"<div class=""meta ""><span class=""caption-text "">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)</span></div>"
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