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Phone scam uses ID theft
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Strangers call Pat Van Burkleo’s house daily, demanding that he stop calling and harassing them. Van Burkleo, of Baton Rouge, says he and his wife have nothing to do with those c...
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Carnival season kicks off along the Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS — Christmas wreaths and holiday parties are giving way to king cakes and street parades as the Carnival season kicked off over the weekend along the Gulf Coast. In New Orleans, the nois...
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Move over Swamp People, here come Edwin and Trina
NEW ORLEANS – Move over Swamp People, Pawn Stars and Duck Dynasty members, here come\s Edwin and Trina. A reality series, “The Governor’s Wife,” will premier next month on A&E Network. The show fea...
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Zach Bennett, 10, holds "Freddie."
Bridge-blocking Chihuahua gets a new home, name
MORGAN CITY -- The Chihuahua who stopped traffic on the La. 182 bridge into Berwick has been adopted into a family of rescues. He now makes his home in Stephensville under the name Freddy Krueger....
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Louisiana news briefs
Shreveport GM plant being sold SHREVEPORT — Shreveport and Caddo Parish officials say the former General Motors assembly plant has a buyer that plans thousands of vehicle assembly jobs with good p...
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Feds, Transocean reach $1.4B deal over Gulf spill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Justice Department has reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned the ma...
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Tax vote splits Louisiana congressional delegation
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s congressional delegation split in voting over the deal to prevent the so-called “fiscal cliff” of widespread tax increases and deep spending cuts, with most of the st...
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Transocean will pay $1.4 billion to settle Deepwater Horizon probe by Justice Dept.
NEW ORLEANS – The Associated Press reports that the Justice Department has reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed ...
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Jeff Davis Bancshares buys Mamou bank for $20.9 million
Jeff Davis Bancshares, the financial holding company of Jeff Davis Bank & Trust Co. of Jennings, has completed its acquisition of Mamou-based Guaranty Bank in a cash transaction valued at $20.9 mil...
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Sulphur to get Creole Nature Trail visitors center
SULPHUR (AP) — Sulphur officials are tickled that their city will get a visitors center for the Creole Nature Trail — 180 miles of scenic byways in Calcasieu and Cameron parishes. The Southwest Lou...
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2 campers die in Claiborne Parish HOMER — Claiborne Parish authorities say two people died from carbon monoxide poisoning while in a pop-up camper Sheriff Ken Bailey said 50-year-old Paul Pitts an...
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Gulf shrimpers filed petitions for relief from shrimp imports
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Gulf of Mexico shrimpers have filed petitions with the federal government seeking relief from subsidized shrimp imports. The move came several weeks after Gulf of Mexico shrimper...
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