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UNO's $12M budget cut includes 53 faculty, staff
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The University of New Orleans is cutting $12 million from its budget through a combination of early retirements and the elimination of vacant positions to offset reductions by the...
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UL to Host Back-to-School Blood Drive
UL will mark the beginning of the new academic year with a back-to-school blood drive. Donors will receive prizes, including thermoses, bowling passes, and food coupons. Donors will also be registered...
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'Missing' African Olympians may be after new life
LONDON (AP) - Thousands of Olympians have returned to their homelands with the end of the London Games - but more than a dozen African competitors have not. On Wednesday an Eritrean athlete told The...
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UN body opens debate on Internet future to public
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. telecoms agency has invited over 2 billion Internet users to join a debate about the future of the Internet. The Geneva-based International Telecommunications Union's...
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Romney says Obama just trying to 'hang onto power'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney dug in Wednesday on his charge that President Barack Obama's campaign is driven by "division and attack and hatred," criticism aimed at cutting into Obama's...
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Thousands of Elvis fans head to Graceland vigil
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tens of thousands of Elvis Presley fans are expected to pay respects to the rock 'n' roll icon during a candlelight vigil at Graceland marking the 35th anniversary of his death....
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Taxpayers have 10 days to claim income tax refund
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Thousands of taxpayers have yet to claim their state income tax refunds and the state's revenue agency says millions of dollars will become unclaimed property if they don't...
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Popular Bumbo infant floor seat recalled
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 4 million Bumbo Baby Seats are being recalled after nearly two dozen reports of infant skull fractures. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says babies can wiggle out of the...
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Stocks zig-zag on signs of slow economic growth
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are bouncing between small gains and losses on Wall Street following more signs that the U.S. economic recovery is advancing, albeit at a slow pace. The Dow Jones industrial...
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Chimp Haven announces: It's a girl!
KEITHVILLE, La. (AP) - Officials at the national sanctuary for retired research chimpanzees say a 42-year-old female whose unexpected pregnancy was discovered in February has given birth to a healthy...
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Teen accused of planning arson
HOUMA, La. (AP) - Police say a former student has been arrested for falsely threatening to hurt people at a Houma school. Investigators tell The Courier the 16-year-old allegedly made threatening...
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Number of US car dealerships rose in 2011
DETROIT (AP) - The number of U.S. car dealerships is rising again after big declines during the recession. Consulting firm Urban Science says there were 17,767 dealerships at the end of 2011, or 108...
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Cooper Gives Presentation to National Conference
Lafayette Schools Superintendent Dr. Pat Cooper recently gave a presentation at a national health conference. Cooper last week spoke about behavioral health at the Office of Safe and Healthy Students...
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Louisiana Get Your Business Online Event
America shops online and can't find over half of Louisiana's small businesses: 97% of shoppers look for goods and services online and 64% of Louisiana small businesses do not have a website. The...
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Penn State to host national child sex abuse panel
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State University is holding a national child sex abuse conference as it seeks to rebound from the scandals involving former assistant football coach and convicted child...
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61st Annual Kiwanis Club of Lafayette Football Jamboree
High School Jamboree season is here! The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette will host the 61st Annual Kiwanis Club Football Jamboree on Thursday, August 23, 2012, at 6:00 P.M. and Friday, August 24, 2012, at...
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Biggest Asian wildlife traffickers are untouchable
BANGKOK (AP) -- Squealing tiger cubs stuffed into carry-on bags. Luggage packed with hundreds of squirming tortoises, elephant tusks, even water dragons and American paddlefish. Officials at...
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Suspected Purse Snatcher Arrested
Calcasieu Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a suspected purse snatcher. Deputies say 17-year old Joseph Kirklin admitted to stealing the victim's purse is a local casino parking lot. Deputies...
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Cheaper junk mail? Newspapers decry US Postal plan
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service is proposing to cut its rates for one of the nation's top direct marketing companies, a move that threatens the newspaper industry's biggest money-maker: the...
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Small Crop Duster Crash in Vermilion Parish
A small crop duster has crashed on Ward Road in Vermilion Parish, north of Kaplan. The extent of injuries is unknown at this time.
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