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

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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 ...

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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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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 ...
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 ...

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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. ...