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Liens filed against Baton Rouge casino
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Four of the subcontractors that helped build L'Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge have filed liens against the property, claiming they haven't been paid for more than $3...
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Today in History for October 24, 2012
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 24, the 298th day of 2012. There are 68 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 24, 1962, a naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy...
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Our Lady Queen of Peace Continues Rebuilding with New Steeple
Three years after it burned down, Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church is celebrating another milestone in its reconstruction. Today, crews are placing the new steeple atop the church. Jenise...
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St. Landry Parish Arrest Report
This is the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report for October 24, 2012.Harry J. Roy, age 78, 120 Raintree Rd., Port Barre, LA, simple battery involving domestic violence.Adaline Marie...
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Swift, Minaj to perform at American Music Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It'll be a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll onstage at next month's American Music Awards. Organizers announced Wednesday that Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj and Linkin...
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PSC looks into Entergy's response to Isaac
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's utility regulatory agency is hashing out complaints over Entergy's response to Hurricane Isaac. The Public Service Commission conducts a hearing Wednesday, as it...
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Woman arrested in truck stop slaying
PINE GROVE, La. (AP) - St. Helena Parish sheriff's deputies say a woman accused of shooting and killing another woman in a truck stop parking lot has been arrested. Chief of Detectives Joe Chaney...
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Symposium to address crime problem
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Violent crime in New Orleans is the subject of a daylong symposium this week at Loyola University. It's being presented by the Loyola president's office and the school's Department...
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Miss. sets limited oyster season Nov. 5-Dec. 29
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi is opening a limited oyster season at sunrise Nov. 5 in some areas along the Gulf Coast. The season ends at 4 p.m. Dec. 29, unless the head of the Department of Marine...
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Delgado freezes spending to cut $13M deficit
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Facing a $13 million deficit and an 11 percent drop in enrollment, Delgado Community College Chancellor Monty Sullivan says he's placed a freeze on travel, spending and...
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Jena Choctaw Pines Casino set to open in January
CREOLA, La. (AP) - The Jena Choctaw Pines Casino in Grant Parish is expected of open soon. The casino, developed after many years of trying by the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, is nearing completion....
View ArticleFamily: 15-year-old on life support after accident
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A 15-year-old girl who was trapped in a car that crashed and sank into Bayou Terrebonne early Sunday remains in a New Orleans hospital. Family members of Bertha Griffin tell The...
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1 killed, 4 wounded in New Orleans shooting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans coroner's office has identified a man who was killed in an overnight shooting that left at least four others wounded. John Gagliano, the coroner's chief...
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East Feliciana 911 system in jeopardy
CLINTON, La. (AP) - East Feliciana Parish Sheriff Talmadge Bunch says his staff will discontinue answering 911 emergency telephone calls within the next month unless he gets more money. Bunch notified...
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No suspect yet in 6 deaths in Tennessee, Alabama
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee and Alabama investigators are working together to try to identify a suspect in a series of killings that left six people dead in the two states. Tennessee Bureau...
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Stocks stabilize on Wall Street after a sell-off
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market is stabilizing after one of its biggest sell-offs of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average clung to a gain of 15 points in midday trading Wednesday. It stood at...
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La. high court asked to rule in monks' casket case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court is asking the Louisiana Supreme Court to decide whether the state's board of funeral directors has the authority under state law to bar an order of...
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GOP candidates in close races disavow rape remark
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans locked in close races - from Mitt Romney to Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown - on Wednesday disavowed Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comment that when a woman...
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2 dead in shootout with police
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Two people are dead in an apparent domestic dispute that began in north Shreveport and ended in Caddo Parish after a police chase and shootout. Officials tell The Times the...
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Autopsy set for today in Walker feticide
From WBRZ: WALKER - An autopsy is scheduled today after Livingston Parish deputies said a man stabbed his pregnant wife, cutting the unborn child from her and killing it yesterday.Deputies charged...
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