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January 25, 2008 - Mardi Gras is starting early in New Orleans this year -- the earliest anyone I talked to in New Orleans over the last two weeks could remember. The official start date was January 8, but the revelry will really get going tonight and keep going until Fat Tuesday on Feb. 5. Krewe de Vieux, one of the most irreverent Mardi Gras crewes, kicked things off last Saturday. But starting at 6 pm tonight, six crewes will start their 2008 parades.

January 25, 2008 - Fans of Southern roots music are in for a special treat this weekend, courtesy of National Public Radio.

January 25, 2008 - The presidential primary candidates are facing their first tests in the South ahead of Mega Tuesday on Feb. 5th.

January 25, 2008 - I just came back from a trip to New Orleans, this time to meet with leaders of the Interfaith Disaster Redevelopment Finance Fund -- a terrific initiative based at Mennonite Mutual Aid that is injecting badly-needed funds from faith groups in the the Katrina recovery to fill the gaps where Washington has fallen short.

January 24, 2008 - The nuclear industry's hoped-for renaissance is facing big problems in the South.

January 23, 2008 - American universities are putting their academic integrity at risk by giving oil and gas firms and other polluting industries unprecedented influence over the research those companies fund on campus.

January 23, 2008 - In response to a recent study by the U.S.