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City dropping balloon drop, going green for New Year's Eve bash
In line with the city’s commitment to environmental sustainability, this year’s event will replace the traditional balloon ...
Mylar balloons and metallic confetti face bans in some cities and at some universities
A power and water outage in New Orleans was blamed on balloons. Now the city is banning them, and some universities are ...
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It’s one of America’s biggest party cities. So why is New Orleans banning shiny balloons and confetti?
“I actually spoke to a former state senator who told me that in another part of the state, somebody had fired a (metallic) confetti cannon at a power line and the electricity arced back to the ...