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      <title><![CDATA[News Minute: Here is the latest Louisiana news from The Associated Press]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[This Hour: Latest Louisiana news, sports, business and entertainment]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mandeville pier won't reopen for Memorial Day]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Unexpected delays in the delivery of materials need to complete repairs to the Mandeville fishing pier means the site won&amp;#39;t be open to welcome anglers during the Memorial Day weekend.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DOTD installs enhanced equipment at sinkhole]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>State officials have installed enhanced monitoring equipment along Louisiana 70, near the Assumption Parish sinkhole.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[La. businessman charged over campaign donations]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Houma businessman accused of funneling campaign contributions to Louisiana&amp;#39;s two U.S. senators over the legal limit has been charged with making false statements to the Federal Elections Commission.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gretna man fined $62K for illegal longline fishing]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Federal authorities have fined a Gretna fishing captain $62,500 for allegedly using live bait on longline gear and possessing J-hooks and a permit to catch highly migratory species.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 03:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jindal declares NWLA emergency due to wind damage]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>After last week&amp;#39;s severe weather in Northwest Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency for the area.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate panel approves 2-cents tax on cell phones]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A new 2-cents monthly tax on cell phones to help provide services for people with hearing impairment has been approved by the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge won't let Orleans out of police reform pact]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A federal judge has refused to let the city of New Orleans out of a potentially expensive agreement to reform its troubled police department.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gulf anglers get longer red snapper season]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Gulf of Mexico anglers will have a longer red snapper season than they thought.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Famed N.O. restaurant's building sold at auction]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The building housing one of New Orleans&amp;#39; best-known restaurants has been sold at a sheriff&amp;#39;s auction.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[4 vehicles, 1 in lake in Pontchartrain accident]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A four-car accident on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway sent one car catapulting into the lake.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jindal adviser: LSU privatization deals on track]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Gov. Bobby Jindal&amp;#39;s top budget architect says the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing all but one of the 10 LSU-run hospitals.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Grand jury empaneled to review Medicaid contract]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Louisiana attorney general&amp;#39;s office says a special grand jury has been selected to look into possible criminal activity involving the award of a $200 million Medicaid contract by Gov. Bobby Jindal&amp;#39;s...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Margaritaville Biloxi turns one]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A year after thousands danced to the tunes of Jimmy Buffett at the May 22, 2012, opening of the Margaritaville Casino, crowds have thinned and management has changed.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2 booked in Rapides church break-in]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A man and woman have been arrested in connection with the burglary and vandalism of a church in Rapides Parish.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate rejects move to stop Common Core standards]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Louisiana Senate has killed a resolution that sought to keep the state from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing, called Common Core standards.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Airport exhibits about African-Americans in WW2]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A traveling exhibit about the Tuskegee Airmen is at New Orleans Lakefront Airport through Saturday. The African-American pilots and crews overcame prejudice to get training and to fly in combat during World War II.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NOAA predicts another busy hurricane season]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former Baton Rouge lawyer sentenced in fraud case]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>James M. Bernhard III has been sentenced to 27 months in prison Thursday for wire fraud in connection with the theft of over $453,000 from his former law firm&amp;#39;s trust account.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ascension man arrested in fatal beating of dog]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Ascension Parish sheriff&amp;#39;s deputies arrested a 25-year-old man accused of beating one of his dogs to death and dumping the animal&amp;#39;s taped-up body in an open field.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vicksburg marks anniversary of Civil War siege]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Mississippi River town of Vicksburg is holding several events this week to mark the 150th anniversary of its siege during the Civil War.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sinkhole lawsuits to get class-action status]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A federal judge in New Orleans says he will grant class-action status to four lawsuits filed over issues raised by the Assumption Parish sinkhole. That&amp;#39;s according to a new court filing Wednesday.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DeRidder man killed in Beauregard Parish crash]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>State police say a 27-year-old DeRidder man was killed after his truck struck an SUV in Beauregard Parish.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Landrieu seeks to delay flood insurance increases]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Sen. Mary Landrieu filed legislation this week to delay flood insurance increases for many residents and businesses in southern Louisiana that officials fear could begin skyrocketing at the end of the year.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate rejects end of federal sugar program]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Louisiana&amp;#39;s $3.5 billion sugarcane and sugar mill industries could breathe a sigh of relief after an effort to effectively end the federal sugar program was defeated on the Senate floor.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Republicans chafe over financial statement request]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Louisiana&amp;#39;s Republican Party is blasting the legislative auditor&amp;#39;s office after both the GOP and the state Democratic Party were asked to turn over financial statements to comply with a long-overlooked law.