Revelers packing New Orleans' streets at start of Carnival

Sunday, February 18, 2007

NEW ORLEANS -- Carnival revelers streamed into the city Saturday -- and Mardi Gras organizers hoped to throw such a fantastic party that visitors would vow to return to this tourist-dependent city again.

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