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Okla. Medical examiner expecting more bodies
The vicious tornado that tore across central Oklahoma on Monday has killed at least 51 people -- with about 40 more bodies expected to arrive at the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office, Amy Elliott of the coroner's office said. The official death toll will gradually rise as the bodies are ...
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Jefferson City doctor who received emergency suspension allowed back in medicine
When a ferocious storm hit De Soto High School dead-on in 2003, no children were hurt, thanks in part to the efforts of two track coaches who ...
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Delgado baseball team avoids Oklahoma tornado
The Delgado baseball team was in Oklahoma competing for a shot to go to the Junior College World Series. Instead, they encountered a series of severe ...
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Merging Could Secure The Future of Health Care in Jefferson Parish
Representatives from East and West Jefferson hospitals say a merger with a bigger hospital system is the works. For that to happen the rules have to be changed in the form of House Bill 383. This legislation would amend the current law which would now allow elected official to determine the hospital's fatenot voters. House Bill 383 has made it through the house and is expected to ...
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Did New Orleans exploit the Dalai Lama
New Orleans did win the lottery by scoring a visit from one of the most influential people in the world! We were lucky enough to have the Dalai Lama in town for a few days. A picture on the city’s ...
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Maine Street near Jefferson Highway
One day we decided: ';We should do a story on all the potholes around New Orleans.'; And Pothole of the Day was born. Let us know if you have a pothole near you by sending us an e-mail: ...
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Louisiana revokes companys explosives license
JACKSON, Miss. - An explosives recycling company that authorities said improperly stored millions of pounds of a military propellant, causing the evacuation of a Louisiana town last year, was stripped of its state explosives licenses on Monday.Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Julie Lewis said Explo System Inc.'s state explosives licenses will remain revoked "pending the adjudication ...
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Broadmoor residents discuss crime camera initiative
"Our car broken into three times in the last year, and as recently as last week somebody came in and took the headlight right out of my wife's Volkswagen," Broadmoor resident Jeff Gardner ...
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Audit finds workers stole for Jefferson Parish schools
"I just don't understand how someone could steal money from kids, especially from the school that really needs it," said Christiana Compton, who has two children who attended Jefferson Elementary ...
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Officials 6 killed in OKC tornado
A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of city on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...
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Video shows tornado forming in Oklahoma
A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...
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Massive tornado slams Oklahoma City area
A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...
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It’s a great time to be a sports fan in New Orleans
Two major sports facilities are coming out of the ground in metro New Orleans that are game changers. Construction is fully underway in uptown on Tulane’s campus and out in Metairie at the Saints training facility. The Green Wave has started building their own on-campus football stadium. The $60 million project will bring college football back to uptown for the first time since 1974. ...
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Right lane of westbound US 61 periodically closes this week
The right lane of westbound U.S. Highway 61 is slated to close between Labarre and Transcontental drives as part of a $2 million project to overlay ...
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Tornado tears through Oklahoma City suburb
The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, meaning that significant and widespread damage and fatalities were ...
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Supreme Court affirms deference due agencies over their jurisdiction
An agency such as the Federal Communications Commission must be given deference concerning the scope of its jurisdiction, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday. While the FCC claimed the interpretation of its own statutory authority is subject to review under a previous court case, Chevron vs. National Resources Defense Council Inc., the Texas cities of Arlington and San Antonio claimed Congress ...
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Veterans Boulevard on-ramp to I-10 East to close Tuesday
The Veterans Boulevard on-ramp to I-10 East will be closed May 21 from 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. while crews move pile-driving equipment to prepare for noise wall ...
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Senate budget committee stalls Medicaid expansion
A proposal for Louisiana to tap into the federal health overhaul money available for expanding Medicaid has won approval from the state Senate's health committee, despite opposition from Gov. Bobby ...
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Tornado touches down in Oklahoma City area
The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area as at least one twister touched down in the ...
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Jindal orders review of all Texas Brine permits
Jindal issued the Executive Order in regard to the company whose salt mine collapsed into a massive sinkhole last year, noting that the review would determine if Texas Brine was financially ...
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State sales tax removed on hurricane prep items this weekend
Eligible items include self-powered light sources, such as flashlights and candles, portable self-powered radios, two-way radios, and weather-band radios, tarpaulins or other flexible waterproof sheeting, ground anchor systems, straps or tie-down kits and gas or diesel fuel tanks. Also, batteries (sizes AAA, AA, C, D, 6-volt, or 9-volt, though automobile batteries and boat batteries are ...
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Wichita Kan. anchors take cover as tornado hits TV station
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New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton Settles Tax Credit Lawsuit
The goal was a good one: investors wanted to reduce their overall state income tax liabilities by investing in film production tax credits. The tax credits were to come directly off the investors' net incomes tax due, according to a story published by the Associated Press. The yield would be $1.33 for every dollar invested. This is what attracted New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton; ...
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Tornadoes kill 2 more bad weather expected
Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and ...
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NOPD looking for man in connection with two Saturday armed robberies
Once they were near the rear of the home, around 12:08 a.m., police say the same man approached them and told them to give him any money they had. The man pulled out a black and silver semi-automatic pistol, and the victims complied, police ...
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Louisiana's recovery might be brought to its knees
The six-month moratorium suspending all exploratory oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is another blow to an economy already reeling and could potentially undermine the state for years to come.
There can be no one left in Louisiana who has not heard about the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the oil spill that has resulted from the collapse of the rig, which killed eleven people in the process and is now threatening the livelihoods of countless communities along the state’s coast. Read more
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