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 Feb 2012 04:28:14 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:28:14 -0500 30 The Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office announced the conviction Friday night of a man accused of raping and killing a woman in LaFreniere Park.Edmundo Cerda-Anima was found guilty of ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224970/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:37 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224970/ The third time was the charm for Saints quarterback Drew Brees on Thursday night. Similar to a third-quarter comeback, Brees honed his accuracy and record-breaking skills to break plates in a ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224972/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:30 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224972/ A 74-year-old chiropractor was arrested and charged with sexual battery after Kenner police said he inappropriately massaged an employee on multiple times.Leroy Stagni was arrested by Kenner police ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224971/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:52:28 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224971/ The question for this former sheriff sounds simple; the implications of how he answers could be significant.Did Jiff Hingle receive gifts, a loan and contracts from the managing director of a ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224974/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:32 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224974/ The St. Augustine High School marching 100 prepares to march in 11 parades this carnival season. ';You have to be dedicated to be a part of the marching 100,'; said Jeffery Hebert, St. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224977/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:29 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224977/ New Orleans -- Police say a 29-year-old man is dead after a shooting in the 7th Ward.It happened shortly before 3:00 p.m. Friday at the intersection of North Villere and Annette Streets. The victim ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224976/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:20 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224976/ Friends and family said goodbye to a good samaritan Friday. Mike Ainsworth, the man who was killed last week while trying to prevent a neighbor from being car-jacked, was laid to rest. It was a ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224975/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:17 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224975/ It cluttered Facebook feeds all week. The Susan G. Komen Foundation announced it would stop granting money to Planned Parenthood because its criteria said organizations under federal investigation ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224979/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:11 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224979/ He saw this from behind bars, while he was in prison. Brock just got out last June after serving 15 years, starting with a sentence from armed robbery when he was just a teenager. Now he's ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224969/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:08:36 -0500 ABC 26 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224969/ Channing Tatum, left, and Jonah Hill in a scene from Columbia Pictures' "21 Jump Street." The film is among dozens of projects scheduled for filming in Louisiana this year. Production ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203221718/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:54 -0500 Associated Press http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203221718/ Francis Beckwith argues that the Obama administration's mandate for contraceptive coverage betrays a radical approach to religious freedom, and one fundamentally at odds with the original ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203223087/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:13 -0500 Catholic Culture http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203223087/ NEW ORLEANS — Universal Pictures is returning to the Bayou State next month for its next big project — an action thriller with sci-fi elements and starring Tom Cruise. The name of the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203222123/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:16:43 -0500 Deseret News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203222123/ The person spoke to the Associated Press on Friday on condition of anonymity because the decision had not been announced. Kaman likely won't join the Hornets for Saturday's game at the Detroit ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224973/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:23:39 -0500 USA Today http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203224973/ The building that currently houses the Jefferson County Christian School has been standing since 1925. It's been the home of the school for 34 years. In the fall, the school will be relocating ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217418/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:49:19 -0500 WTOV 9 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217418/ The streets of Kenner are a bit safer Friday after police confiscated several assault weapons and ammunition hidden under a house.George East said he was at work when he got an unusual call from ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217606/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:47 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217606/ The community gathered Friday to pay last respects to a man killed while trying to stop a carjacking.Funeral services for Harry Mike Ainsworth were held at the St. Louis Cathedral.Friends and family ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217607/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:45 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217607/ Former New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason is elevating his mission to raise awareness of ALS disease.Gleason boarded a plane to Indianapolis on Friday for the Super Bowl, and he wasn't ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217608/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:43 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217608/ More charges were filed against former Jefferson Parish president Aaron Broussard and former Parish attorney Tom Wilkinson on Friday.The two were charged in a 38-count indictment on Friday, which ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217609/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:40 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217609/ the Daily Mail reports. Twenty-six-year-old Hayden Smith, 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighing in at 265 pounds, showcased his abilities with the New Orleans Saints after working out with the New York ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217610/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:47:38 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217610/ COVINGTON, La. (AP) - The last of three teenagers accused of plotting a shooting spree at Lakeshore High School near Mandeville has ended with him admitting to conspiracy to commit terrorizing and ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217612/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:14:32 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217612/ The state labor department figures released Friday show the initial claims increased to 3,360 from the previous week's total of 3,343. The figure was lower than it was for the comparable week a ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217615/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:14:12 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203217615/ Commissioner Jim Donelon says a decision won’t be made until next week on whether the state’s property insurer of last resort will pursue a U.S. Supreme Court appeal of a $93 million ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203213386/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:26:13 -0500 Insurance Journal http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203213386/ A teen accused in the shooting plot at a Northshore high school, pleaded true in juvenile court on Friday morning.Daniel Hopkins, 16, pleaded true, which is the equivalent of a guilty plea, to one ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208845/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50:24 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208845/ A Maserati seized from a drug dealer in Terrebonne Parish sold on eBay for $33,250, but it hasn't been turned over to its new owner yet.The Sheriff's Office says the sale to a Kenner man ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208846/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50:19 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208846/ Gov. Bobby Jindal has called on the executive director of a Louisiana education employees union to resign.At issue is a dispute between Jindal and the Louisiana Association of Educators over the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208849/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50:16 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208849/ The fracking-led oil and natural gas boom that's received widespread attention in the mainstream press has moved to a new medium: reality TV."Bayou Billionaires," a new reality show ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208848/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50:15 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208848/ The Green Party welcomed comedian Roseanne Barr as a presidential candidate Friday, following her Twitter announcement.A spokesman for the grassroots movement said she completed the party's ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208847/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50:14 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208847/ AVONDALE, La. (AP) - Westbound traffic on U.S. Highway 90 going through Avondale will be rerouted next week as the Army Corps of Engineers builds a bridge to cross over a floodwall.The Army Corps ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208852/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:20:34 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208852/ As Facebook balloons in popularity, so do bad guys preying on unsuspecting "friends." The internet security and data firm Barracuda Networks has released findings from Barracuda Labs to ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208853/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:20:27 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203208853/ The Super Bowl has gathered its share of tall tales and urban legends throughout the years. Which ones are true, and which ones are as authentic as the tooth ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203202018/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:48:37 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203202018/ Team Gleason, former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason's foundation, is helping two men battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis make it to the Super Bowl.Gleason, who also lives with the ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196313/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:56:38 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196313/ The Orleans Parish Public Defender's Office laid off about 10 percent of its lawyers on Thursday in an effort to resolve a budget shortfall.Seven out of 71 attorneys and three staff members ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196314/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:56:36 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196314/ Another sign of the city's deteriorating water and sewer system appeared Thursday night. Crews responded to the second water main breakage in Lakeview with 24 hours.The first one occurred ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196315/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:27:25 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196315/ Causeway drivers dealing with daily bumper to bumper traffic may soon see some relief. St. Tammany Parish council members met Thursday night to discuss the traffic headache and a possible ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196317/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:27:23 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196317/ All can be eye-catching alone -- but combine a former FBI agent, millions of dollars of contracts, an LSU football trip and an expensive beachside dinner, and it all adds up to connections that one ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196316/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:27:21 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196316/ New Orleans -- Charles Banks is rebuilding his Lower 9th Ward home stronger and higher, but nearly seven years after Katrina, he can't move home, and what he says has gotten in the way is ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196318/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:27:18 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196318/ New Orleans -- New Orleans police have released photos of three suspects in the aggravated kidnapping and rape of a woman in Gert Town.On Thursday, January 26, a woman was in the 4100 block of ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196320/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:27:08 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203196320/ Townsel made five 3-pointers, Sterrenberg four. Rakeem Dickerson added 12 points and Marcus Hooten 10 for the Red Wolves (10-14, 4-6 Sun Belt). Brandon Peterson had 10 rebounds. Marcelis Hansberry ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203195742/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:40:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203195742/ RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech running back Tyrone Duplessis was found dead Thursday at his off-campus apartment. The cause of the 21-year-old's death is unknown, pending an autopsy, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203195747/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:35:46 -0500 Fox News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203195747/ A Central City street is on the verge of rebirth.The neighborhood known ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189543/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:26:32 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189543/ One man is in custody and police were searching for three more in connection with a gang rape that happened in Central City.Brian Beasley, 21, is being held on a $1 million bond for rape, robbery ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189544/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:26:29 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189544/ New Orleans firefighters battled a two-alarm fire in New Orleans East on Thursday afternoon.The fire happened in the 8000 block of Brevard Avenue at a four-unit apartment complex just before 2 p.m. ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189546/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:26:23 -0500 WDSU http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189546/ Teddy Magee turned himself in Thursday morning. Now, an attorney for the man who walked out of criminal court after being found guilty of sexual battery, wants a new trial for Magee. Teddy Magee ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189549/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:49:16 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189549/ As Allan Bass, a specialist in the Army National Guard, patrolled Iraq in December of last year, he worried about something back home. He needed to find a job when he returned."We had limited ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189550/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:49:14 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189550/ The bill of information alleges that between January 2006 and March 2008 the Stewarts and "others known and unknown" falsely billed Medicare for $1.9 million in power wheelchairs, ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189552/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:49:05 -0500 Fox 8 http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/aa408b759025f381/id/203189552/