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Delgado offers registration help to vets
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Delgado Community College is offering registration assistance for the spring semester to students who are military veterans and their dependents. Representatives of the college's...
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SLU offers tax prep workshop
HAMMOND, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southeastern Louisiana University is offering a seminar for tax preparers, certified public accountants and others engaged in...
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Unrestrained driver killed in Union Parish
FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) - State police say a single vehicle crash in Union Parish has claimed the life of a Marion man. Troopers say a truck driven by 50-year-old Ronnie Baker ran off Alabama Landing...
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Monroe police suspect man kidnapped girlfriend
MONROE, La. (AP) - Monroe police have booked a 40-year-old man into Ouachita Correctional Center on trespassing, domestic abuse battery and aggravated kidnapping charges. An arrest affidavit states...
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Commissioner wants 'swag, not sag' in Caddo
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Eight months after dropping his proposed sagging pants ban from the Caddo Commission agenda, Commissioner Michael Williams has revived the ordinance. This time, it's a...
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Sewage discharge closes part of Biloxi beach
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - A sewage discharge closed several miles of beach in Biloxi over the weekend. A brief power failure Saturday caused the discharge at a pump station, Public Works Director Richard...
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Franklin Daily Arrest Report
The Franklin Police Department responded to 45 complaints over the past weekend and made the following arrests:10/12/2012 @ 10:38 AM, THEOPHILOS JAMES PORTER, 20, of Prairie Road - Franklin, LA was...
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EPPS, La. (AP) - Officials say the process to have Poverty Point named as a World Heritage site remains full-steam ahead. Diana Greenlee, station archaeologist at Poverty Point State Historic Site in...
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Today in History for October 15, 2012
Today is Monday, Oct. 15, the 289th day of 2012. There are 77 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 15, 1917, Dutch dancer Mata Hari, convicted of spying for the Germans, was...
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Rocking at 50: Rolling Stones to tour again
LONDON (AP) - You can't always get what you want - but if your desire is to attend a Rolling Stones concert this might be your lucky day. The legendary band said Monday it would return to the stage...
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Clinton travels to Peru amid questions about Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton headed to Peru Monday, where she will talk about women's empowerment. But overshadowing her trip is the lingering political drama in...
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Oil falls near $90, erases last week's gains
NEW YORK (AP) - The price of oil is falling Monday and giving back the gains from last week. In morning trading, benchmark crude oil is down 1.9 percent, or $1.71, at $90.15. Oil rose 2.1 percent last...
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New Orleans homicide victim identified
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Coroner's Office has released the identity of the 34-year-old man fatally shot on Saturday night. Chief investigator John Gagliano tells The Times-Picayune on Monday...
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Manufacturers launch program to hire more veterans
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some of the nation's leading manufacturing companies are launching a program to help veterans gain the skills necessary to fill some of the estimated 600,000 high-tech, manufacturing...
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Term limits for school board members on ballot
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - After years of off and on debates, voters in most school districts will decide on Nov. 6 whether to limit local school board members to 12 consecutive years of service. "I...
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Southern signs deal with Brazilian university
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Southern University has entered into an agreement to exchange students and possibly faculty with a university in Brazil starting as early as next spring. The Advocate reports...
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St. Bernard dedicates 911 center to former deputy
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) - The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office 911 communications center has been renamed and dedicated in the honor of Col. Gerald "Jerry" Rathburn, who died in April. The...
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Nobody wins big weekend jackpots
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Nobody won the jackpots for big weekend lotteries in Louisiana. The Louisiana Lottery Corp. says that boosts Wednesday's estimated jackpots to $70,000 for Easy 5, $500,000 for Lotto...
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SC fan booked with mooning LSU fans
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police arrested and booked a 34-year-old South Carolina fan after he mooned fans at the LSU-South Carolina game Saturday night.Police were called to section 409 of...
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Police: Man Shot During Armed Robbery
Lafayette police are searching for the gunman in an alleged shooting and armed robbery. The incident took place Sunday night around 11:00 in the 600 block of Twelfth Street. Investigators say five men...
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