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Cleco sends crew to help in wake of Oklahoma tornado
Cleco Corp. is sending a 34-member crew to Oklahoma City to help Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company restore power to customers after a tornado destroyed its electric ...
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AP Charlotte Bobcats to change team name to Hornets
The person says Jordan will detail the timetable for the change to be completed at a press conference the Bobcats have scheduled for Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the name change has not been publicly ...
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Judge gags attorneys witnesses relatives in Akein Scott case
Citing the extensive media coverage already given to the case, Judge Arthur Hunter has issued a gag order on attorneys, witnesses, relatives and others close to Akein Scott, the 19-year-old accused of firing shots into a second line crowd on Mother's ...
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Police 17-year-old bicyclist killed Monday in St. Bernard Parish
Police say Chase Naquin of Arabi was bicycling west on the eastbound shoulder of LA 39 near Deer Creek Street when he turned into the eastbound lane oncoming ...
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LPSO Deputy shoots man who attacks him after domestically abusing woman
Kennedy continued his attack on the deputy, who drew his weapon in self-defense and fired twice, striking Kennedy with a non-life-threatening wound, according to the sheriff's ...
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Kung Fu Panda 2 [Blu-Ray]
In the inevitable, but mostly enjoyable sequel Kung Fu Panda 2, Jack Black reprises his role as Po, a roly-roly panda-turned-Dragon Warrior, and there is probably no actor working today who is better at conveying boundless enthusiasm and awe. His voice has the same crackling ... ...
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Police Intoxicated mom left baby in vehicle to go to bar
A spokesman for the Kenner Police Department confirmed to WDSU that the infant was strapped into a baby carrier inside the vehicle - with the keys in the ignition and the engine running - for about an ...
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Auto supplier G-Tekt to expand in West Jefferson adding 23 jobs
G-Tekt, which manufactures auto parts for several Japanese automakers, is expanding in West Jefferson and adding 23 jobs. G-Tekt North America Corp. will proceed with a $28.6 million manufacturing plant in West Jefferson as it starts to narrow its search for a research and development facility along the Route 33 corridor between Dublin and Marysville. Both facilities will open in the first ...
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Unrestrained 10-year-old girl killed in Monday Tangipahoa Parish crash
State police say a 10-year-old girl died after she was ejected from a car in a crash on La. Highway 1054 northeast of Independence in Tangipahoa ...
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1 accused in Garden District rape asks that trio be tried separately
The two teens arrested in connection with a kidnapping, rape and robbery in the Garden District were transferred to Orleans Parish Prison and the case will be handled in adult ...
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Louisiana casinos win $35.8M less in April than in March
State police figures show most also won less than they did a year ago. The big exceptions were 8.7 percent one-year increases at both L'Auberge Lake Charles and the slots casino at the New Orleans Fair ...
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Sheraton Yankee Trader Hotel, Fort Lauderdale Beach
I had mixed feelings coming back to this old hotel. I had been staying there on-and-off for 20 years, and ...
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- Cleco sends crew to help in wake of Oklahoma tornado
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- Judge gags attorneys witnesses relatives in Akein Scott case
- Police 17-year-old bicyclist killed Monday in St. Bernard Parish
- LPSO Deputy shoots man who attacks him after domestically abusing woman