
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Throw me some beads, mister
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| It was all about the beads. |
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11 Feb 12
23:42:37
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'Death beads' catching on
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| ICHEON, South Korea ? When Jeon Gyeong-suk lost her husband to cancer three months ago, she agonized over how to keep his remains. Because land is at a premium, burial was out, and she found the idea of a heap of ashes stored in an urn sort of creepy. |
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10 Feb 12
16:22:16
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Mardi Gras Guide: After catching beads, find a great place to eat
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| By: PATRICK RAFFERTY Staff Writer The parade is over, the ice chest is empty and so is your stomach. Your feet can only take you so far, and your body needs one thing and one thing only: food, lots and lots of food.So where should... ; |
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10 Feb 12
13:07:12
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At Carnival, more to be had along parade routes than beads and, well, you know
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| NEW ORLEANS - For hours before a parade of glittering floats rolls down stately St. Charles Avenue, Carnival watchers are hard at work. Ice chests filled with food and drink soon give way to fired-up grills in the Mardi Gras equivalent to the world's biggest tailgate party. |
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10 Feb 12
12:37:41
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Pennfield middle-schooler sells colorful beads for cancer awareness
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| Inspired by a TV awards ceremony, a local middle schooler has launched a campaign to make people aware of the far reach of cancer. |
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10 Feb 12
02:10:39
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'Hometown beads' featured in Burkland School PTA fundraiser
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| MIDDLEBORO ? Created exclusively for a H.B.Burkland-Memorial Early Childhood Center PTA fundraiser by Earth's Elements Jewelry, Hometown Beads are a one of a kind collector's item. They are sterling silver and are a replica of the "Entering... |
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09 Feb 12
13:27:30
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Beads & Boos: Louisiana AG brings the right fight to fraud
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| BEADS: To the Louisiana Attorney General's Office, which has recovered more than $25 million from five pharmaceutical companies the state sued for unlawful inflation of drug costs paid by Louisiana taxpayers through the Medicaid program. The companies -- Actavis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Dey, GlaxoS... |
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09 Feb 12
06:34:23
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St. Louis Mardi Gras events: Beggin' Pet Parade, Wiener Dog Derby, Run for Your Beads
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| St. Louis will get the Mardi Gras fun rolling this weekend with a flurry of events: The 19th annual Beggin' Pet Parade, the PetsMart Wiener Dog Derby, Taste of Soulard and the Supplement Superstores Run For Your Beads 5K. |
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09 Feb 12
00:21:20
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A gold mine in sterling silver beads
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| Dave Schowalter, the son of a former gold miner, hit a gold mine of sorts when he started manufacturing specialty oval-shaped sterling beads. |
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08 Feb 12
13:26:12
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Beads of Courage program launches enrollment drive at Diamond Children's
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| They may look like simple beads but for patients at Diamond Children's, and their families, they are signs of strength and triumph. It's all part of the hospital's Beads of Courage program. |
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07 Feb 12
15:06:25
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Beads & Boos: National Guard program a lifesaver for troubled Louisiana teens
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| BEADS: To the 281 cadets who graduated recently from the Louisiana National Guard's Youth Challenge Program at Camp Beauregard in Pineville. The program is for at-risk youth between 16 and 18 years old who are Louisiana residents and U.S. citizens and who have dropped out of school or are at risk... |
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06 Feb 12
08:19:04
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Bead Man Selling Mardi Gras Beads For Cheap At His Bead House
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| 89-year old Harold Cavilliere sits on his front porch and sells Mardi Gras beads at a great price. |
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02 Feb 12
15:50:15
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Mardi Gras store hauls truckloads of beads
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| PORT ARTHUR ? When the phones ring at the Mardi Gras Store in Port Arthur this time of year people are talking in millimeters, according to festival organizers. |
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01 Feb 12
16:14:35
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STARC needs your Carnival beads
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| Beads collected at various locations throughout parish. |
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01 Feb 12
12:40:52
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For some families, beads replace burials
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| ICHEON, South Korea ? When Jeon Gyeong-suk lost her husband to cancer three months ago, she agonized over how to keep his remains. Because land is at a premium, burial was out, and she found the idea of a heap of ashes stored in an urn sort of creepy. So the 51-year-old widow paid $900 to transfo... |
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31 Jan 12
10:20:04
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World?s Largest Mosaic Made out of Over 1 Million Recycled Mardi Gras Beads Is Completed After 14 Months and Will Be a ...
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| Artist Stephan Wanger created a 30? x 8? gigantic Postcard (240 sqft) from New Orleans made out of recycled Mardi Gras Beads to help rebuilt destroyed neighborhood, by donating artwork to raise funds. (PRWeb January 31, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb914855... |
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31 Jan 12
00:40:06
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Beads & Boos: Louisiana 'road show' needs directions from citizens
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| BEADS: To the annual Louisiana "road show," a series of regional meetings about transportation needs in local communities. Transportation officials will outline the state's highway priority program and discuss the projects planned for local areas. The first meeting will start at 10:30 a.m. Tuesda... |
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30 Jan 12
12:52:48
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Gail Sheridan - my story: Police asked if I had been trained by the IRA.. and took away my rosary beads
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| EXCLUSIVE: During a harrowing police interrogation, Gail Sheridan gripped her rosary beads for strength ? but police even took those away. |
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30 Jan 12
02:35:52
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Recycled Mardi Gras Beads Go On Sale
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| News With A Twist Carnival parades will kick into high gear soon leaving millions of beads behind! With all that plastic, Mardi Gras is not exactly an eco-friendly event. Vanessa Bolano shows you one group that's making a dent in the multi-colored debris! |
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26 Jan 12
15:39:19
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Beads of sweat
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| In the heart of Islamic Cairo lies the ancient market of Egyptian handicraft. Amidst the handmade copper and silver ornaments, adjacent to the famed Khan Al-Khalili market -- a tourism landmark in Cairo -- lies a small rosary workshop where 22-year-old Hassan Ramadan works. |
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26 Jan 12
05:30:08
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Best of the Web: Basketball Painting, Hot Pocket Dispenser, Death Beads
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| Basketball + paint + talent = incredible art; AND, that Hot Pocket just too much for you to handle...No problem; PLUS, What will they think of to do with the... |
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25 Jan 12
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Turning the dead into beads: South Korea's 'odd' new trend
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| Forget "creepy" burial urns. One company allows clients to memorialize the dead by turning their remains into colorful, caviar-like stones |
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23 Jan 12
22:30:00
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Beads & Boos: Louisiana shows it cares by improving animal protection
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| PINEVILLE -- Mayor Clarence Fields doesn't have a lot of concrete plans for Main Street in... - 9:07 am |
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23 Jan 12
06:38:41
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South Korea firm turns human ashes into beads
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| South Koreans who dread the idea of keeping relatives' ashes in urns can opt to have the remains turned into gem-like beads and placed in a dish. |
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22 Jan 12
02:14:50
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Kids have a ball catching beads at Gasparilla children's parade
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| By Robbyn Mitchell, Times Staff Writer Saturday, January 21, 2012 TAMPA ? Reaching over the edge of a metal fence separating the floats and children, Kierabella Newton snagged a strand of beads in mid-air. It was a dextrous grab for a 4-year-old girl attending her first Gasparilla Children's Extr... |
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21 Jan 12
17:17:14
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World Record Breaking Art Contains One MILLION Beads!
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| News with a Twist: Anne Cutler Reports Stephan Wanger is an artist and Mardi Gras beads are his medium. |
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19 Jan 12
15:50:26
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Parade of Pirates features floats, pirates and beads galore
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18 Jan 12
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