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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...
Nov 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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State budget shortfall at $963 milliion
BATON ROUGE, La. — Lawmakers were told Friday that Louisiana’s budget shortfall for next year is $963 million, in their first detailed glimpse of the problems they’ll face in crafting the state’s n...
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Unbelted driver dies when car hit head-on by veering pickup
CARENCRO – The sound of a grinding head-on collision echoed across the morning stillness Sunday. State Police said a Shreveport man was killed when his car was hit head-on on the Canton Highway jus...
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Vent wells burning gas from Assumption sinkhole
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Officials say they've begun burning methane trapped in a water aquifer around a giant sinkhole in Assumption Parish. Burning the gas could help stabilize the salt dome, whic...
Nov 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dolphins found shot, slashed, stabbed with tool
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Authorities are investigating several attacks on dolphins in the northern Gulf of Mexico after some were found with gunshot wounds, cuts and missing jaws.
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Ag chief to borrow $7M to take control of sugar mill
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain will borrow up to $7 million to take control of a defunct sugar cane mill in southwest Louisiana that was built with state tax dollars and on...
Nov 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jindal among GOP leaders jockeying for 2016
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal is urging the Republican Party to rethink its pitch to voters. Bob McDonnell of Virginia says Republicans should look to outsiders to fix partisan gridlock...
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States reveal choices on health law
WASHINGTON (AP) — After two years of political battles and a Supreme Court case, many if not most states are expected to tell the federal government Friday if they’re willing carry out a key part o...
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Louisiana news briefs
October casino revenue down NEW ORLEANS — Gamblers lost nearly $185 million at Louisiana’s state licensed casinos in October, down from the nearly $199.7 million for September and slightly more th...
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Avoyelles hunter's gun discharges, kills him
MARKSVILLE – According to Avoyelles Sheriff Doug Anderson, at about 9 p.m. Thursday his office received a call for assistance regarding a hunter who was found dead earlier in the evening on School...
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School Board members plead innocent, no trial date set
No trial date has been set for two St. Landry Parish School Board members who pleaded innocent in federal court Thursday to bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. John Miller and Quincy Richard ...
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BP settles for $4.5 billion, will plead guilty in criminal cases
NEW ORLEANS - Criminal acts by BP which cost the lives of 11 workers, and lies to Congress afterward, will cost the company $4.5 billion. The firm agree to the settlement Thursday and to pleading ...
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 32 32 recommendations | email to a friend
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