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    IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT - Dwight Henry, star of the Academy Award nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild, throws beads in the Argus parade on Mardi Gras on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 in Metairie, La. (Photo by Cheryl Gerber/Invision for Fox Searchlight Pictures/AP Images)
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    Babbette Hines, left, and Carol Jean Dixon, both of New Orleans, pose with their costumes representing sad ladies of the night, inspired by Storyville photographer E.J. Bellocq, before the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. FEMA markings from Hurricane Katrina are still seen on the wall. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. FEMA markings from Hurricane Katrina are still seen on the wall. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Crowds of revelers are seen on Bourbon Street from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    A man dressed as the Pope revels with other costumed people during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    People throw beads from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel to crowds below on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers grab for beads as they are tossed from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers dance in the street as rain starts to fall on Mardi Gras day in the Faubourg Marigny section of New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers participate in the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    A man dressed as the Pope revels with other costumed people during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Crowds of revelers are seen on Bourbon Street from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    A man dressed in a diaper rides a mechanical dog with wings in the French Quarter during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    A man dressed as a cowboy holding a horse head, sits on a trash can next to two men in pink dresses sending text messages during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers throw beads from a balcony as the Society of Saint Anne walking parade marches by in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Harry Shearer, dress as Lance Armstrong, is 'interviewed' by Judith Owen, dressed as Oprah Winfrey, during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    A man dressed as the Pope revels with other costumed people during Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers grab for beads as they are tossed from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers grab for beads as they are tossed from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers show off their costumes as they march through the Bywater section of New Orleans during the Society of Saint Anne walking parade during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Despite threatening skies, the Mardi Gras party carried on as thousands of costumed revelers cheered glitzy floats with make-believe monarchs in an all-out bash before Lent. Crowds were a little smaller than recent years, perhaps influenced by the forecast of rain. Still, parades went off as scheduled even as a fog settled over the riverfront and downtown areas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Rivelers pass a sign critical of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during Mardi Grasin the French Quarter in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Gerald Herbert - AP
    Babbette Hines, left, and Carol Jean Dixon, both of New Orleans, pose with their costumes representing sad ladies of the night, inspired by Storyville photographer E.J. Bellocq, before the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Overcast skies and the threat of rain couldn't dampen the revelry of Mardi Gras as parades took to the streets, showering costumed merrymakers with trinkets of all kinds. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Overcast skies and the threat of rain couldn't dampen the revelry of Mardi Gras as parades took to the streets, showering costumed merrymakers with trinkets of all kinds. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Overcast skies and the threat of rain couldn't dampen the revelry of Mardi Gras as parades took to the streets, showering costumed merrymakers with trinkets of all kinds. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 12: Members of the Krewe of Bikus roll down Chartres Street on Mardi Gras Day in French Quarter February 12, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the begining of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Rusty Costanza/Getty Images)
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    NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 12: Mardi Gras revelers walk through the French Quarter on Mardi Gras Day February 12, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the begining of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Rusty Costanza/Getty Images)
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    NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 12: Brody Bell, 6, of New Orleans, runs across Pierre Antoine Alley dressed as a bald eagle skeleton for Mardi Gras Day February 12, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was parading with his parents who are members of a Skeleton krewe. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the begining of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Rusty Costanza/Getty Images)
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    IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT - Lowell Landis, cast member of the Academy Award nominated picture Beasts of the Southern Wild, throws beads in the Argus parade on Mardi Gras on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 in Metairie, La. (Photo by Cheryl Gerber/Invision for Fox Searchlight Pictures/AP Images)
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    IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT - Dwight Henry, star of the Academy Award nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild, and cast member Lowell Landis hand out beads in the Argus parade on Mardi Gras on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 in Metairie, La. (Photo by Cheryl Gerber/Invision for Fox Searchlight Pictures/AP Images)
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    IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT - Dwight Henry, star of the Academy Award nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild, hands out beads in the Argus parade on Mardi Gras on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 in Metairie, La. (Photo by Cheryl Gerber/Invision for Fox Searchlight Pictures/AP Images)
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    Revelers gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Overcast skies and the threat of rain couldn't dampen the revelry of Mardi Gras as parades took to the streets, showering costumed merrymakers with trinkets of all kinds. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. FEMA markings from Hurricane Katrina are still seen on the wall. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR FOX SEARCHLIGHT - Dwight Henry, star of the Academy Award nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild, and cast member Lowell Landis throw beads in the Argus parade on Mardi Gras on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 in Metairie, La. (Photo by Cheryl Gerber/Invision for Fox Searchlight Pictures/AP Images)
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    Revelers gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. FEMA markings from Hurricane Katrina are still seen on the wall. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    Revelers gather for the start of the Society of Saint Anne walking parade in the Bywater section of New Orleans during Mardi Gras day, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. FEMA markings from Hurricane Katrina are still seen on the wall. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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    NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 12: Skeleton Krewe member Jaw Bone takes off his skull while taking a break on Mardi Gras Day near Jackson Square in the French Quarter February 12, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the begining of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Rusty Costanza/Getty Images)
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    NEW ORLEANS, LA - FEBRUARY 12: Skeleton heads rest on the ground in Jackson Square on Mardi Gras Day in French Quarter February 12, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the begining of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Rusty Costanza/Getty Images)
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