Provides the latest RSS feeds for New Orleans News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page New Orleans Sun.com http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/aa408b759025f381/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:23:27 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:23:27 -0400 30 Reigning champ Joey Chestnut has logged his third consecutive win in Coney Island's annual hot dog eating contest with a world-record 68 franks. He defeated his archrival, six-time titleholder Takeru ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25868861/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:27:18 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25868861/ Authorities in Jefferson Parish said they are investigating an early-morning double shooting in Metairie.Sheriff Newell Normand said deputies were dispatched to a home on 4448 Orleans Avenue at about ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25867312/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:20:30 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25867312/ In dueling holiday addresses, President Barack Obama appealed for public support of his domestic programs and Sen. John McCain said Americans should side with Iranian election protesters. The 2008 riv... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25867311/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:20:28 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25867311/ (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)A New Orleans brass band performs a tribute song for Michael Jackson as Jackson's image rises above the stage during the Essence Music Festival at the Louisiana Superdome in... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25867313/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:06:43 -0400 Examiner http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25867313/ "We can either sit back and wait for President Obama to send us a check, or we can take control of our own future," says Alan McGraw, mayor of Round Rock, the Austin suburb that was the second-fastest... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25865825/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:13:58 -0400 ABC News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25865825/ Police in New Orleans are searching for a man wanted in connection with a burglary last week.Officer Janssen Valencia with the New Orleans Police Department said the incident occurred at about 9 p.m. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25865826/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:05:01 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25865826/ The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years began the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom and national pride. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25865827/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:05:00 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25865827/ Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops and wounding several more in a two-hour battle, officials said. During the cl... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25865828/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:04:58 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25865828/ Vice President Joe Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the cou... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25865829/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:04:55 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25865829/ A news report says North Korea has fired two mid-range missiles off it eastern coast. Yonhap news agency's report says the launches Saturday appeared to be of Scud missiles. The agency quotes a South ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25858296/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:52:57 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25858296/ Nearly all power has been restored to the northshore after as many as 6,500 customers lost electricity Thursday evening.A summer storm pushed across southeast Louisiana late in the day, bringing heavy... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25856585/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:09:27 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25856585/ Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death. Tanya Phillips had been looking... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25856586/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:09:24 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25856586/ Dozens of batteries have been stolen from Terrebonne Parish pumping stations since April, thefts that officials say increase the risk of flooding to communities during hurricane season and even just d... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25854365/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:43:07 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25854365/ Honduras' Supreme Court has rejected an ultimatum to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power. Court spokesman Danilo Izaguirre says the head of the Organization of American States asked the pr... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25854366/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:43:04 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25854366/ An area of moderate drought has spread further west across south Louisiana, and abnormally dry conditions have extended further north in neighboring Mississippi.The U.S. Drought Monitor, in its weekly... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25852093/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:20:29 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25852093/ CNN and Fox News are quoting GOP sources who say Sarah Palin won't seek another term as Alaska's governor. Palin is expected to make the announcement outside her home Friday. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25852094/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:20:28 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25852094/ Unless enormous amounts of soil are dumped onto the Mississippi River Delta, the region could lose up to 5,212 square miles of land to ocean and tidal marsh by 2100 - a result of sea-level rise and th... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25849962/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:58:45 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25849962/ The City of New Orleans can't say how many of its cars have been ticketed by the city's red-light cameras, even though the cars are paid for with tax dollars and driven by city workers. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25849964/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:22:06 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25849964/ Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a top Kremlin aide said Friday in a gesture aimed at bolstering U.S. military operations and improving strained ties bet... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25849963/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:22:05 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25849963/ In the weeks leading up to the start of the New Orleans Saints’ 2009 training camp, NewOrleansSaints.com will take an inside look at some interesting facts and figures of various high-profile player... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25847557/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:33:39 -0400 New Orleans Saints http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25847557/ New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. The "Bare Essentials of Safet... