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Home sweet home? Think again. The Science Channel says there are 10 "gross things" in your house that you should know about before assuming your house is ...
NOPD investigating Tuesday night killing in New Orleans East

He went there. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced his support for one of the most divisive football teams in the country--and it's not one of the two teams that play in his ...
Moving company owner moved to jail after extorting customer police say

Owner of "Mr. Move" - a Metairie moving company - was moved to the St. Tammany Parish jail after investigators said he was extorting ...
Tangipahoa Sheriff IDs man wanted in Hammond car burglaries

The Sheriff's Office says a warrant for attempted burglary has been issued for Kenneth Lee Dunkin, 55, of Fielder Lane in Hammond. Additional charges may be forthcoming as the investigation unfolds, according to the Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's Office said Dunkin is a responsible for multiple car ...
Louisiana Senator Elbert Guillory Discusses His Decision To Become A Republican

Hello, my name is Elbert Lee Guillory, and I'm the senator for the twenty-fourth district right here in beautiful Louisiana. Recently I made what many are referring to as a 'bold decision' to switch my party affiliation to the Republican Party. I wanted to take a moment to explain why I became a Republican, and also to explain why I don't think it was a bold decision at all. ...

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Man on a Ledge

If you knew nothing about the movie and just happened to glance at the title, you might think that Man on a Ledge is some kind of metaphor. But, no, it is indeed quite literal, referring to the fact that, for nearly the entirety of the film, there is a man standing on a ledge. ... ...

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Atlanta TV station severs ties with fired radio hosts over Gleason skit

Former New Orleans Saint and ALS patient Steve Gleason issued a statement on the segment in which three radio hosts mocked him in his battle with the debilitating disease in a segment that enraged ...
Jindal supports $1M allocation for deaf services

The legislation, signed Tuesday, will steer a slice of state sales tax to the Telecommunications Fund for the Deaf. It was a compromise reached after Jindal opposed a proposal to charge a new, 2-cent monthly tax on cellphones to drum up money for the ...
Neighborhoods push for tougher enforcement of noise ordinance

"Right now we have a noise ordinance that does not really work well for anybody," said coalition chair Nate Chapman. "We think we can make the noise ordinance more fair and more ...
Feds again leave empty-handed in Hoffa hunt

The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ...
Wednesday Exact Weather forecast Tracking the tropics

Tropical depression two is in the southern Bay Of Campeche moving west-northwest at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and is expected to become a tropical storm late Wednesday night. By Thursday night the storm will move inland and quickly weaken over the mountainous terrain in southern ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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One dead, 77 injured in US chemical plant blast

At least one person was killed and 77 injured in an explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant in Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal's home state of Louisiana in southern US.

"This has been a tragic incident," said Republican Jindal Thursday, during a briefing near the plant in Geismar, part of a heavily industrial region known as "Cancer Alley," between capital Baton Rouge and the state's biggest city, New Orleans.

Some environmental advocates cited by the Chicago Tribune said Thursday's explosion should draw attention to hazards in a region once known as "Bhopal on the bayou."

The Bhopal disaster in December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal in India, is considered the world's worst industrial disaster. Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals.

The corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is particularly dense with refineries and petrochemical plants, the Tribune said.

The surrounding region is the most prone in the nation to toxic oil spills and releases, according to US Environmental Protection Agency records.

Last year, the EPA region including Louisiana was second in the nation in toxic accident reports. ...