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-cop's sentence reduced in kickback scam]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A former New Orleans police captain who was convicted of plotting to arrange a contract to provide security for Entergy at inflated rates and then skim off the top has had his prison sentence reduced by more than three years.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Truck driver pleads guilty to mail theft]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Federal prosecutors say a driver hired to transport mail admitted to stealing parcels from the post office in Gray.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Baton Rouge council purchases hospital]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The former Woman&amp;#39;s Hospital is officially on its way to becoming a new public safety complex for Baton Rouge Police and the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff&amp;#39;s Office.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man gets 8 months for failing to file income taxes]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Former Denham Springs man has been sentenced in Baton Rouge to eight months in federal prison after admitting that he did not file income tax returns on $2.3 million he earned over a four-year-period.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-bookkeeper admits theft, sentenced to 30 months]]></title>
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      <description>A former bookkeeper for a Baton Rouge firm has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after admitting she stole over $217,000 from her employer and an insurance company.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Angola guard arrested in Livingston home invasion]]></title>
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      <description>Authorities say a 40-year-old corrections officer assigned to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola has been arrested in a Livingston Parish home invasion case.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ascension Parish hiring 50 new teachers]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Ascension Parish is looking to hire 50 new teachers.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[St. Amant church parking lot used for drug deals]]></title>
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      <description>Ascension Parish deputies have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly dealing prescription pills out of a church parking lot.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man found fatally shot in car on I-10]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>New Orleans police are investigating a fatal shooting on Interstate 10.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[No big winners in Wed. Lotto, Powerball drawings]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 06:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Louisiana Lottery Corp. reports that nobody won the major jackpots in the Louisiana Lotto and multistate Powerball drawings Wednesday night.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[9 horses die in Lafayette barn fire]]></title>
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      <description>Lafayette firefighters say nine horses died in a barn fire.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pollock man killed in Grant Parish crash]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 06:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>State police are investigating a single vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Pollock man.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Inmate with cancer dies in custody]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 06:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A 50-year-old man in Orleans Parish custody has died of cancer.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man faces murder charge in toddler's death]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 06:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A 24-year-old man has been arrested, accused in the death of his girlfriend&amp;#39;s 20-month-old son.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bollinger delivers 6th cutter to Coast Guard]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the sixth fast response cutter to the U.S. Coast Guard.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Using jazz to teach concepts of democracy]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Loyola University of New Orleans faculty member is among educators and musicians who teamed this week to use elements of jazz to teach the concept of democracy.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trial postponed for alleged N.O. drug ring members]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A federal judge has postponed the trial of several alleged members of a violent New Orleans drug ring, including a man once described by police as one of the city&amp;#39;s most dangerous criminals.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sports Minute: Here is the latest Louisiana sports news from The Associated Press]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Demarcus Henderson and Wes Rea both had RBI singles in the ninth inning to lift Mississippi State to a 5-3 win over South Carolina Wednesday night in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. The Bulldogs...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bill to regulate surrogacy nearing final passage]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The House has backed a proposal to create the regulatory framework for surrogacy births in Louisiana, edging the bill one step from final passage.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate approves revamped equal pay for women bill]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:35:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A week after rejecting a bill that would have prohibited employers from paying unequal wages for the same job based on gender, the Louisiana Senate reworked the proposal to apply only to state employees.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Effort to stop Common Core standards advances]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>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.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jindal-pushed retirement change delayed by a year]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Gov. Bobby Jindal&amp;#39;s push to shift future rank-and-file state workers to a 401(k)-style retirement plan won&amp;#39;t take effect this year.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Online account privacy bill dies in committee]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:50:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A proposal to ban employers and schools from demanding access to personal online accounts has been scrapped.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New elephant joins 3 others at National Zoo in DC]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A new Asian elephant has arrived at the National Zoo in Washington, reuniting her with another elephant she once lived with in Sri Lanka.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[College tuition hike bills scrapped for session]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 17:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Attempts to raise tuition at Louisiana&amp;#39;s public colleges appear dead for the session, despite concerns about repeated rounds of cuts to schools.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[3 face charges in Oak Hill High vandalism case]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Rapides Parish Sheriff&amp;#39;s Office says two 20-year-olds and a 17-year-old are accused of vandalizing Oak Hill High School last month.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[La Red Cross workers go to OK for tornado relief]]></title>
