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| Tea Party Educ. |
LA tea party attempt to stop national standards for education
A tea party-backed attempt to keep Louisiana from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing will be considered by the Senate. Read more....
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| Judge Carjacked |
New Orleans criminal court judge carjacked outside home
New Orleans Police say they have arrested three teenagers suspected of carjacking a New Orleans judge outside his home in the city's Carrollton neighborhood. Read more...
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| NOLA Schools |
New Orleans public schools celebrate!
The Recovery School District's New Orleans schools led the state in performance growth on state tests in 2013, and showed the largest growth over the last six years. Read more...
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| Judge Carjacked |
Report: New Orleans criminal judge carjacked, car totaled
Orleans Criminal Court Judge Frank Marullo is apparently unharmed after reportedly being carjacked in the Carrollton neighborhood. Read more...http://wwl.com/Report--New-Orleans-criminal-judge-carjacked--car-/16415772
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| Printer Perps? |
Slidell Police: Printer theft leads to high-speed chase
Slidell police say an off-duty officer used “spike strips” following a high-speed chase to catch a couple fleeing the scene of the theft of an ink-jet printer. Investigators say the pursuit started after the pair nearly ran over a cop. Read more...
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| Cops Killed |
Suspect in St. John deputy ambush pleads guilty
A third of the suspects charged in the deadly ambush last August that claimed the lives of two St. John Parish sheriff's deputies and the wounding of two others has pleaded guilty. Read more...
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| No Tweeting! |
Lawmakers vote to ban posting status updates while driving
It appears enough drivers in Louisiana have been taking their eyes off the road and putting it on their web-enabled phones that lawmakers have approved a ban on posting to social media like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram while driving. Read more...
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| Buckle Up |
Authorities push seatbelt safety
Between now and June 2, officers from 132 agencies will participate in the state's largest-ever concentrated effort to increase the use of seatbelts. This year's "Click It or Ticket" campaign includes stepped-up enforcement, broadcast advertising and public education... Read more
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| Hunger Shopping |
Study: Hungry shoppers load up on junk food
When you grocery shop definitely can affect your waistline. We've all gone grocery shopping when we were hungry, but a new study proves that it really can be detrimental to your waistline. Read more...
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| No Obamacare |
LA House overwhelmingly refuses to expand Medicaid
The Louisiana House has rejected an attempt to provide government-subsidized health insurance to thousands of people with the Medicaid dollars available under the federal Affordable Care Act.
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| Elderly Theft |
Cops: Thief preying on Northshore retirement home
A thief, who Slidell police say was preying on the elderly, has been arrested. The victim's, all of whom cops say were over 89-years-old, were residents at a local retirement home in Slidell. Read more....
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| La. Helps Out |
Louisiana disaster volunteers heading to Oklahoma
Hours after the residents of Moore, Oklahoma began the long process of picking up the pieces of their lives, a team of disaster volunteers from Louisiana was already on their way to render assisstance. Read more and learn how you can help...
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| No Tweeting |
LA drivers can't tweet or post to Facebook
Motorists in Louisiana will have to add tweets and Facebook updates to the list of activity banned while driving, in addition to texting. A bill prohibiting posting to social media sites while driving gained final approval with a 34-1 Senate vote on Tuesday. It now....Read more, but not while you're driving!
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| NOLA Gangs |
Digging to the roots of gang violence in New Orleans
New Orleans homegrown gang problem continues to keep authorities busy as they search for ways to stop the violence. When someone shoots into a crowd of women and children could they be the victims of a gang initiation? There are several theories about that. Read more...
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| Aymond on OK |
Why the misery in Moore?
As people try to deal with the tragic events in Oklahoma, even very religious people wonder how or why would a loving God let this happen! New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond has some thoughts on why this misery occurs and how best to view it. Read more...
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| Baby in Car |
Kenner Police: Intoxicated mom left baby in vehicle
Police say an intoxicated mom left her 3-month-old daughter inside of a parked sport utility vehicle while she socialized at a Kenner bar. Read more...
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| Distracted? |
Study: More of us need a 'Do Not Disturb' sign at work
The Office Workplace Productivity study is out with the top reasons we have trouble getting our work accomplished. This Ask.com survey finds the majority prefer to work alone, and most distractions come in the form of noisy colleagues (61 percent). Read more...
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| Deadly Tornadoes |
Deadly tornadoes not as common in LA, but they happen
Louisiana is certainly not immune to destructive weather, not even deadly super-tornadoes. Although they don't happen often, they have happened, and they have been killers. Read more..
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| Office of IG |
New Orleans IG Quatrevaux appointed to new term
The New Orleans Ethics Review Board voted 4-0 to reappoint Ed Quatrevaux as the city's inspector general for a second four-year term. Quatrevaux was hired in 2009; his new term will begin in October. Read more...
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| Young Driver |
15-year-old driver crashes, 1 dies in Tangipahoa
State police say a 10-year-old girl died after she was ejected from a car in a crash on La. Highway 1054 northeast of Independence in Tangipahoa Parish. Trooper Nick Manale says an unlicensed 15-year-old girl was driving... Read more
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| Bird Killer |
$3K reward for whooping crane killer in N LA
A hunter in northwest Louisiana has shot and killed one of the first whooping cranes brought to Louisiana in an attempt to re-establish the highly endangered species in the state. State and federal authorities are offering a $3,000 reward for information about whoever killed one of the world's rarest birds. Read more...
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| Coroner Probe |
St Tammany coroner says he will turn over 80K emails
Lawyers say St. Tammany Parish Coroner Peter Galvan has agreed to give nearly 80,000 emails to the state legislative auditor by late Friday morning, and to have a judge decide whether another 2,000 should be turned over. Read more...
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| Jail $ |
Court fight over $ for Orleans jail fixes delayed
A federal judge has delayed a hearing about the cost of Orleans Parish jail reforms and who should pay for them. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk rescheduled the hearing from next week to June 10. Read more...
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| Helping Hand |
How to help tornado victims
The tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, as well the twisters as Kansas and Texas, have killed dozens and left thousands homeless. Click here for a full list of how to help the victims...
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| Medicaid Battle |
Proposals would limit cuts in Medicaid program
Proposals making it more difficult to cut the rates paid to hospitals and nursing homes for taking care of Medicaid patients are nearing final passage. Support from lawmakers comes despite concerns....Read more.
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