Bar owners band together after armed robbers hit a French Quarter hangout

Some local bar owners said Monday that while police step up their efforts to catch criminals, they will too, after hearing news that a recent rash of robberies has spread from sparsely populated neighborhoods …

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Tue, September 19th, 2006

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