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Deputies: Lavergne Left Jail Tuesday
Documents from the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center confirm Brandon Scott Lavergne was checked out of the jail Tuesday. According to the document, Lavergne was checked out at 6:40 Tuesday...
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Face expert examining remains found Tues. night
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Officials at the Lafayette Parish Coroner's office say the body believed to be Mickey Shunick is in such an advanced stage of decay they had to send it to face identification...
View ArticleMan arrested for throwing puppy over fence
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a man accused of throwing a puppy over the fence of the Capital Area Animal Welfare Society animal shelter over the...
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Today in History for August 8, 2012
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 8, the 221st day of 2012. There are 145 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 8, 1942, during World War II, six Nazi saboteurs who were captured after...
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Oil gains, US reports big drop in supplies
The price of oil is higher after the government reported a bigger than expected drop in crude inventories. Benchmark crude rose 50 cents to $94.17 per barrel Wednesday in New York. Brent crude gained...
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Macon Road at Eraste Landry Closing for Drainage Work
Drainage work will shut down a Lafayette intersection beginning tomorrow. Macon Road at Eraste Landry Road will be closed while crews install storm drainage. Cable Drive and April Street will be used...
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We want to see your first day of school pics
We know most of you are sending the kids back to school this week and next. We want to see the cute pics.Regardless of age or grade, post them to KATC'S "Back to School 2012" gallery.Have a great...
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La. education dept. withholding voucher records
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's education chief is refusing to provide records from the deliberations over how schools were chosen to participate in Gov. Bobby Jindal's new statewide voucher...
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School board drops pay raise for superintendent
HOUMA, La. (AP) - The Terrebonne Parish School Board has dropped a proposal to give Superintendent Philip Martin a pay raise. The Courier reports  Board President L.P. Bordelon said Martin asked the...
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Republicans blast Obama as left of Bill Clinton
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Mitt Romney and fellow Republicans held up an unlikely role model - Democrat Bill Clinton - as they teamed up Wednesday to denounce President Barack Obama's welfare policy and...
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Randy Travis arrested naked, charged with DWI
DALLAS (AP) - Randy Travis was charged with driving while intoxicated and threatening law officers after the country singer crashed his car and was found naked and combative at the scene, officials...
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Monkees announce 1st tour since Davy Jones' death
NEW YORK (AP) - The Monkees will perform their first live shows since star Davy Jones died in February. Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, and Peter Tork announced Wednesday that the group will launch a...
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Southern Calif. shakes from another earthquake
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) - Another moderate earthquake has shaken a wide area of Southern California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 9:33 a.m. Wednesday quake was centered two miles northeast of...
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Curiosity sends back flood of new views from Mars
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape. It opened a window into the trip itself, from video footage of the landing...
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A rally on Wall Street slows; Priceline tanks
A stock market rally lost steam Wednesday after mixed earnings from U.S. companies added to fears about Europe's economic slowdown. Several big consumer goods companies warned that weak demand in...
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Joan Rivers protests Costco not selling her book
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Police were called to a Costco store in a Los Angeles suburb after comedian Joan Rivers handcuffed herself to a shopping cart to protest the store, which is not selling her...
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FBI: Temple gunman shot himself; still no motive
MILWAUKEE (AP) - There's no trial to prepare, no jury to persuade, no judge to hand down a sentence. Wade Michael Page is dead, having shot himself in the head after killing six people at a Sikh...
View ArticleActor Hoskins diagnosed with Parkinson's, retiring
LONDON (AP) - British actor Bob Hoskins says he is retiring after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In a statement released Wednesday through his agent, the 69-year-old performer thanked his...
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Android extends dominance in smartphones worldwide
NEW YORK (AP) - Got an iPhone? You're in the minority. There were four Android phones for every iPhone shipped in the second quarter, research firm IDC said Wednesday. That's up from a ratio of 2.5 to...
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Easier content search at LSU Libraries
BATON ROUGE - Beginning this fall, conducting research at LSU libraries will be much easier, as a new tool will offer a broader search option within the libraries' resources.On Aug. 13, LSU Libraries...
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