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Superbowl Win Brings Wine, Osteopaths Back to New Orleans: John Mariani “Ever since the Saints won the Super Bowl people have stopped asking if the streets of New Orleans are still full of water,” said Ted Brennan, whose family owns Brennan’s in the French Quarter. “You can’t imagine how important that game was. People are coming back, eating in the restaurants, and ordering good wines again.”

Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons Among Michael Crichton Art Valued at $75 Million A red, white and blue 1960-1966 Jasper Johns painting “Flag,” which once hung in Michael Crichton’s bedroom in Los Angeles, is estimated to fetch up to $15 million at Christie’s in New York on May 11.

New $200,000 Aston Martin Rapide Up for Test-Drive Bid at Charity Auction Luxury-car aficionados won’t be able to buy the new $200,000 Aston Martin Rapide on display tonight at the East Side House Settlement’s annual auto auction and gala in New York. Unlike past years, the winning bidder will only get a test drive.

New $200,000 Rapide Up for Test-Drive Bid at Charity Auction Luxury-car aficionados won’t be able to buy the new $200,000 Aston Martin Rapide on display tonight at the East Side House Settlement’s annual auto auction and gala in New York. Unlike past years, the winning bidder will only get a test drive.

Jaguar’s Callum Ends Years of Dull Sedans With Cool $115,000 XJ Parked on a pebbly shoulder, nose pointed down a skinny country lane, the new Jaguar XJ hums quietly in the sunshine.

IPad Is Something Else, Just What Isn’t Clear: Rich Jaroslovsky It isn’t really just a big iPod Touch after all.

Apple’s IPad Targets Kindles, Might Hit Macs: Rich Jaroslovsky Forget about whether the iPad turns out to be a Kindle-killer. The real question is whether it will prove to be a Mac-, PC- and netbook-killer, too.

Star Wars Jamboree Erupts, Irons Gets Bossy: London Weekend Watch Jeremy Irons hyperventilate in a boardroom as the Friday start to your London weekend.

Ramsay Chef Jason Atherton Quits Maze to Open Own Restaurant Jason Atherton, the chef who created Maze restaurant, is leaving the Gordon Ramsay group after nine years to open his own establishment in central London.

Superbowl Triumph Brings Wine, Osteopaths Back to New Orleans “Ever since the Saints won the Super Bowl people have stopped asking if the streets of New Orleans are still full of water,” said Ted Brennan, whose family owns Brennan’s in the French Quarter. “You can’t imagine how important that game was. People are coming back, eating in the restaurants, and ordering good wines again.”

Christie’s Sold Counterfeit Wine, Collector Koch Says in Suit Christie’s International Plc, the London-based auction house, was sued by billionaire collector William Koch for selling counterfeit wine.

Zippy Ragtime, Nasty Sorcerers Enliven ‘Treemonisha’ in Paris Overcoming deep-seated prejudices and tired of “faith-based” politics, the people elect an enlightened African-American as its leader. I’m referring to “Treemonisha,” Scott Joplin’s only surviving opera.

Star Wars Jamboree Erupts, Irons Gets Bossy: London Weekend Watch Jeremy Irons hyperventilate in a boardroom as the Friday start to your London weekend.