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Created at 02/17/09 at 03:46 PM by Staff Photos

A rider on a float in the Cleopatra parade searched the arm-stretched crowd looking for someone to toss a stuff animal to in Algiers, La., on Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. Parades will roll throughout the New Orleans area through the next 11 days. The 400 member all ladies krewe of Cleopatra rolled to the theme "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere." (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Rusty Costanza)**MAGS OUT, NO SALES, USA TODAY OUT** (RUSTY COSTANZA for The Star)