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U.S. / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 10:44am neoform

FOX News -- Louisiana's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a man may be executed for raping an 8-year-old girl, and lawyers say his case may become the test for whether the nation's highest court upholds the death penalty for someone who rapes a child. Both sides sa.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 1, 2007 @ 11:59pm neoform

Seattle Pi -- The newly elected mayor of this Louisiana town was found shot to death over the weekend, less than three days before he was set to become the community's first black leader... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 14, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- A city marshal in Shreveport, Louisiana, cast doubt Sunday on reported sightings there of a man charged with murder in the death of a pregnant Marine. Authorities in North Carolina have charged Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean with murder in the death of.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 27, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

MSNBC -- Louisiana appears to be rebounding from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, gaining 50,000 residents in the year ending July 1, according to new Census Bureau state population estimates released Thursday. After the storm hit in August 2005, the burea.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Sep 22, 2007 @ 1:37pm neoform

CNN -- A Louisiana city that hosted many of the "Jena 6" protesters Thursday became the site of a racially charged incident of its own. Authorities in Alexandria, less than 40 miles southwest of Jena, arrested two people who were driving a red pickup Thursda.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Sep 18, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

USA Today -- Areas of Louisiana devastated by Hurricane Katrina could remain deserted as the state acquires nearly 19,000 storm-damaged homes in the nation's biggest post-disaster buyout, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The mass of deserted land — derelict homes and.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 14, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

USA Today -- While thousands of people in Louisiana and Texas will have a heavy cleanup job from the unexpected force of Hurricane Humberto, the storm's strongest effect could be an emotional one. Still rebuilding from past storms, communities throughout the region.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 5, 2007 @ 2:02pm neoform

CNN -- Six nuclear warheads on cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, military officials have confirmed. The plane took the cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base to B.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 14, 2007 @ 10:18pm neoform

FOX News -- Louisiana became the first American state to outlaw a late-term abortion procedure on Friday, when the governor approved legislation allowing doctors to be prosecuted for performing the surgery. The new law allows so-called "partial birth" abortions in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 24, 2007 @ 8:03pm neoform

Washington Post -- The massive federally funded program for rebuilding hurricane-damaged Louisiana homes is short nearly $3 billion largely because Louisiana officials are compensating thousands of homeowners who were not originally supposed to benefit, according to an anal.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri May 4, 2007 @ 2:26pm neoform

Lew Rockwell -- This past weekend found me in Natchitoches, Louisiana, the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase and the home of Lasyone’s, the restaurant which makes the world’s greatest meat pies. The residents of Natchitoches were having yet anothe.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Apr 14, 2007 @ 11:14am neoform

CNN -- A severe weather system blamed for one death plowed eastward Saturday, rattling Louisiana with strong thunderstorms as the Northeast prepared for possible coastal flooding. The storm blew across the southern Plains on Friday, piling snow a foot deep in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 9, 2007 @ 10:27am neoform

USA Today -- New Orleans and Louisiana, swamped when the city's storm protections failed during Hurricane Katrina, demand the federal government pay a damage bill that is more than double the entire cost of the massive Gulf Coast rebuilding effort. So many claims h.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 4:23pm neoform

FOX News -- Police investigating the disappearance of an Alabama minister's wife at a religious conference in Louisiana over the weekend do not believe she was the victim of foul play. Bossier City police spokesman Mark Natale said Wednesday that "something of a p.. Read More