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You might forgive the staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune if they woke up with fuzzy heads and heavy hearts on Friday. They, and their city, suffered a body blow Thursday, when Newhouse Newspapers, a division of Advance Publications, announced the paper will no longer be printed each day.

The Times-Picayune of New Orleans announced this week it would stop publishing seven days a week. The paper has a rich heritage and is widely loved in New Orleans. As Eileen Fleming of member station WWNO reports, when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, the paper continued to report despite danger and days-long power outages.

New Orleans Hornets

Everyone across Who Dat Nation and beyond knows about the Saints troubles pre-2000, but what about in the new millennium? New Orleans has seen its greatest success these past dozen or so years, beginning with the first playoff win in 2000 and continuing on to this year. The Saints have posted three consecutive seasons of double-digit wins in the last three years.  Between all of the good years ...

New Orleans Hornets

After discussing some of the biggest disappointments for the Saints in this new millennium, I am taking a look at the biggest surprises in free agency for New Orleans. This is more about the unknown or castoff players that the Saints signed and played out of their mind during their time in NOLA.  These players weren't expected to be nothing more than role players or roster fill-ins in case of ...

The New Orleans Times-Picayune will undergo some radical and painful changes an in attempt to save its life, but if the history of its sibling newspapers is any guide, the cuts will only delay the inevitable. The paper announced today that it will be cutting its publication schedule back to three days a week -- Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays -- and is expected to significantly reduce its staff ...

The New Orleans Times-Picayune is facing massive budget cuts, including "wholesale layoffs" and a reduction in the publishing schedule that would leave the city without a daily print newspaper. The report from David Carr of The New York Times says that the paper's owner, Newhouse Newspapers, will likely cut the publishing days to two or three a week and replace or let go many of its top editors ...

... But first pick doesn't always end up the top prize in the draft

Metairie, LA - Wil Myers hit the game-winning home run with one out in the 12th inning as Omaha slipped past New Orleans, 2-1, Friday night in the first of four meetings at Zephyr Field.