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25847556/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:49:50 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25847556/ Diane McGhee, left, and Ann McGhee a proposed Norfolk Southern intermodal train yard in Jefferson County during a community meeting held by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, July, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25843853/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:59:20 -0400 Knox News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25843853/ U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insu... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25845176/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:19:32 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25845176/ Mayor Ray Nagin lashed out Thursday at the technology firm that tried to recover the mayor's e-mail messages that have been deleted from city servers.Nagin also said lost e-mails have been retrieved a... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25840012/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:28:55 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25840012/ Posted on: Thursday, 2 July 2009, 18:20 CDT The owner of a New Orleans T-shirt shop said the grassroots movement to elect actor Brad Pitt as the city's next mayor is sounding http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25836436/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:58:06 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25836436/ A 36-page report from FEMA says City Hall is badly damaged from Hurricane Katrina and the city can be reimbursed for moving to a new building, WDSU NewsChannel 6 has learned.FEMA says the 55-year-old ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25834943/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:56:44 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25834943/ A northwestern New Jersey man said he was mugged in his driveway by a sandwich-craving bear.Henry Rouwendal said he was packing his car last Friday when he was hit from behind and knocked to the groun... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25834944/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:56:42 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25834944/ Hundreds of people have flocked to Mandeville to get answers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about hurricane protection.It's another chance for St. Tammany Parish government and citizens to tell... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25832213/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:14:03 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25832213/ The lawyer who filed the suit that led the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Jefferson County Public Schools' desegregation plan is now challenging the district's latest student assignment plan. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25828144/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:14:32 -0400 Courier-Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25828144/ A Civil District Court judge has ordered the Canal Street hotel where a woman was shot and killed earlier this week to close.The Canal Street Hotel must close by 5 p.m. today, after the city filed a r... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25828279/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:35:00 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25828279/ A judge has agreed to postpone the federal trial of a former state lawmaker and three relatives of a former congressman.U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle didn't immediately set a new date for the racke... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25828280/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:34:59 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25828280/ A group of teenagers misunderstood a woman's screams during sex and, thinking they were stopping an assault, beat a 25-year-old man in her bedroom, police said. A 16-year-old girl who lives in the sam... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25828281/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:34:56 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25828281/ '); Prosecutors in the corruption trial of former Rep. William Jefferson began playing recorded conversations involving the Louisiana Democrat that authorities say will show he accepted bribes. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25820129/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:36:23 -0400 Washington Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25820129/ The City Council has approves $1 million in funding to pay for New Orleans police officers to work overtime during the busy summer months.Police Superintendent Warren Riley had requested $2 million to... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25823381/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:34:31 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25823381/ Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest. The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut out four feet from the building's 103rd fl... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25823382/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:34:28 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25823382/ Article Reprints Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says the recently adjourned 2009 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature was a success when it came to insurance legislation. The... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25820856/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:21:57 -0400 Insurance Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25820856/ Article Reprints Mary K. Stelly of Arnaudville, La., has been selected as the 2009 recipient of the Stephen W. Cavanaugh Scholarship, awarded annually by the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporatio... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25820857/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:21:56 -0400 Insurance Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25820857/ NEW ORLEANS - A technology expert said Wednesday that potentially years' worth of Mayor Ray Nagin's e-mails have been deleted. Christopher Reade, a partner in a tech firm who assisted the Louisiana ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25818471/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:18:32 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25818471/ The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has set aside $4.2 billion for permanent infrastructure work in the state following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.The agency says $1.6 billion of that has... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25818472/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:25:14 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25818472/ A New Orleans man who was a mail carrier at a Gretna post office has pleaded guilty to throwing away mail he was supposed to deliver.Last year, investigators allegedly found 150 pieces of direct mail ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25818474/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:25:12 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25818474/ When the Essence Music Festival kicks off in New Orleans on Friday, singer Lionel Richie says the celebration of black music and culture will provide some comfort after what's been a very tough week f... