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Hope in Afghanistan amid handover diplomacy
Afghan forces formally took over security responsibilities for their violence-plagued country from NATO-led troops on Tuesday, marking a key transition in the long and costly war. President Hamid Karzai also announced that a government group dedicated to Afghan peace and reconciliation will go to the Gulf state of Qatar and participate in talks with the Taliban militant group -- long the ...
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Huge explosion reported in New Orleans
An online article ('Protestant-Catholic gap narrows as census results revealed', posted December 11, 2012) reported on the publication of data from the 2011 Census by the Northern Ireland Statistics Agency and stated that the percentage of Protestants and Catholics in the Northern Ireland population stood at 48% and 45% ...
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2nd Victim Dies After Blast at Geismar Louisiana Chemical Plant
An explosion and fire at a Louisiana chemical plant claimed a second victim on June 14 as federal authorities were piecing together the cause of the blast that injured dozens more. Scott Thrower, 47, of St. Amant, died at Baton Rouge General Hospital’s burn center, said State Police Capt. Doug Cain. According to company officials, Thrower was an operations supervisor and had worked for ...
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UPI Sports Calendar for Tuesday June 18
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Jefferson Co. creates rules to ease neighbors body farm concerns
Starting this fall, there will be a new body farm in East Tennessee and it's not on UT's campus. Monday night, the Jefferson County Commission put the final seal of approval on cadaver research facilities in their county. After months of complaints from neighbors about the possibility of a body farm for Carson Newman University, there was no hesitation from county commissioners at ...
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US waiting seeing with Irans new chief
The U.S. State Department said Monday it wasn't surprised that Iran's newly elected president, Hassan Rouhani, said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stay in power until ...
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US releases names of Guantanamo indefinite detainees
The names of dozens of detainees held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were released for the first time on Monday after a newspaper sued the federal government for the ...
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NOPD looking for missing 62-year-old man
Passengers on a United Airlines flight on Monday helped subdue a man who they said stood up and screamed about the CIA, national security leaks and poison. The disruption occurred during Flight 116 from Hong Kong that eventually landed safely at its ...
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Louisianas Cancer Alley may need a new nickname after two fatal blasts
Not that there should be tighter oversight of the Louisiana chemical industry or anything, but there were fatal blasts at two different Louisiana chemical plants last week. Thursday's explosion at the Williams Olefin ...
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Atlanta Falcons Gleason radio segment completely inappropriate
One of the three Atlanta radio hosts involved in a segment in which they mocked Steve Gleason said he got what he deserved following his termination from the radio ...
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Fired Atlanta radio host on Gleason skit Got what I deserved
One of the three Atlanta radio hosts involved in a segment in which they mocked Steve Gleason said he got what he deserved following his termination from the radio ...
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Louisiana seafood takes center stage at Aspen International Food Wine Classic
It was an international celebration of food and wine like no other, in the breathtaking backdrop of Aspen, Colorado. Chef Andrew Zimmern even goes so far as to call the Aspen Food and Wine Classic, ';The best food weekend of the year!'; ';It’s really become sort of the showcase internationally for all the best food and wine,'; according to Top Chef judge Gail ...
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Flood protection system completed on Westbank
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local leaders marked the completion of the new 100-year Westbank and Vicinity Perimeter Risk Reduction System on Monday morning just below the Highway 90 bridge in St. Charles ...
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Habitat for Humanity in West St. Tammany suspends taking applications
Foster applied to Habitat For Humanity West St. Tammany. She put in her 300 hours of seat equity, attended classes and her dream of home ownership came true. Foster and her family moved in earlier this ...
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Atlanta radio show hosts fired after mocking Steve Gleasons battle with ALS
New Orleans Saints officials said that, while they haven't heard the radio segment from Atlanta in which several hosts mocked former Saint Steve Gleason, if the reports are accurate, it is "grossly ...
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U.S. Russia still dont agree on Syria
But "all of us have the intention to stop the violence in Syria and to solve this situation peacefully," Putin said Monday after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Group of Eight Summit in Northern ...
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Saints call ATL radio hosts mocking Gleason grossly offensive
New Orleans Saints officials said that, while they haven't heard the radio segment from Atlanta in which several hosts mocked former Saint Steve Gleason, if the reports are accurate, it is "grossly ...
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2 children instructor injured in Covington chemistry lab incident
The Archdiocese of New Orleans said two children and an instructor were injured at a science camp at St. Scholastica High School in Covington Monday ...
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Baton Rouge’s New Plan For Its Homeless Population Give Them One-Way Bus Tickets
Baton Rouge has a new idea for how to treat its 800 homeless residents: give them a one-way ticket out of town. Late last week, the city’s Metro ...
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Poll Obama approval falls amid controversies
President Barack Obama's approval rating dropped 8 percentage points over the past month, to 45 percent, the president's lowest rating in more than a year and a half, according to a new national ...
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Bradley Jay ‘Travel Junkies – Consider A Train Trip From New Orleans to Los Angeles.’
Let's do something quick, cheap and different. I am talking about a train trip from New Orleans to Los Angeles on the Amtrak route called the Sunset Limited. All you need is a three-legged plane fare to New Orleans and from Los Angeles, and a one-way Amtrak ticket on the Sunset Limited. You can enjoy New Orleans for a day or two. (see Jay Talking-New Orleans), a wicked cool train ride, and ...
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Nuggets hire Tim Connelly from New Orleans as new GM
Tim Connelly (New Orleans Pelicans) The Nuggets have hired Tim Connelly as their new general manager, team president Josh Kroenke told The Denver Post Monday morning. Connelly's official title is executive vice president of basketball operations. The New Orleans Pelicans assistant general manager will take over for Masai Ujiri, who left to take over as general manager in Toronto. ...
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1 turns self in 1 remains at large in May 29 armed robbery near Covington
Deputies say they received a call from a man who said he had been robbed at gunpoint in the Abita Nursery subdivision just outside of Covington May ...
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Tropical Depression Two forms east of Belize
According to the NHC, the center of the depression will move inland over southern Belize Monday afternoon and could emerge into the Bay of Campeche ...
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Houma man sentenced to 99 years on child molestation pornography conviction
34-YEAR OLD SCOTT MASSEY WAS OUT ON BOND FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY DISCOVERED VIDEOS OF HIM SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A NINE YEAR ...
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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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