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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 ...

  • Viewers snap photos of a water spout near Grand Isle Wednesday

    A 1-year-old boy who plummeted two stories from a fire escape in Brooklyn on Wednesday was saved when a quick-thinking passerby saw the child and caught him as he fell, according to ...

  • 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, ...


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Scream 2

The only movies more ripe for ridicule and satire than mindless slasher films are the endless sequels to mindless slasher films. Considering how deftly unoriginal slasher pics are in the first place, it doesn't take much to imagine how even less original the same movie is with Part 2 plastered after its title. ...

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  • 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 ...

  • TMZ Sopranos Actor James Gandolfini Dead

    The celebrity website TMZ reports that James Gandolfini, best known for his role as Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos", died earlier today in Italy.The website says Gandolfini is believed to have suffered a heart attack. He was 51 years old. Gandolfini was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily and he was scheduled to participate in a festival event this weekend. ...

  • Jefferson Award Winners Help Those With Autism Find Work

    SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – The CDC estimates one in 50 babies born in the U.S. today will be on the Autism spectrum. What will happen when they grow up? A San Francisco couple is working to make sure they’ll have jobs that match their abilities. Since Nicholas earned a degree in graphic design, he’s had a handful of jobs, including this one: ';I was delivering mail that ...

  • Mayor Waterspout near Grand Isle caused roof damage to two camps

    Mayor David Camardelle said two camps suffered roof damage, but the damage was minor. The waterspout broke apart shortly after viewers spotted it and send photos to WDSU. No injuries were reported in connection with the waterspout. Have photos or video of the waterspout? Send them to us at ...

  • NOPD Bank robbed in Mid City Wednesday

    Police said the incident occurred about 12:40 p.m. at the Gulf Coast Bank in the 200 block of North Carrollton Avenue. Investigators said a man entered the bank and approached a teller. While he did not produce a gun, he demanded money using a note that was handed to a teller. He left the bank with an undetermined amount of cash. The robber was described as a black man with dark skin, a ...

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