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Brimming with confidence, Anthony Davis and the Pelicans take an 1-0 edge into tonight’s playoff showdown at Portland, which calls itself Rip City. Why? We have no idea. If the Pels want a chance to sweep when the series moves to New Orleans, they need to get greedy, says beat writer William Guillory. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
 
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Final grade: Mayor Mitch Landrieu leaves office in less than three weeks. Has his time in office been a success? Did he disappoint? Does he get credit for rescuing the city from insolvency? Did he make the right or wrong call on taking down the Confederate monuments? You can grade the Landrieu administration, and we’ll follow up with a report card. 

Paw patrol: To borrow from online philosopher Antoine Dobson, hide your cats, hide your dogs — they’re stealing everything out there. Police arrested a man they say broke into his ex-girlfriend’s New Orleans East home to steal her dog. In Broadmoor, a homeowner caught someone on surveillance video taking his cat. In Jefferson Parish, authorities are looking for a man who broke into the animal shelter and took a dog.
 
 
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Let’s take one last glorious glimpse back at this year’s French Quarter Festival, this time from above. If you look closely, you’ll see me next to the stage. No, not that stage. No, the blue shirt. Oh, forget it. (Video by Doug MacCash. NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune.
 
 
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