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      <description>Ten American Red Cross volunteers from south Louisiana and one from Monroe have left to help residents of Moore, Okla., which was devastated by a tornado.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Police: New Orleans judge carjacked outside home]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police say they have arrested three teenagers suspected of carjacking a New Orleans judge outside his home in the city&amp;#39;s Carrollton neighborhood.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Test results up overall; voucher schools flat]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>State education officials say the number of Louisiana public school students performing at grade level nudged up from 68 percent to 69 percent in the latest round of standardized test scores.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Orphaned bobcat kittens ride the rails to Illinois]]></title>
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      <description>A pair of orphaned bobcat kittens is being cared for at the University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Center and they may have made a long trip to get there.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[BP protester settles suit alleging retaliation]]></title>
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      <description>A woman has reached a lawsuit settlement with a south Mississippi city where she says police arrested her for protesting the BP oil spill then arrested her again in retaliation for suing.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Caddo Parish School Board delays budget vote]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Caddo Parish School Board has delayed voting on its $479 million budget.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Texas pastor pleads guilty to online soliciting]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An East Texas pastor faces up to 10 years in prison for an online chat from church with an alleged 14-year-old girl who turned out to be a Louisiana trooper.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Woman pleads guilty to manslaughter]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A 32-year-old Slidell woman charged with beating and stabbing a 50-year-old woman to death in 2005 during an argument over crack cocaine has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suspect in St. John deputy ambush pleads guilty]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>One of the suspects charged in the deadly ambush last August that claimed the lives of two St. John Parish sheriff&amp;#39;s deputies and the wounding of two others has pleaded guilty.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Slidell retirement home employee booked with theft]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A 52-year-old Slidell retirement home employee is facing several theft charges after police say she stole jewelry and a digital camera from residents and then sold the items to local pawn shops.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Board delays vote on superintendent's contract]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Monroe City School Board will hold a special meeting to finalize its contract with superintendent-elect Brent Vidrine.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man found guilty of molestation of a juvenile]]></title>
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      <description>A 37-year-old Lake Charles man accused of raping two young girls has been found guilty of a lesser charge.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Four schools will close as part of a cost-saving plan approved by the Terrebonne Parish School Board.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hammond's proposed budget calls for pay hikes]]></title>
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      <description>Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster&amp;#39;s proposed budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year calls for raising the pay of city employees even though their wage hikes once again will not reflect national cost-of-living index gains.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Roads disputes Police Jury road tax move]]></title>
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      <description>The New Roads City Council has approved a resolution asking the Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury to overturn a resolution it recently adopted seeking to raise the amount of taxes New Roads residents pay for street and road...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[PSC approves settlement with Entergy Gulf States]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:02:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>State regulators have approved a settlement that would lower Entergy&amp;#39;s profit margin, pay a refund and roll back rates for about 92,000 natural gas customers in Baton Rouge.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suspect in bar-fight death surrenders]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police say a 27-year-old Baton Rouge man accused of punching a man during a bar fight who later died of his injuries has surrendered to authorities.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lafayette council approves traffic amnesty period]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Drivers have until June 30 to pay thousands of delinquent traffic camera and parking tickets without late penalties before the start of proposed stricter collection policy.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iberville approves $19.6M Ochsner Health Center]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Iberville Parish Council has awarded the construction bid for the new $19.6 million Ochsner Health System clinic to Lincoln Builders.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[West Feliciana joins school cooperative]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The West Feliciana Parish School Board has agreed to join a cooperative of Louisiana school districts that hope to save money through bulk purchases of computers and software and by devising curriculum and online courses.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rapides school board passes restructuring plan]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Rapides Parish School Board has approved a plan that will restructure the school district.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Storms move across La., Miss.]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 06:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A line of thunderstorms continues to move across Louisiana and Mississippi bringing with it heavy rain and high winds.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Authorities push seatbelt safety]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Between now and June 2, officers from 132 agencies will participate in the state&amp;#39;s largest-ever concentrated effort to increase the use of seatbelts.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[$100K donor spurs new gifts for Loyola]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Loyola University in New Orleans says a recent $100,000 donation to the university came with one big condition.