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  • Prairieville Bridge city men booked on child pornography charges

    Authorities say an investigation resulted in the arrest of Andrew Curtis, 47, of Prairieville, on charges of 20 counts of pornography involving juveniles. In an unrelated case, Troy Anthony Rodriguez, 37, of Bridge City, was booked on one count of pornography involving juveniles after an investigation. To report suspected cases of Internet crime, contact the Attorney General's High ...

  • NOPD investigating Sunday CBD bicycle theft from parking garage

    Police say a white man with a red beard walked into a parking garage in the 700 block of Commerce Street at about 6:35 p.m. and stole a bicycle. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at ...

  • Thousands of tea party activists rip IRS at rally

    Thousands of tea party activists gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol in loud protest of the Internal Revenue Service, seeking to keep the beleaguered agency's scandal afloat nearly six weeks after the news first ...

  • Man accused of sex crimes in Alaska arrested in Jefferson Co.

    Jefferson County on Wednesday. Deputy U.S. Marshal Chad Simpson said Troy Tysdal was arrested at his workplace in Toronto, Ohio. Simpson said Tysdal is wanted on three counts of sexual abuse of a minor (rape) issued by the Alaska State Police. On Wednesday, the Mountain State Fugitive Task Force received a collateral lead request from the U.S. Marshals Service in Alaska to locate and arrest ...

  • Upcoming lane ramp closures in the New Orleans area

    The I-10 East on ramp from veterans Memorial Boulevard will close from 9:30 p.m. June 19 to 5:30 a.m. June 20 while crews move pile driving equipment across the ramp. A suggested detour is the Clearview Parkway entrance to I-10 ...


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Movie Review

Pépé le Moko [DVD]

Pépé le Moko [DVD]

Pp le Moko is the film that made consummate French actor Jean Gabin a star. It was hardly his first rolehe had already played in a dozen movies since 1930, and he would eventually star (that is, play the lead role) in dozens and dozens of films over his multi-decade career. Deviously handsome in an unconventional way, Gabin excelled at conveying confidence and authority, even when trapped ... ...

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  • Ex-BP employees face new indictments over spill

    Federal prosecutors have secured new indictments against a former BP engineer and a former BP executive charged separately with obstructing probes of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of ...

  • Tropical Storm Barry forms in the southern Gulf of Mexico -NHC

    June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:56pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Barry, the second tropical storm of the Atlantic Hurricane season, formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday. The storm was located about 75 miles (115 kms) east-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico, packing maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 km/h), the NHC ...

  • Kitten rescued on Elevated Expressway Wed. Humane Society of La. says

    The agency says it received a call from a motorist reporting a kitten on the overpass between Ames and Barataria boulevards at about 10 a.m. The agency called local cat handler Juliana Ackil, who located the kitten crouching on top of the guardrail. Juliana was able to park her car on the shoulder, place a sweater on the kitten and grab her before she could escape, according to the agency. HSL ...

  • No tapering Federal Reserve to continue stimulus

    The Federal Reserve gave no indication Wednesday that it plans to scale back its purchases of bonds and other assets, as it continues its efforts to boost the U.S. ...

  • Louisiana Sheriffs discuss hurricane prep in New Orleans Wednesday

    Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman hosted Wednesday's meeting. At a news conference, he discussed evacuation plans for his office's facilities and inmates in the Orleans Parish Prison. Also discussed were New Orleans' booking procedures for anyone arrested during or after an evacuation; and, coordination with neighboring sheriff's ...

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