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New Orleans City Council member-at-large Jackie Clarkson speaks at a news conference in New Orleans, Sept. 29, 2011. Jackie Clarkson, a former Louisiana legislator and three-term New Orleans City Council member who was the mother of Academy Award-nominated actor Patricia Clarkson, has died at age 88. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

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Jackie Clarkson, longtime New Orleans politician and mother of actor Patricia Clarkson, dead at 88
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Thu,06/27/24-4:30PM , 171 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jaquelyn Brechtel “Jackie” Clarkson, a former Louisiana legislator and three-term New Orleans City Council member who was the mother of Academy Award-nominated actor Patricia Clarkson, has died at age 88.
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The Latest | Trump and Biden squared off for the first time in the 2024 election season
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Thu,06/27/24-3:27PM , 108 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — The first general election debate of the 2024 season has come to a close, with U.S.
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After split with NYC July 4 hot dog competition, Joey Chestnut heads to army base event in Texas
By CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press
Thu,06/27/24-2:46PM , 94 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut will take his hot dog-downing talents to an army base in Texas for America's Independence Day this year after a falling out with organizers of the event that made him famous, the an
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This image released by the American Ballet Theatre shows Alessandra Ferri during a rehearsal of Wayne McGregor's "Woolf Works" in New York. (Kyle Froman/ American Ballet Theatre via AP)

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At 61, ballerina Alessandra Ferri is giving her pointe shoes one last — maybe? — glorious whirl
By JOCELYN NOVECK - AP National Writer
Thu,06/27/24-10:41AM , 185 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — When Alessandra Ferri, one of the most celebrated dramatic ballerinas of this or any time, takes the stage Friday at the Metropolitan Opera House to channel Virginia Woolf, logic dictates it will be her last dance appearance.
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