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Ponchatoula police Victim of Thursday night shooting dies
New York's infamous "Hot Dog Hooker" allegedly tried to serve up the full works to one customer, but she didn't know the customer was an undercover detective and is now facing a prostitution case, police ...
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Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit honors courageous African-American pilots
They didn't receive the recognition they deserved back in World War II, but today hundreds gathered to honor the extraordinary story of the Tuskegee ...
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Offsides Blog The Pelicans Will Make The Playoffs This Season If...
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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State program offering online courses being scaled back
The Louisiana Senate has killed a resolution that sought to keep the state from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing, called Common Core ...
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Police Unrestrained Patterson woman dies in one-car morning crash
Johnson was transported to Thibodaux Hospital with minor injuries, but Vazquez was pronounced dead on the scene after being thrown forward into the windshield during the crash, police ...
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When we look back at 2009, it may very well be characterized at least in part as the year that bizarro animation went mainstream. The year opened with Henry Selicks magnificently creepy and evocative 3-D stop-motion gem Coraline, then we got the strange environmentalist sci-fi parable The Battle ... ...
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Hurricane Isaac debris program ending in Plaquemines Parish
After Monday, parish crews will pick up only debris placed on rights-of-way by residents. Construction companies and others will be responsible for removing their own ...
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Flooding kills 1 in San Antonio Texas
Flood levels on the San Antonio River reached a new record at Loop 410, when water rose to 34.2 feet at 10 a.m. Saturday, said the National Weather Service. The previous record was 32.57 feet on October 17, 1998, the agency ...
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Jefferson to face Union in state championship | 4A Boys Soccer
Tyler Hamashima, left, and Jefferson blasted past Brennan Judy and Snohomish, gaining a title-game berth and another chance to add to the school's trophy ...
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5000 criminals getting away with murder in New Orleans
This past week has been a particularly violent one in New Orleans. A criminal court judge was carjacked; a couple was brutally assaulted in the heart of the Central Business District. Of course, there was another shootout on the Interstate. It marks the third time in the last few weeks there has been a gun battle on the congested roadway. If a commuter can make it to his car unharmed, then drive ...
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Texas Brine offers settlements for Assumption Parish sinkhole
Texas Brine says it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a 15-acre ...
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The Plaza had two entrances, both attended by a Concierge. On arrival my car was greeted enthusiastically with assistance with ...
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- Ponchatoula police Victim of Thursday night shooting dies
- Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit honors courageous African-American pilots
- Offsides Blog The Pelicans Will Make The Playoffs This Season If...
- State program offering online courses being scaled back
- Police Unrestrained Patterson woman dies in one-car morning crash