A shooting during last night’s Krewe of Muses Parade, along the Uptown parade route in New Orleans, has left one dead and another critically injured. NOPD reports a 21-year-old man died during surgery for gunshot wounds he received in the chest. Another victim is listed in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the neck. Officers were able to arrest the suspect shortly after the shooting.

In spite of last night’s shooting, officials in New Orleans want people who are heading to The Big Easy for Mardi Gras over the next few days to know that the city is safe. Michelle Southern reports…

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Albert Woodfox, a member of the “Angola 3″, is indicted for a third time in the 1972 murder of an Angola prison guard. Amnesty International spokeswoman, Jasmine Heiss, says there is no physical evidence that ties Woodfox to the crime. She says they also believe the state mysteriously lost a piece of evidence that would have exonerated Woodfox…

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Woodfox’s case went before a West Feliciana Parish grand jury, because a federal appeals court overturned his last conviction on grand jury selection issues.

Valentine’s night is the 2nd most popular holiday to eat out. Erica Burns with the Louisiana Restaurant Association says if you haven’t made a reservation yet, then it’s probably too late to do. But she says because Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday, many establishments are expanding their sweet specials…

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Burns says one quarter of Americans go out to eat on February 14th.