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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The opening of a major spillway near New Orleans poured much less river water into Lake Pontchartrain than it did in 1997, when a major algae bloom caused several fish kills. |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — James Bernazzani — the tough-talking FBI chief sent to New Orleans three years ago to fight public corruption — retired on Friday. |
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Friday, May 09 2008 |
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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A former radio host accused of killing his estranged wife will be tried in September rather than next week. |
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Friday, May 09 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana hospital wasn't obligated to notify a doctor's new employer that he had been fired for practicing while under the influence of narcotics, a federal appeals court ruled this week, tossing out a multimillion dollar verdict. |
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Friday, May 09 2008 |
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Income from a special 4-cent state gasoline tax is not keeping up with soaring construction costs, meaning two New Orleans area transportation projects are in jeopardy. |
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Friday, May 09 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Prosecutors have abandoned an effort to remove the judge in the case of six New Orleans police officers and one former officer charged in the shootings of six people in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina. |
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Friday, May 09 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For much of the past year, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival's signature gold flag, with its trademark silhouette of a second-line parade, has been flying outside a colorful flag shop at the corner of Magazine Street and Jackson Avenue. |
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Friday, May 09 2008 |
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MADISONVILLE, La. (AP) — Darkened only by shelling from Civil War gunboats, the Tchefuncte River lighthouse has provided a beacon for boaters on Lake Pontchartrain for 171 years. |
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Thursday, May 08 2008 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Ethics Committee declined Thursday to investigate Sen. David Vitter, who was linked to an escort service whose owner was convicted in federal court and subsequently committed suicide. |
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Thursday, May 08 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers said it planned to finish closing a major spillway Thursday that it opened last month to ease pressure on area levees from the swollen Mississippi River. |
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Thursday, May 08 2008 |
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Metairie man who runs his own construction company claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, becoming the largest winner in Louisiana Lottery history. |
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Wednesday, May 07 2008 |
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GRETNA, La. (AP) — Attorneys for the former television and radio personality accused of murdering his wife have asked for a delay in his trial, which is set to begin Monday in Lafayette. |
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Wednesday, May 07 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival produced four of the top 10 busiest days at the city's major airport since Hurricane Katrina. |
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Wednesday, May 07 2008 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Steve Scalise joined the House of Representatives on Wednesday, becoming the second congressman to be sworn in from Louisiana in as many days. |
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Wednesday, May 07 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Worried about the start of a new hurricane season and lingering fears about health hazards in federally supplied travel trailers, Mayor Ray Nagin is pushing to empty the thousands of trailers still standing in his city. |
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Wednesday, May 07 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten Tulane University fraternity members faced felony charges Wednesday and the school suspended Pi Kappa Alpha following accusations that the group burned pledges with hot water and pepper spray during a "hell night" initiation. |
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Wednesday, May 07 2008 |
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RESERVE, La. (AP) — Suicide has been ruled in the death of a woman found hanging from a tree branch in this southeastern Louisiana town, authorities said. |
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Wednesday, May 07 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than 10 fraternity pledges at Tulane University were burned with hot water and pepper spray during a "hell night" initiation, an attorney representing one of the pledges say. |
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Wednesday, May 07 2008 |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears will have expanded visits with her sons following a child-custody hearing that went off without a hitch Tuesday, capping a three-month period of relative calm and stability for the troubled pop star and mother of two. |
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Tuesday, May 06 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A shocking 29 murders in New Orleans between April 1 and May 6, quickly wiped out the slight drop in first-quarter homicides that police had trumpeted. |
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Tuesday, May 06 2008 |
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A $1 billion storm recovery borrowing plan from two units of Entergy can move forward after getting final approval from the State Bond Commission. |
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Tuesday, May 06 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appellate court has let stand a federal judge's decision tossing out a man's triple murder conviction and death sentence. |
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Tuesday, May 06 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man acquitted in the shooting death of Hot 8 Brass Band drummer Dinneral Shavers is a suspect in a weekend shooting, police said Monday. |
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Monday, May 05 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Although raw figures show an almost 20 percent jump in violent crime in New Orleans in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007, police say the increase is much smaller when figured on a per capita basis. |
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