Provides the latest RSS feeds for New Orleans News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page New Orleans Sun.com http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/cat/aa408b759025f381/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 20:55:33 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:55:33 -0400 30 Just a month ago, a tornado touched down less than a half-mile from the Audubon Elementary School - forcing students to take cover. "It started out as a normal day, but within minutes, the weather quickly turned dangerous," said Principal Bernard Tassin. Tassin said on April 24 his staff worked quickly to ensure the school's 500-plus students were in a safe location as an EF-1 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214676026/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:36:39 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214676026/scat/aa408b759025f381 A 2010 audio tape, obtained exclusively by the WDSU I-Team, is riling up members of the Greater Covington NAACP and African-American community on the ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214676027/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:36:35 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214676027/scat/aa408b759025f381 Search-and-rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life a day after a monster tornado pulverized a vast swath of suburbs of Oklahoma ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214675954/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:49 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214675954/scat/aa408b759025f381 New Orleans police have identified Akein Scott as the alleged gunman in Sunday's Mother's Day parade shooting in the Big Easy. "We would like to remind the community and Akein Scott that the time has come for him to turn himself in," Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said of Scott, describing him as "no stranger to the criminal justice system." Officers say Scott, ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214675341/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:21:37 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214675341/scat/aa408b759025f381 A tornado struck just Moore, Oklahoma, south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, May 20, 2013, ripping apart homes and other buildings in populated areas. The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, meaning that significant and widespread damage and fatalities were ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214676028/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:19:29 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214676028/scat/aa408b759025f381 "We are so sorry what happened to you. We will pray for you and hope you get well. You are in our hearts," said Adelaide Laurant as she read aloud from a card she ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214674708/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:27 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214674708/scat/aa408b759025f381 Slidell police said they arrested a woman who stole jewelry and a digital camera from several elderly people at a nursing home and sold it to pawn ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214674709/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:26 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214674709/scat/aa408b759025f381 Search and rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life in the aftermath of the monster tornado that pulverized a vast swath of Oklahoma City's ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214671748/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:11:04 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214671748/scat/aa408b759025f381 Less than an hour after the league announced San Francisco would host the 50th Super Bowl in 2016 and Houston would host the game in 2017, Indiana Sports Corp. president Allison Melangton told reporters she would ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214671782/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:47:48 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214671782/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214670167/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:44 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214670167/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214670169/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:43 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214670169/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214670168/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:43 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214670168/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214668600/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:55 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214668600/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214668602/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:51 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214668602/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214668601/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:47:51 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214668601/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214669371/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:06 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214669371/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214666656/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:01 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214666656/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214666655/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:01 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214666655/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214666658/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:01 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214666658/scat/aa408b759025f381 Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214666657/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214666657/scat/aa408b759025f381 Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214666372/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:29:55 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214666372/scat/aa408b759025f381 Beau Badeaux, 24, along with two male minors, ages 16 and 15, were arrested on three counts of aggravated arson each. Additionally, Badeaux was booked on six counts of delinquency of a ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214664368/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:19:00 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214664368/scat/aa408b759025f381 Officers followed a trail of blood leading across the street to an open field in the 2200 block of Alex Kornman Street. There, officers found the body of 32-year-old Larry Wix. He was pronounced dead on the ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214664367/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:18:57 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214664367/scat/aa408b759025f381 An oil tank has exploded in Louisiana, several miles outside of Baton Rouge, reported the Associated Press. The explosion, which happened late Thursday night near Denham Springs, prompted the evacuation of 30 to 35 homes. No injuries have been reported thus far. The fire is contained in a 200-square-footarea. One of two oil holding tanks that were at the scene ruptured and caught fire but ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214664369/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:36:00 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214664369/scat/aa408b759025f381 A massive, howling tornado pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, chewing up homes and businesses, and severely damaging a hospital and two elementary ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214662657/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:56:11 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214662657/scat/aa408b759025f381 The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214658014/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:28:03 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214658014/scat/aa408b759025f381 When a ferocious storm hit De Soto High School dead-on in 2003, no children were hurt, thanks in part to the efforts of two track coaches who ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214654946/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:09:01 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214654946/scat/aa408b759025f381 A U.S. flag lays among debris in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013 following a tornado up to a mile wide which swept through the Oklahoma City ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214655223/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:38:19 