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On July 4, 1776, a group of men declared that the 13 colonies of the British Crown that were located on the North American continent were now independent.

As lawmakers ready for a February session to redraw Louisiana’s political districts, advances in technology have added a new wrinkle to the once-a-decade debates, with advocacy groups and people interested in the work submitting their own fully designed map proposals.

We didn’t do much for New Year’s when I was kid. That was probably because my father liked all the flashy, noisy hullabaloo of the celebration, but my mother and I did not.

Q: I have six-month- and 32-month-old boys. The older one — well-mannered, easy going, very affectionate — attends a preschool program three mornings a week. This is his second year there.