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25818473/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:25:11 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25818473/ Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25814562/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:47:20 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25814562/ A Circuit Court judge has granted the Jefferson County sheriff's request for a temporary restraining order to prevent further budget cuts to his office. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25812522/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:35:30 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25812522/ The cuts are in response to court rulings that threw out an occupational tax that provided about one-quarter of the county's budget. Separately, Jefferson County is trying to avoid filing the largest ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25811232/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:02:00 -0400 Montgomery Advertiser http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25811232/ South Korean media report that North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles. Yonhap news agency reported Thursday the North fired two ground-to-ship missiles from its eastern coast. The report ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25811265/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:20:08 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25811265/ A French government plane carrying the young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash arrived Thursday at a Paris airport from Comoros. Bahia Bakari, 14, was brought back t... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25811266/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:20:06 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25811266/ The mayor's office is urging the owner of the Canal Street Hotel to voluntarily close after a fatal shooting. Stay with WDSU.com and WDSU NewsChannel 6 for the latest updates. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25808395/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:56:52 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25808395/ WDSU announced today that Scott Walker will join its staff of broadcast journalists late this summer, returning home after serving as a newscast anchor at television stations across the Gulf South. Wa... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25800022/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:38:37 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25800022/ A Slidell clinic for children that was on the verge of closing its doors has new life, thanks to a partnership to create the first federally qualified health center ever in St. Tammany Parish.Slidell ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25800021/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:38:35 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25800021/ All of Mayor Ray Nagin's e-mails before February 2009 were deliberately deleted from city servers and cannot be retrieved, an independent technology company said Wednesday.The City Council hired the L... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25796165/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:54:29 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25796165/ The streetcar on Canal Street will shut down for eight weeks starting Monday, Regional Transit Authority officials said Wednesday.The inbound and outbound routes of the No. 47-48 Canal Streetcar will ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25796166/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:54:25 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25796166/ The Queen of Creole cuisine has received top honors from the Southern Food and Beverage Museum.The Leah Chase Louisiana Gallery was dedicated Wednesday. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25796167/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:54:22 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25796167/ The "Plaquemines Pride" ferry boat will return to service Thursday afternoon, allowing the resumption of the normal two-ferry schedule from the Belle Chasse landing.The vessel has been out of operatio... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25796168/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:54:22 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25796168/ (Louisiana) A Louisiana couple has filed a lawsuit after being turned away by officials at the Orleans Parish marriage license office on April 2 because they were both men. The couple is saying the... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25791579/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:53:58 -0400 365gay http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25791579/ A federal lawsuit has been filed by 66 people in Mobile County against the manufacturers of travel trailers they say exposed them to dangerous levels of formaldehyde after Hurricane Katrina.The lawsui... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25791928/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:23:21 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25791928/ An alleged con man who was deported by Canada last year has pleaded guilty to charges he duped the government of Egypt into paying more than $7 million for a shipment of frozen chicken he never intend... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25791929/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:23:20 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25791929/ NEW YORK (AP) -- Dow Chemical Co. said Wednesday it will close three Louisiana plants as part of a shift away from basic chemicals toward the lucrative business of specialty chemicals. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25791580/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:54:29 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25791580/ Members of the board that oversees Shriners Hospital in Shreveport are discussing a partnership with LSU Health Sciences Center in hopes of keeping the Shriners facility open.Representatives of each g... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25787459/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:56:42 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25787459/ An 800-pound hog that survived on its own for a week after a truck flipped while on its way to a slaughterhouse has surfaced in a swimming pool at a home near the crash site.LeAnn Baldy, whose house i... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25787461/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:56:41 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25787461/ Article Reprints The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has asked Gov. Bobby Jindal to veto House Bill 658, workers' compensation legislation that PCI believes would increase the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25785220/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:45:11 -0400 Insurance Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25785220/ JEFFERSON COUNTY — The Jefferson County Commission on Tuesday refused to issue a permit for a controversial Sept. 13 bicycle event through Deer Creek Canyon. The 2-1 decision came after two pub... