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A reveler who was injured during carnival celebrations waits for treatment at the emergency room of the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. At least 20 people on a music group's packed Carnival float in the Haitian capital were killed Tuesday when they were electrocuted by a power line, officials said. The accident occurred as thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Port-au-Prince for the raucous annual celebration. People at the scene said someone on the float used a pole or stick to move a power line so the float could pass under it.( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Float accident at Haiti Carnival parade kills at least 20

By Evens Sanon - Associated Press

Pedro Ribeiro looks out at the sea from Abrico beach, recently designated as nudist after a 20-year-battle, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. The law passed last month frees nudists from any threat of legal action and provides increased protection, including patrols to keep peeping Toms away. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

No strings attached: Brazil nudists get Rio beach

Associated Press

Global cruise lines set sail on high seas for China

By Kelvin Chan

In this Monday Aug. 4, 2014 photo, Chinese tourists on board the Princess Cruises ship Diamond Princess off the coast of Fukuoka, Japan. Cruise operators have traditionally sent older vessels to developing countries while saving their most advanced ships for U.S. and European customers. But surging growth in China means it’s a market operators can no longer ignore. The race for China underscores the growing strength of the leisure and travel industries in the world’s No. 2 economy as authorities try to spur domestic spending rather than trade and investment as an engine of growth. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

Global cruise lines set sail for China

By Kelvin Chan - Associated Press

Jefferson may lose 2 krewes

Associated Press

Carnival to return to Norfolk in 2015

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Slidell reviewing Carnival under new rules

Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 10, 2013 file photo provided by Kalin Hill, of Houston, shows passengers with makeshift tents on the the deck of the Carnival Triumph cruise ship at sea in the Gulf of Mexico. About three dozen passengers aboard the ill-fated cruise liner have filed a lawsuit in Miami hoping to collect thousands of dollars as a result of lingering medical and mental issues they claim were caused by their nightmarish experience. (AP Photo/Kalin Hill, File)

Carnival, passengers in court over disabled ship

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

Coast readies for Fat Tuesday revelry

Associated Press

A performer from the Mocidade samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 3, 2014. Brazil's Carnival is maintaining its frenetic pace, with hundreds of roving parties taking over Rio de Janeiro's streets and famed samba school parades heading into their final night. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil keeps up Carnival pace of parties, parades

By BRADLEY BROOKS - Associated Press

A dancer from the Nene de Vila Matilde samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, March 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil’s Carnival turns focus to glitzy parades

By JENNY BARCHFIELD - Associated Press

Members of the all-female flambeaux group, called 'Glambeaux,' march in the Krewe of Muses Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Muses parade kicks off big Carnival weekend

By STACEY PLAISANCE - Associated Press

Politicians give to Mardi Gras krewes

By DOUG McCASH - Associated Press

Carnival Cruise Lines to return to Baltimore

Associated Press

Orleans council OKs new Carnival rules

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In this photo provided by Carnival Cruise Lines, Grammy Award-winning recording artist and former cruise ship performer, Jennifer Hudson, performs at an event to launch “Carnival LIVE,” a first-of-its kind on-board concert series by Carnival Cruise Lines, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Carnival Cruise Lines)

Jennifer Hudson to headline Carnival cruise shows

By BETH J. HARPAZ - Associated Press

McAuliffe announces Carnival cruise lines return

Associated Press

** FILE ** A small boat belonging to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous patrols on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, near the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico. The Carnival Triumph has been floating aimlessly about 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula since a fire erupted in the aft engine room a day earlier, knocking out the ship's propulsion system. No one was injured and the fire was extinguished. (Associated Press/U.S. Coast Guard)

Not again! Carnival passengers being flown home from troubled cruise

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Top 6 Carnival samba schools parade again in Rio

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press