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Lafitte mayor Tim Kerner explains the importance of the swamp and wetlands to the economy to the...

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Cemeteries line the river, and the tour guide points out that while humans have tombstones to be...

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Our tour guide tells us the trees and plants in the swamp are a small percentage of what they once...

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Journalists on a group media trip rode a small boat to see how pollution had affected the swamplands...

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Outside the bustling Hilton Riverside in New Orleans, the Mississippi River provides a calm feeling of serenity.

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New Orleans tourists flocked to a tour boat that would give them a tour of the river, coupled with dinner and dancing, all in a 90-minute ride.

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Photo by Kellen Henry President Barack Obama pardons a 45-pound turkey named Courage in a ceremony at the White House. the day before Thanksgiving .

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Photo by Kellen Henry President Obama joked the turkey would have ended up on the Thanksgiving...

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Photo by Vicki Needham From left to right: DC Bureau Chief Ellen Shearer; Michelle M....

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Photo by Vicki Needham From left to right: Otto Kreisher, treasurer, Military Reporters and...

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Photo by Vicki Needham From left to right: Ellen Shearer, Medill's DC bureau chief; Michelle M....

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Photo by Vicki Needham From left to right: Ellen Shearer, Medill's DC bureau chief; Michelle M....

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Photo by Vicki Needham From left to right: Ellen Shearer, Medill's DC bureau chief; Michelle M....

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Photo by Vicki Needham From left to right: Ellen Shearer, Medill's DC bureau chief; Michelle M....

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Photo by Vicki Needham From left to right: Ellen Shearer, Medill's DC bureau chief; Michelle M....

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Photo by Vicki Needham From left to right: Ellen Shearer, Medill's DC bureau chief; Michelle M....

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