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25787323/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:39:42 -0400 Denver Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25787323/ "); jQuery('#search_jobs,#search_news,#search_companies,#search_videos').css('font-weight','normal'); jQuery('#search_site').css('font-weight','bold'); jQuery('#searchform').attr("action",'http://m... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25783087/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:40:14 -0400 Business Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25783087/ The New Orleans Police Department said a 21-year-old local woman was found at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Canal Street Hotel on the 1600 block of Canal Street with a gunshot wound to the abdomen.Po... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25783086/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:07:41 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25783086/ The investigation continues after a fire broke out at a home in Harrison County.Dispatchers told NEWS9 that the blaze started early Wednesday morning at a home on Snyder Road, just off of Route 22.Dis... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25779487/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:35:49 -0400 WTOV 9 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25779487/ Two children have died after suffering severe burns in an explosion that followed a train derailment in northern Italy, bringing the death toll to 16, officials said Wednesday. A 3-year-old girl died ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25776753/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:20:40 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25776753/ A teenage girl who is the only known survivor of a Yemeni jetliner crash could barely swim but managed to hang on long enough for rescuers to find her in the ocean, her father told French radio Wednes... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25776752/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:20:37 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25776752/ The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame recently inducted Louisiana music legends Little Richard and Johnny Richards. The museum has also added an extensive collection of virtual museum galleries online whic... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25772694/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:22:32 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25772694/ The interim president of Honduras vowed Tuesday not to resign the post he took over following a military coup and claimed that only an armed invasion would restore his ousted predecessor to power. Rob... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25773767/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:00:55 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25773767/ An effort to save the city's only public in-patient mental health facility for teens appears to have come up short, and the New Orleans Adolescent Health Center is likely to shut down in the near futu... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25770946/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:35:39 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25770946/ Authorities a construction worker suspended from a crane managed to rescue a woman from the Des Moines River in downtown Des Moines, but a man also pulled from the water drowned. Crews used a crane fr... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25770947/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:35:36 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25770947/ A boy was arrested over the weekend on charges of stealing from an ambulance while paramedics were treating his mother. The Johnson City Press reported the boy, who was not named because he is a juven... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25768008/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:07:01 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25768008/ News ) citing its nonperforming assets, much of them related to Florida real estate.The ratings house said Tuesday that Whitney's long-term issuer default rating had been dropped to BBB from BBB-plus,... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25768009/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:53:26 -0400 Examiner http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25768009/ The city of Mandeville is waiting on a signature from Gov. Bobby Jindal on a law that will allow the city to begin its search for a new police chief.Mandeville Police Chief Tom Buel retired six months... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25764600/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:04:07 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25764600/ Funeral processions are not an exception to laws governing stop lights, public officials say, but some drivers had to learn that the hard way.Cindy Rittenberg ran a red light during a procession at th... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25764601/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:04:05 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25764601/ Gunmen in a green minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school on Tuesday, wounding at least seven including two who were in critical condition, authorities ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25764602/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:04:03 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25764602/ Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she'd come out ahead if she went one-on-one with fellow jogger President Barack Obama in a long run, according to an interview published online Tuesday. "I betcha I'd have... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25764603/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:04:01 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25764603/ Tough decisions are being made about the future of education in the Orleans Parish School District. Fifty teachers were expected to be cut from the payroll.The cuts weren't deep enough, according to s... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25759962/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:23:42 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25759962/ Two New Orleans men who allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of prescription drugs at gunpoint from a St. Rose warehouse have been arrested on armed robbery charges.St. Charles Parish Sheriff's ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25759963/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:23:41 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25759963/ "Fireworks and other loud noises that occur at these holiday celebrations terrify most animals," said Brenna Ferranco, spokeswoman for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Santa Cru... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25759964/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:23:35 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25759964/ (Click to Enlarge) Pantheon Resources has issued an update for its Jumonville #2 well, located in the Bullseye Prospect in Louisiana's Iberville Parish. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25755170/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:16:23 -0400 Rigzone http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25755170/ Porn star Stormy Daniels kicks off a second "listening tour" this week at a gun store in Lafayette as she publicizes a possible run for U.S. Senate.Daniels heads to a police and hunting supply store i... