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Posted: 5/18/2013 10:31:46 AM EST
FILE - In this file image taken from Sunday, May 12, 2013 video and provided by the New Orleans Police Department, a man in a white shirt, bottom center, shoots into a crowd of people, on Mother's Day in New Orleans. New Orleans officials and cultural advocates say the Mother’s Day parade shootings that left 20 people injured won’t spell the end of second-line parades, the local tradition that celebrates the city and its people. (AP Photo/New Orleans Police Department, File)
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Posted: 5/18/2013 10:31:46 AM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2011 file photo, a member of the Big 9 marching club plays trumpet in a second line commemorating the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. New Orleans officials and cultural advocates say the Mother’s Day parade shootings that left 20 people injured won’t spell the end of second-line parades, the local tradition that celebrates the city and its people. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Posted: 5/16/2013 1:29:19 PM EST
Spanish bullfighter David Galan is tossed by a Jose Escolar's ranch fighting bull during a bullfight of the San Isidro fair at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Monday, May 13, 2013. For a month bullfights take place every afternoon in what has been recognized as one of the most important bullfighting fairs in the world. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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Posted: 5/16/2013 1:29:19 PM EST
Spanish bullfighter David Galan performs with a Jose Escolar's ranch fighting bull during a bullfight of the San Isidro fair at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Monday, May 13, 2013. For a month bullfights take place every afternoon in what has been recognized as one of the most important bullfighting fairs in the world. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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Posted: 5/14/2013 9:02:52 AM EST
Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, with Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, speaks at a press conference to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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Posted: 5/14/2013 9:02:52 AM EST
Director of the Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci, center, speaks at a press conference with Venice Biennale of Arts President Paolo Baratta, left, and Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican Council for Culture, to announce the Vatican participation at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Vatican. The Vatican is getting back into its centuries-old tradition of arts patronage with its first-ever exhibit at the Venice Biennale, commissioning a biblically inspired show about creation, destruction and renewal for one of the world's most prestigious contemporary arts festivals. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
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Posted: 5/5/2013 10:08:24 AM EST
Actress Keira Knightley's farmhouse, in Mazan, near Avignon, southern France, Sunday, May 5, 2013. A French mayor says Oscar-nominated actress Keira Knightley has said "oui" to rocker James Righton in a small wedding ceremony in southern France. Aime Navello said Sunday that the couple followed French tradition when he married them at the Mazan town hall Saturday. Navello read the service in French and the couple responded in French and English. He said about 10 people were present. Mont Ventoux, is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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Posted: 5/5/2013 10:08:24 AM EST
Actress Keira Knightley's farmhouse, in Mazan, near Avignon, southern France, Sunday, May 5, 2013. A French mayor says Oscar-nominated actress Keira Knightley has said "oui" to rocker James Righton in a small wedding ceremony in southern France. Aime Navello said Sunday that the couple followed French tradition when he married them at the Mazan town hall Saturday. Navello read the service in French and the couple responded in French and English. He said about 10 people were present. Mont Ventoux, is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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Posted: 5/5/2013 10:08:24 AM EST
Mazan town hall, Sunday, May 5, 2013, near Avignon, southern France. A French mayor says Oscar-nominated actress Keira Knightley has said "oui" to rocker James Righton in a small wedding ceremony in southern France. Aime Navello said Sunday that the couple followed French tradition when he married them at the Mazan town hall Saturday. Navello read the service in French and the couple responded in French and English. He said about 10 people were present. Mont Ventoux, is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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Posted: 5/1/2013 2:33:25 PM EST
FILE - In this May 1, 2012 file photo, thousands of protestors participate in a May Day rally in Los Angeles. Social media and text messaging have become indispensable organizing tools for advocates of a sweeping immigration overhaul, but street marches still have allure. Tens of thousands are expected to rally in dozens of cities from New York to Bozeman, Mont., part of an annual tradition on May 1. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Posted: 3/29/2013 11:23:51 PM EST
