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Live Wire Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on some of the most contentious issues in American society -- issues that have divided Americans for years. The justices will likely rule on the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act along with decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and California's gay marriage ban, Proposition ...
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Mansion Monday Metairie stately home with a grand entrance
Gardner Realtors shows this Metairie home in this week's Mansion Monday Slideshow. The home is at 16 Englewood Street in Metairie, which is listed at $2,795,000. For more information contact them by email at info@gardnerrealtors.com or by phone: ...
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Simulated gunfire part of Monday film shoot in Bywater
The filming will take place Monday from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. on Congress Street. Uniformed officers will be at the location to monitor safety and facilitate the production crew's work, officials ...
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2 remain hospitalized after plant explosions in southeast La.
CF Industries spokeswoman Blythe Lamonica says a team from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was at the plant Sunday. She says one employee remains hospitalized in stable condition. Baton Rouge General Medical Center has said one patient injured Thursday at The Williams Cos. Inc. plant remains hospitalized in good condition. State Trooper Jared Sandifer says OSHA began work at ...
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NOPD investigating June 9 Lakeview burglary
Police say a burglary occurred in the 5800 block of Louis XIV Street at about 1:30 p.m. A man entered the victim's back yard and took several pieces of lawn equipment before fleeing in a 2013 white four-door Dodge car with Louisiana license place N331599, police say. The car was reported stolen in Lafayette in January, according to police. Police describe the man as an African-American ...
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Snowden says online he had to get out of US
In his first answers, Snowden said he had to get out of the United States before the leaks were published by the Guardian and Washington Post to avoid being targeted by the ...
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Livingston Parish School Board president arrested in fatal hit and run
State police have arrested the president of the Livingston Parish School Board after a 21-year-old Mississippi man was killed in a hit-and-run in St. Helena ...
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Monday Exact Weather forecast Tracking the tropics
An area of cloudiness and thunderstorms in the northwestern Caribbean has a medium, 30% chance of becoming a tropical system over the next two days. The disturbance is expected to move inland across Belize Monday afternoon and continue westward across Mexico but some organization is possible before it begins to move over ...
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Supreme Court countdown Big rulings coming
The Supreme Court is about to rule on some of the most contentious issues in American society -- issues that have divided Americans for years. "These are critical decisions," said Ron Brownstein, a CNN political analyst. They affect "the future of our social relations, our workplace, our educational opportunity." The rulings could come as early as Monday. At the latest, ...
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7 selected for Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation will induct seven people into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame in ceremonies July 12 at the prison museum and in Baton ...
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Lawmaker Details on thwarted plots coming
National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander is expected to release details of cases where the programs have stopped a terrorist attack, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein said. The information may be available as soon as Monday. "He wants to be exact about the details," she said. Over the weekend a three-page document on the NSA programs was released to ...
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UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
Belmont Park We said in this week's advance story that Saturday's $150,000, Grade III Hill Prince Stakes for 3-year-olds was a wide-open affair and the $4,808 trifecta payoff bears that out. Notacatbutallama rallied five-wide into the stretch and won by a neck over 37-1 chance Play It Loud. Chamois was third at 12-1 and the favorite, Red Rifle, settled for fourth in the 12-horse ...
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COL BB UCLA 2 Louisiana State 1
Adam Plutko threw seven innings of one-run ball Sunday and UCLA upended top-ranked Louisiana State 2-1 in Game 4 of the College World Series. Plutko stifled the Bulldogs on four hits and two walks in notching the victory in Omaha, Neb. He recorded two strikeouts. James Kaprielian supplied a scoreless eighth inning and David Berg survived a scare in the ninth, recording the save after yielding ...
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Errors plague LSU in 2-1 loss to UCLA in CWS opening round
That was good enough for fifth out of nearly 300 teams around the country. However, Tiger gloves betrayed them when they needed them most in the opening round of the College World Series as UCLA upset the fourth-seeded Bayou Bengals 2-1 on a pair of unearned runs. Catcher Ty Ross committed a throwing error, leading to UCLA manufacturing its first run in the sixth inning. Then shortstop Alex ...
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New report Britain spied on G-20 delegates
Britain's electronic intelligence agency monitored delegates' phones and tried to capture their passwords during an economic summit held there in 2009, the Guardian newspaper reported ...
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Louisiana Seafood Stars in Aspen
Louisiana took center stage this weekend at one of the world`s most prestigious international food and wine events, the 31st annual Aspen Food and Wine Classic. Since the BP oil spill the LA seafood industry has been out in full force promoting the safety of Louisiana seafood. This time in Colorado. John Besh from the Besh Restaurant group says, "The Aspen Food and Wine Classic really is ...
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Live coverage LSU vs. UCLA
It's been a long four years since RVs clad in purple and gold have driven 16 hours north in June. But for the first time since 2009, the LSU Tigers are back home in ...
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Putin disapproves of plan to arm Syria rebels
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Sunday against arming Syrian rebels "who kill their enemies and eat their organs," referencing a widely circulated video that purports to show a rebel fighter eating the heart of a dead ...
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New Orleans under threat from misconceptions
Looking toward the end of the year and 2011, there are two major challenges facing the city of New Orleans, the misconception created by the oil spill and the massive budget deficit that needs to be filled at a time when the city is still recovering from the devastation of Katrina in 2005.
New Orleans is a city famous for many things, as the setting of A Streetcar Named Desire, as the host city of the famous Mardi Gras, which is one of the most visited events in America, as a major hub for jazz and blues musicians and as the most celebrated city of the American South. Read more
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