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  • NOPD looking for missing statue of a pig in a chef’s outfit

    Police say the statue was stolen from the 3400 block of Esplanade Avenue on the morning of May 1 during Jazz Fest weekend. Anyone with information on its whereabouts is asked to call Detective Robert Stoltz at 504-658-6012 or Crimestoppers at ...

  • Police Couple steal printer flee from police throw drugs out window

    Police say an employee saw Prilla and Clint Coslett steal a $37 printer from a Slidell Walmart. When a police officer approached their truck, the couple began to flee and nearly hit the officer, police say. The couple, with Clint driving, then led police on a high-speed chase through the city while throwing suspected methamphetamine and marijuana out of the truck, police say. Officers say they ...

  • Basements scarce in tornado-prone Okla. city

    It's one of the most familiar pieces of advice from authorities to people in the path of a tornado: Get into your basement. Yet few homes in the Oklahoma City area have them -- even though that state is hit by far more powerful tornadoes than most ...

  • Twitter Facebook now illegal for Louisiana drivers

    A bill prohibiting posting to social media sites while driving gained final approval with a 34-1 Senate vote on Tuesday. It now heads to Gov. Bobby Jindal's desk. Violators will face a traffic fine of up to $175 for the first offense and up to $500 for second and subsequent violations. The bill by Livingston Republican Dale Erdey closes what he called a loophole by adding accessing, reading ...

  • Judge OK suspects in custody after carjacking

    At least some of those believed to be responsible are in custody. Marullo was not hurt and it did not appear he was specifically targeted in any way. The suspects were arrested shortly after the incident and may have been taken into custody after being involved in a wreck. Marullo is a one-time state lawmaker whose term on the bench runs through the end of ...


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Movie Review

Pickup on South Street [DVD]

Pickup on South Street [DVD]

Samuel Fuller, a former New York crime reporter, novelist, and Word War II veteran, had been writing Hollywood screenplays to pay the bills since the mid-1930s, but when he made Pickup on South Street, he had only been directing for four years. Yet, in those four years, he had worked prodigiously, making five filmstwo westerns, two war movies, and a newspaper exposduring which time he hone ... ...

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  • Suspect in St. John deputy ambush pleads guilty

    One of the suspects charged in the deadly ambush last August that claimed the lives of two St. John Parish sheriff's deputies and the wounding of two others has pleaded ...

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    The Internal Revenue Service official who headed the division involved in targeting conservative groups invoked her constitutional right against self-incrimination Wednesday and refused to answer questions from a congressional committee. Lois Lerner ...

  • Mommy blogging sweeps though the Big Easy

    NOLAParent.com was born. Her passion came from a love of writing and hearing stories from other people. Chances are many in your circle of friends are parents. So do they turn to blogs to talk about the pitfalls, products, services and challenges that go along with the job? Chances are they do because right now there are an estimated 3.9 million people that identify themselves as mommy bloggers. ...

  • Hammonds proposed budget calls for pay hikes

    Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster's proposed budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year calls for raising the pay of city employees even though their wage hikes once again will not reflect national cost-of-living index ...

  • Big Easy predicts battle over putters

    Webtworh, United Kingdom – Ernie Els has predicted a legal battle over the ban on anchoring putters set to come into force in 2016 and admitted he would not have won last year's British Open without a long ...

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