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Veterans Boulevard on-ramp to I-10 East to close Tuesday
The Veterans Boulevard on-ramp to I-10 East will be closed May 21 from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. while crews move pile-driving equipment to prepare for noise wall ...
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Senate budget committee stalls Medicaid expansion
A proposal for Louisiana to tap into the federal health overhaul money available for expanding Medicaid has won approval from the state Senate's health committee, despite opposition from Gov. Bobby ...
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Tornado touches down in Oklahoma City area
The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area as at least one twister touched down in the ...
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Jindal orders review of all Texas Brine permits
Jindal issued the Executive Order in regard to the company whose salt mine collapsed into a massive sinkhole last year, noting that the review would determine if Texas Brine was financially ...
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State sales tax removed on hurricane prep items this weekend
Eligible items include self-powered light sources, such as flashlights and candles, portable self-powered radios, two-way radios, and weather-band radios, tarpaulins or other flexible waterproof sheeting, ground anchor systems, straps or tie-down kits and gas or diesel fuel tanks. Also, batteries (sizes AAA, AA, C, D, 6-volt, or 9-volt, though automobile batteries and boat batteries are ...
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Movie Review
Dangerous Beauty
"Dangerous Beauty" is a really nothing more than a grandiose soap opera set in Venice circa 1583. It is beautifully filmed, wonderfully acted, and certainly nothing short of entertaining, but it lacks any true fundamental seriousness. Dealing with themes of forbidden love, religious intolerance, subordination of women, sexual freedom, and the roles of pleasure and sin in a high-cultured society, i ... ...
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Wichita Kan. anchors take cover as tornado hits TV station
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New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton Settles Tax Credit Lawsuit
The goal was a good one: investors wanted to reduce their overall state income tax liabilities by investing in film production tax credits. The tax credits were to come directly off the investors' net incomes tax due, according to a story published by the Associated Press. The yield would be $1.33 for every dollar invested. This is what attracted New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton; ...
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Tornadoes kill 2 more bad weather expected
Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and ...
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NOPD looking for man in connection with two Saturday armed robberies
Once they were near the rear of the home, around 12:08 a.m., police say the same man approached them and told them to give him any money they had. The man pulled out a black and silver semi-automatic pistol, and the victims complied, police ...
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Audit DOE skipped steps in monitoring states charter schools
The review, released Monday by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office, looked at charter school monitoring activities during the 2011-12 budget ...
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David Beckham
The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.
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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