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Offsides with Fletcher Mackel Pelicans dont want the No. 1 pick
In my first column aimed at helping the Pelicans take flight, I built a team the New Orleans Saints would be proud of - a fast-paced group focused on ...
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Sheriff Inmate nearly done serving sentence sought after leaving work early
An inmate in the transitional work program, and to be released from the Orleans Parish Prison in about a month, is being sought after he left his job in the transitional work program early and was reported missing ...
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Corps holds meeting Tuesday on Gulfport channel deepening
The port has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of a deeper ship channel as part of an ongoing environmental assessment of port ...
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Judge orders St. Tammany coroner to turn over 80000 documents by Friday
The St. Tammany Parish coroner has gone to court in an attempt to quash a subpoena from the Office of the Louisiana Legislative Auditor and faces a looming deadline to comply with a second subpoena -- this one from the Office of the Louisiana Attorney General -- WDSU has ...
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Fascinating festivals from around the World
From the Road Kill Cook Off to one that involve moose droppings and even the World Body Painting festival, just to name a few, festivals take many forms. Glance at some of the most interesting festivals in the United States and around the ...
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Movie Review
Heist
Writer/director David Mamet doesn't waste any time getting down to it in his new twisty crime-thriller Heist. Within the first two minutes we are right in the middle of an elaborate robbery of a jewelry store that involves a team of four working together, creating distractions, drugging the employees' coffee, breaking into the store. It's all set to a jaunty, rhythmic musical score that's ... ...
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Tornadoes wallop several states 2 killed
The death toll now stands at two after tornadoes swept through Oklahoma on Sunday, the state medical examiner's office said Monday. Both victims were elderly men from ...
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Food irradiation business to increase trade in south Mississippi
A $5 million food-irradiation facility at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport is expected to increase business by officials who say it increases food safety and extends shelf life of perishable ...
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Corps to discuss hurricane protection study Tuesday in Lutcher
The Army Corps of Engineers will meet Tuesday with residents about a study that looks at ways to reduce the risks from hurricane and storm surge in St. James and St. John the Baptist ...
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Monday Exact Weather forecast
North Korea on Monday fired more projectiles into the sea off its east coast, South Korean officials said, urging Pyongyang to refrain from "tension-creating acts." But Pyongyang described the launches as a "regular military exercise." The South ...
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More storms expected after rash of tornadoes
And the destructive weather isn't over. Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes could pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest through ...
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Hotel Review
Stamford Sydney Airport, Australia
The Stamford is the most imposing, and the highest rating of the Sydney Airport hotels. Neighbouring the domestic terminals are ...
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- Offsides with Fletcher Mackel Pelicans dont want the No. 1 pick
- Sheriff Inmate nearly done serving sentence sought after leaving work early
- Corps holds meeting Tuesday on Gulfport channel deepening
- Judge orders St. Tammany coroner to turn over 80000 documents by Friday
- Fascinating festivals from around the World