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  • James Gandolfinis remains await autopsy

    By law, medical examiners in Italy are required to carry out the postmortem 24 hours after the body's arrival in the morgue, a hospital spokesman said. Before Italian authorities can release his remains for transport back to the United States, the U.S. Embassy in Rome must issue a death certificate. Gandolfini was not alive when he arrived by ambulance at the Policlinico hospital late ...

  • Live Morning news weather and traffic updates from WDSU

    Get the latest news, weather and traffic from the WDSU News This Morning Live Wire. Our team is providing the latest on road conditions, your WDSU Exact Cast and the latest local and national ...

  • Raw video Waterspout touches down near Grand Isle Wednesday

    James Gandolfini, best known for his role as an anxiety-ridden mob boss on HBO's "The Sopranos," died Wednesday while on vacation in Italy. He was 51. The exact cause of death is not known, but his managers said it was possibly a heart attack. "It ...

  • Images Calorie counts of Starbucks drinks

    Here's a look at just how many calories are in some of your favorite Starbucks drinks. Calorie counts are for Grande sizes and include whipped cream, when available, and 2 percent milk, which is now the Starbucks ...

  • Louisiana Gun Law Bobby Jindal Signs Legislation Making Publishing Gun Records A Crime

    US Republican Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty ...


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Movie Review

Dark Blue

Dark Blue

Dark Blue is a tough, but somewhat routine, corrupt-cop morality tale that generates a good deal of power by being set in the five-day period in 1992 leading up to the riots that tore apart South Central Los Angeles in the wake of the verdict that acquitted the policemen who beat Rodney King. Throughout the film are carefully placed TV sets broadcasting the actual footage of that timeKing ... ...

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  • Seton-LaSalle grad an ‘impact’ player at Washington Jefferson

    Megan Kelly ended the 2013 lacrosse season -- and her collegiate career -- as one of the top players in the Washington & Jefferson College women's lacrosse ...

  • Thomas Jefferson team finished among leaders in national competition

    Three Thomas Jefferson High School students (from left) -- Tim Becker, Christopher Ganas and Andrew Tindall -- were a part of a group that came in third place in Carnegie Mellon University's picoCTF ...

  • Delgado Community College announces new athletic director

    Head baseball coach Joe Scheuermann will become the college's third athletic director July 1, but he'll also remain as the head baseball coach. Scheuermann will replace Tommy Smith, who retired. "It's a great honor to be given the opportunity to lead and continue the great tradition of Delgado athletics," Scheuermann said. Scheurmann is the son of Delgado's first ...

  • Photos of stabbing aftermath draw criticism of Orleans Parish Prison

    CRITIQUES ON CONDITIONS INSIDE O-P-P...WHICH SOME EXPERTS HAVE COINED "THE WORST JAIL IN AMERICA." THESE PHOTOS, WHICH ARE TOO GRAPHIC TO SHOW IN THEIR ENTIRETY, SHOW THE AFTERMATH OF A JUNE 16TH INCIDENT WHERE FOUR INMATES WERE SENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ...INCLUDING A 16-YEAR-OLD SUFFERING FROM MORE THAN TWENTY STAB WOUNDS. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONFIRMS 18- YEAR-OLD EDWARD DEAN, ...

  • Community groups seek superintendents termination

    SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT: TONIGHT SOME COMMUNITY WATCH GROUPS SAY THEY WANT STAN SMITH OUT. IT'S THE LATEST ATTEMPT IN AN ONGOING BATTLE OVER WHAT SOME ARE CALLING THE DISTRICT'S RACIAL DESCREPANCIES. WDSU REPORTER CASEY FERRAND IS LIVE IN STUDIO WITH WHY THE DISTRICT'S LEADER IS BEING CRITICIZED. THE GROUPS JUSTICE AND BEYOND AND THE ALLIANCE OF MINORITY CONTRACTORS SUBMITTED ...

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