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25755528/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:28:22 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25755528/ South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Tuesday that he saw his Argentine mistress more times than previously disclosed, including what was to be a farewell meeting in New York chaperoned by a spiri... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25755530/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:28:20 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25755530/ U.S. farmers planted their fewest cotton acres since 1983 - just over 9 million - amid a continued swapping of acres for better priced and less-costly-to-produce crops such as corn and soybeans.The U.... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25755531/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:12:09 -0400 Examiner http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25755531/ HIV diagnoses among all men in Louisiana declined from 1997 to 2006, but increased in 2007 and 2008 - diagnoses in the New Orleans metropolitan area alone increased by 9 percent from 2007 to 2008, acc... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25749809/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:49:03 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25749809/ City of Industry, CA --(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 06/30/2009 - Taxes industry news provided by Financial News USA. NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A deal approved this week to fill up an empty skyscraper and ke... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25751289/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:42:33 -0400 Financial News USA http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25751289/ Police said they have arrested a 19-year-old Lockport man and charged him in connection with an armed robbery on June 24.Nicholas Martin has been charged with armed robbery and aggravated kidnapping, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25751287/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:02:32 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25751287/ St. Bernard Parish will break ceremonial ground Tuesday on an expanded and improved facility for homeless animals.Parish President Craig Taffaro is expected to be among those on hand as work begins on... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25751288/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:02:31 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25751288/ Louisiana got some welcome rain this week, but farmers were still worrying about vulnerable crops in drought conditions that even threatened to cancel their Fourth of July fireworks displays."So far, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25751290/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:47:27 -0400 Examiner http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25751290/ Olin Corporation (NYSE:OLN) (Clayton, Missouri) completed construction of a major technology conversion project that eliminated mercury-cell technology from its Saint Gabriel, Louisiana, chlorine m... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25747282/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:05:38 -0400 Market Wire http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25747282/ New Orleans Firefighters are working on a blaze in New Orleans East.It happened around 6 a.m. near the CSX railyard on Almonaster Ave. and Reed Blvd.Investigators say a junkyard caught on fire.Firefig... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25747624/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:24:08 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25747624/ France's transport minister says French aviation inspectors found a "number of faults" during a 2007 inspection of a plane that has crashed in the Indian Ocean. The passenger jet from Yemen with 153 p... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25744706/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:08:12 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25744706/ A freight train derailed in the middle of the night in northern Italy, setting off an explosion and a fire that killed at least 13 people and sent 50 others to the hospital, many with severe burns, of... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25744707/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:08:11 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25744707/ A body of 12 clerics declared Iran's disputed presidential vote valid and free of major fraud, paving the way for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be sworn in next month despite claims of vote manipul... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25744708/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:08:09 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25744708/ An 8-year-old child and two adults have drowned in a swimming pool at a home in northwestern South Carolina. The bodies of the boy and his aunt and uncle were reportedly discovered in an Easley pool M... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25742005/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:55:20 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25742005/ Organizers of the annual "Go Fourth" celebration say the dueling barges fireworks extravaganza will go on this year -- but next year may be a challenge, due to rough economic times.Right now, there is... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25739276/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:37:02 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25739276/ A Yemeni airport official said a plane from Yemen's national carrier bound for the Indian Ocean country of Comoros has crashed in the ocean.The aircraft, from the national airline Yemenia, was en rout... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25736860/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:15:16 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25736860/ Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras' national palace Monday, leaving at least 15 people injured, as world leaders from Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez demanded the re... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25734266/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:42:18 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25734266/ “Jason is a quality veteran player and we saw in him a chance to upgrade our kicking game,” Loomis said. “I’ve known him since we drafted him in Seattle and going up against him twice a year f... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25730185/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:52:37 -0400 New Orleans Saints http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25730185/ Baton Rouge police said a 33-year-old woman was shot multiple times and left to die in a ditch.Police spokesman Cpl. L'Jean McKneely identified the victim as Shelva Glasper of Baton Rouge.McKneely sai... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25730177/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:05:26 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25730177/ A 55-year-old woman is killed in a car crash Monday that tied up traffic on Interstate 10 during the height of the morning rush hour.The driver of a 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck was traveling eastbound... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25730180/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:05:24 -0400 The New Orleans Channel http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/25730180/