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Energy Dept. backs Texas LNG export plan
WASHINGTON — The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company’s proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a productio...
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Brennan’s squabble unresolved
NEW ORLEANS, La. — A federal judge’s ruling Friday hasn’t resolved a family’s bitter struggle for control of Brennan’s, one of New Orleans’ best-known restaurants. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan ...
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Eunice teen dies from wounds in Branch shootout
BRANCH – A Eunice teenager died from wounds received in a shooting Sunday evening at the Branch/Church Point highway crossroad. According to Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon deputies responded ...
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Gators getting some Morgan City sunshine.
Gator complaints keep Morgan City offiicals busy
MORGAN CITY — Alligators continue to be spotted in people’s yards and neighborhoods in Morgan City, a problem police have been dealing with for about a month, which could be due to several differen...
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Cold case -- Man arrested in Texas for 1962 death of Louisiana woman
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A man arrested in a 51-year-old killing is being held in the Calcasieu Parish jail without bond. Authorities arrested 73-year-old William Felix Vail Friday for the October ...
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Man: Stripper, male friend takes his pickup
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — A man told Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies he rendezvoused with a stripper at a Metairie apartment complex, looking for a "good time." Instead he was robbed following a bla...
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Usher
Deaths Elsewhere
Hospital executive LAKE CHARLES – Services were Saturday for hospital executive Dave Usher. He died May 15 at age 62. He was senior vice president of business development at Lake Charles Memorial ...
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Agents looking for whooping crane's slayer
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are looking for leads regarding a whooping crane that was found...
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HOOKED ON PRIZES; Bi-state fishing contest begins May 25
The CCA Louisiana Statewide Tournament and Angler’s Rodeo (STAR) begins its 19th year of competition on Saturday, May 25. One of the largest, and richest saltwater fishing tournaments in the countr...
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Louisiana news briefs
Jindal’s state salary provides main income in 2012 BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s latest financial disclosure report shows his annual nearly $128,000 state salary provided the main source of in...
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ELTON STUNNED! Passenger killed, suspected impaired teen driver, her twin sister critically injured
LAKE CHARLES - A car driven by an Elton teenager suspected of being impaired allegedly ran a stop sign causing a Thursday collision that killed one of her passengers and critically injured the driv...
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River watch continues along Atchafalaya, Mississippi
MORGAN CITY – Hydrologists at the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center in Slidell say the Atchafalaya River is expected to crest at 6 feet here early next week. That forecast could increase by a...
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