Masked penitents from La Santa Vera Cruz brotherhood, right, walks along the way with his assistant, taking part in an Easter procession known as 'Los Picaos' in the small village of San Vicente de la Sonsierra, northern Spain on Friday, March 29, 2013. Penitents, or disciplinants, take part on the procession lashing themselves as an act of faith and penance, a tradition dating from the early 16th century.(AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:58:34 AM EST
Britain's Kate Duchess of Cambridge holds onto the hand of her husband Prince William, left, as she bends down to pull the heel of her shoe out of a drainage grill after it got stuck, as she presents the traditional sprigs of shamrock to members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at the St Patrick’s Day Parade at Mons Barracks in Aldershot, England, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Kate presenting the sprigs of shamrock to the regiment Sunday, follows a century-old tradition inaugurated by Queen Alexandra, the wife of the then King, Edward VII back in 1901. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:58:34 AM EST
Britain's Kate Duchess of Cambridge holds onto the hand of her husband Prince William, left, as she bends down to pull the heel of her shoe out of a drainage grill after it got stuck, as she presents the traditional sprigs of shamrock to members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at the St Patrick’s Day Parade at Mons Barracks in Aldershot, England, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Kate presenting the sprigs of shamrock to the regiment Sunday, follows a century-old tradition inaugurated by Queen Alexandra, the wife of the then King, Edward VII back in 1901. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:58:34 AM EST
Britain's Kate the Duchess of Cambridge holds flowers after presenting traditional sprigs of shamrocks to members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at the St Patrick’s Day Parade at Mons Barracks in Aldershot, England, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Kate presenting the sprigs of shamrocks to the regiment Sunday, follows a century-old tradition inaugurated by Queen Alexandra, the wife of the then King, Edward VII back in 1901. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Posted: 3/17/2013 9:58:34 AM EST
Britain's Kate Duchess of Cambridge, third left, stands with her husband Prince William, fourth left, before presenting traditional sprigs of shamrock to members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards at the St Patrick’s Day Parade at Mons Barracks in Aldershot, England, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Kate presenting the sprigs of shamrocks to the regiment Sunday, follows a century-old tradition inaugurated by Queen Alexandra, the wife of the then King, Edward VII back in 1901. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Posted: 3/16/2013 4:33:34 PM EST
Mary Steffens, of Duluth, Ga., holds a cup of green beer in her teeth while she tries to take a picture during Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, Saturday, March, 16, 2013, in Savannah, Ga. Thousands of gaudy green revelers Saturday crammed the oak-shaded squares and sidewalks of downtown Savannah for the St. Patrick's Day celebration that's a 189-year-old tradition in Georgia's oldest city. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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Posted: 3/16/2013 3:23:48 PM EST
Gaudy green revelers crammed the oak-shaded sidewalks of downtown Savannah for the St. Patrick's Day parade, Saturday, March, 16, 2013, in Savannah, Ga. The St. Patrick's Day celebration is a 189-year-old tradition in Georgia's oldest city. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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Posted: 2/26/2013 5:28:27 PM EST
This Jan. 5, 2013 photo shows a lone swimmer wading into the surf during sunset in Zipolite, Mexico. A sleepy town with one main street and no ATMs, Zipolite is one many tiny coastal pueblos that dot the Pacific in Mexico's Southern state of Oaxaca. Watching the brilliant sunsets from the beach is a nightly tradition for visitors in this tiny coastal town. (AP Photo/Jody Kurash)
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Posted: 2/14/2013 9:58:33 PM EST
Couples participate in a mass wedding in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, Feb 14, 2013. A public square in Nicaragua has become an improvised wedding chapel for 550 couples who took their marriage vows on Valentine’s Day in a mass wedding. Mass weddings have become a tradition in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua since they began a decade ago. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Posted: 2/14/2013 9:58:33 PM EST
Brides line up next to their grooms, not seen, before a mass wedding in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, Feb 14, 2013. A public square in Nicaragua has become an improvised wedding chapel for 550 couples who took their marriage vows on Valentine’s Day in a mass wedding. Mass weddings have become a tradition in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua since they began a decade ago. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)