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State may skip private school certification rule
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Under Louisiana’s Constitution, any nonpublic school getting state money must be certified as providing a curriculum or specialized course of study at least equal to those requir...
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Search for missing platform worker ends NEW ORLEANS — Black Elk Energy has halted the search for a worker missing since Friday’s fire aboard the company’s oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The m...
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Lawmakers differ on purpose of tax break review
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s lawmakers have spent months combing through $6.8 billion in tax breaks on the state’s books with an eye toward getting rid of those deemed unworthy of the spending. I...
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Unemployment rate drops again
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent for October, down from 7 percent in September, and 7.1 percent for October 2011. Tuesday’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statist...
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Jindal won’t endorse in 3rd District race BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal isn’t getting involved in the Republican battle in Louisiana’s 3rd District congressional race. Jindal spokeswoman Shanno...
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Violent dolphin deaths a mystery for scientists
ALONG THE GULF COAST (AP) — Over the past several months, dolphins have washed ashore along the northern Gulf Coast with bullet wounds, missing jaws and hacked off fins, and federal officials said ...
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Truck crosses center line, its driver killed in collision
ARNAUDVILLE – The driver of a pickup was killed when his truck hit an oncoming vehicle Monday night. State Police said Paul Young, 68, of Opelousas crossed the center line near La. 93 and Bayou Fus...
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Habitual felon gets mandatory life sentence
ABBEVILLE – A man whose Vermilion Parish criminal record dats to the early 1990s has been sentenced to life in prison as an habitual offender. Judge Durwood Conque sentenced Derrick Harris, age 44,...
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Driver distraction suspected in fatal motorcycle crash, negilgent homicide charged
HAMMOND -- A motorcycle driver died Monday when a vehicle pulled into his path on La. 443. State Police said Christopher Kelley, 22, of Walker was southbound when an Escalade driven by Linda Atkins...
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Explosion rips chemical lab in Slaughter
By Tabatha Alcina and Stacy Gill LSN Twisted metal remains after an early morning explosion demolished Monolyte Labs in Slaughter early Monday. Several people in the vicinity were evacuated after ...
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Wiltz
Fired CAA director not SMILEing, says dismissal illegal vendetta
BREAUX BRIDGE – Alvin Wiltz of Breaux Bridge has been fired as executive director of the St. Martin-Iberia-Lafayette Community Action Agency, or SMILE. In a letter to board members obtained by Tech...
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Man dies in East Feliciana Parish crash SLAUGHTER — State police say a 33-year-old Baton Rouge man died after the vehicle in which he was riding crashed into a pickup on La. 67 in East Feliciana P...
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