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214655223/scat/aa408b759025f381 The Delgado baseball team was in Oklahoma competing for a shot to go to the Junior College World Series. Instead, they encountered a series of severe ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214654430/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:07:36 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214654430/scat/aa408b759025f381 Representatives from East and West Jefferson hospitals say a merger with a bigger hospital system is the works. For that to happen the rules have to be changed in the form of House Bill 383. This legislation would amend the current law which would now allow elected official to determine the hospital's fate... not voters. House Bill 383 has made it through the house and is expected to pass ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214654431/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:51:29 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214654431/scat/aa408b759025f381 New Orleans did win the lottery by scoring a visit from one of the most influential people in the world! We were lucky enough to have the Dalai Lama in town for a few days. A picture on the city’s ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214651701/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:38:00 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214651701/scat/aa408b759025f381 One day we decided: ';We should do a story on all the potholes around New Orleans.'; And Pothole of the Day was born. Let us know if you have a pothole near you by sending us an e-mail: ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214651702/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:37:59 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214651702/scat/aa408b759025f381 May 20 Oklahoman staff tornadoes/storms gallery View photos of the May 20, 2013, tornado and severe weather damage... 41 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214651732/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:46 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214651732/scat/aa408b759025f381 JACKSON, Miss. - An explosives recycling company that authorities said improperly stored millions of pounds of a military propellant, causing the evacuation of a Louisiana town last year, was stripped of its state explosives licenses on Monday.Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Julie Lewis said Explo System Inc.'s state explosives licenses will remain revoked "pending the adjudication ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214650569/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:39:55 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214650569/scat/aa408b759025f381 "Our car broken into three times in the last year, and as recently as last week somebody came in and took the headlight right out of my wife's Volkswagen," Broadmoor resident Jeff Gardner ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214649529/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:59 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214649529/scat/aa408b759025f381 "I just don't understand how someone could steal money from kids, especially from the school that really needs it," said Christiana Compton, who has two children who attended Jefferson Elementary ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214649528/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:59 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214649528/scat/aa408b759025f381 A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of city on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214649530/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:57 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214649530/scat/aa408b759025f381 A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214644404/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:28:20 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214644404/scat/aa408b759025f381 A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214644270/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:28:15 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214644270/scat/aa408b759025f381 NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214643909/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:49 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214643909/scat/aa408b759025f381 Two major sports facilities are coming out of the ground in metro New Orleans that are game changers. Construction is fully underway in uptown on Tulane’s campus and out in Metairie at the Saints training facility. The Green Wave has started building their own on-campus football stadium. The $60 million project will bring college football back to uptown for the first time since 1974. ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214644405/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:12:48 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214644405/scat/aa408b759025f381 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Proposals making it more difficult to cut the rates paid to hospitals and nursing homes for taking care of Medicaid patients are nearing final ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214644559/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:24 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214644559/scat/aa408b759025f381 The right lane of westbound U.S. Highway 61 is slated to close between Labarre and Transcontental drives as part of a $2 million project to overlay ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214643179/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:24:50 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214643179/scat/aa408b759025f381 The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, meaning that significant and widespread damage and fatalities were ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214643024/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:43 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214643024/scat/aa408b759025f381 An agency such as the Federal Communications Commission must be given deference concerning the scope of its jurisdiction, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday. While the FCC claimed the interpretation of its own statutory authority is subject to review under a previous court case, Chevron vs. National Resources Defense Council Inc., the Texas cities of Arlington and San Antonio claimed Congress ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214642611/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:48:06 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214642611/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214641977/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:19 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214641977/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214641978/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:12 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214641978/scat/aa408b759025f381 The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area as at least one twister touched down in the ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214641856/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:07 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214641856/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214640751/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17:19 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214640751/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214640750/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17:18 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214640750/scat/aa408b759025f381 The views expressed are not those of this site, this station or its affiliated companies. By posting your comments you agree to accept our terms of ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214640749/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17:18 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214640749/scat/aa408b759025f381 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; current ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214639926/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:07 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214639926/scat/aa408b759025f381 Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214639194/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:45 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214639194/scat/aa408b759025f381 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 ... http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214639357/scat/aa408b759025f381 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:45 -0400 http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/sid/214639357/scat/aa408b759025f381