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Couple arrested in Covington armed robbery
The robbery happened on Monday in the 400 block of Kirkland Street. Investigators say the victim says she was attacked with an electronic stun gun and her purse was ...
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Arias jury foreman Decision gut-wrenching
A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and ...
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Lafourche man missing after leaving Raceland business
Lafourche Parish investigators are searching for a 53-year-old man who left his place of business on Thursday morning for stops at a store and the bank and hasn't been seen ...
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Advocacy group claims La. laws weak on gun violence
A recent national study says Louisiana has the highest rate of gun violence in the nation and the weakest gun safety laws. But state lawmakers are moving to expand the already permissive ...
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Louisiana’s Sen. Landrieu Seeks to Delay Flood Insurance Increases
Sen. Mary Landrieu filed legislation this week to delay flood insurance increases for many residents and businesses in southern Louisiana that officials fear could begin skyrocketing at the end of the year. The National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization was approved last year. Landrieu, D-La., had an amendment that was defeated that would have stalled premium increases of 20 percent or ...
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Playtime [DVD]
In an article titled The Death of Hulot originally published in Sight & Sound in 1983, film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum gave Jacques Tatis Playtime its most apt description: the masterpiece that wrecked his career. A decade in the making and, at the time, the most expensive film ever ... ...
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Victim in I-10 shooting identified
The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting on I-10 after finding a man shot to death inside a vehicle on the side of the ...
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2 arrested 1 still on the loose in CBD attack
They have been identified as brothers 32-year-old Dorian Ferguson and 21-year-old Byron Ferguson. The duo were arrested at a restaurant on Bourbon ...
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2 held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted
Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ...
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Tornado loss estimate $2 billion to $5 billion
The string of tornadoes that ripped across the central United States in the past week did between $2 billion and $5 billion in damage, according to an initial estimate from Eqecat, a catastrophe risk ...
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Sales tax holiday this weekend for hurricane supplies
It's the annual state sales tax holiday on sales of hurricane-preparedness items and supplies. You will not have to pay taxes on certain items on the first $1,500 of the sales ...
Classic Comments
We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
Hotel Review
Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor Island
The hotel is easy to locate although coming off Highway 405 South there is no indicattion that the Downtown exits ...
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