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[La. restaurant chain to pay $100K in back wages]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Louisiana-based restaurant chain has agreed to pay more than $100,000 in back wages to 135 chefs and servers following a Labor Department investigation.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Legislation targets new Planned Parenthood clinic]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Lawmakers are looking for ways to stall or at least slow down Planned Parenthood&amp;#39;s construction of a new facility in Louisiana that would provide abortions in addition to other health care services for women.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-DeSoto school official sentenced in drug case]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A former DeSoto Parish School Board member has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison and three years of supervised release for distributing cocaine.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[House overwhelmingly refuses to expand Medicaid]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>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.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate defers gun bill ban on federal oversight]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Senators have delayed a vote on a controversial bill that would prohibit enforcement in Louisiana of any federal bans on assault weapons.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cannon fire to be heard at state Capitol]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Louisiana State Police say cannon fire will be heard in downtown Baton Rouge Thursday morning as the state House of Representatives remember the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[La. drivers can't tweet or post to Facebook]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Motorists in Louisiana will have to add tweets and Facebook updates to the list of activity banned while driving, in addition to texting.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jindal: Marine contractor plans $30M expansion]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An oilfield service company plans a new $10 million headquarters in Gray and a $20 million manufacturing and fabrication plant at a Louisiana port.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[No helmets required for Elio vehicle occupants]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Drivers of the Elio, a three-wheeled vehicle to be manufactured in Shreveport, won&amp;#39;t have to wear helmets.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indian guest workers sue company in Miss., Texas]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Dozens of Indian guest workers are suing an Alabama-based marine and fabrication company, claiming it financially exploited them and forced them to live in squalid conditions after bringing them to work at Gulf Coast...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[PSC to revisit energy efficiency program debate]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 16:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The state&amp;#39;s utility regulatory agency will reconsider a decision to shelve a planned statewide energy efficiency program.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cleco sends crews to help in wake of OKC tornado]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Cleco Corp. is sending a 34-member crew to Oklahoma City to help Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company restore power to customers after a tornado destroyed its electric system.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>By The Associated Press Here are the tide predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Service for principal points along the Gulf of Mexico for Thursday, May 30, 2013.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>By The Associated Press Here are the tide predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Service for principal points along the Gulf of Mexico for Saturday, May 25, 2013.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>By The Associated Press Here are the tide predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Service for principal points along the Gulf of Mexico for Friday, May 24, 2013.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>By The Associated Press Here are the tide predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Service for principal points along the Gulf of Mexico for Wednesday, May 29, 2013.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>By The Associated Press Here are the tide predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Service for principal points along the Gulf of Mexico for Sunday, May 26, 2013.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>By The Associated Press Here are the tide predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Service for principal points along the Gulf of Mexico for Tuesday, May 28, 2013.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>By The Associated Press Here are the tide predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Service for principal points along the Gulf of Mexico for Monday, May 27, 2013.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raceland woman dies after car crash]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>State police say a 24-year-old Raceland woman has died from injuries she suffered in a head-on collision April 27 with a driver troopers allege was drunk.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senators reject new school funding formula]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Senators have killed a $3.5 billion public school funding proposal submitted to lawmakers by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Deputies investigate 2 slayings in Harvey]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Jefferson Parish sheriff&amp;#39;s detectives are seeking information about the deaths of a man found in a Harvey field and another man shot once in the chest inside his garage two miles away.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Police: Intoxicated mom left baby in vehicle]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>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.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DeSoto board to discuss desegregation order]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>DeSoto Parish School Board members will hold a special meeting to discuss its desegregation order where it relates to proposed school construction and enforcement of Mansfield school attendance zones.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Christus to close main Shreveport hospital]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Christus Health will close Sutton Children&amp;#39;s Medical Center in Shreveport as it moves services from Christus Schumpert St. Mary Place to south Shreveport and Bossier City.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Orleans IG appointed to new term]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The New Orleans Ethics Review Board voted 4-0 to reappoint Ed Quatrevaux as the city&amp;#39;s inspector general for a second four-year term. Quatrevaux was hired in 2009; his new term will begin in October.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lawsuit against St. Bernard president dismissed]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A federal judge has dismissed former St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro&amp;#39;s defamation lawsuit against current Parish President Dave Peralta and several other parish employees.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cuts needed to align Monroe school budget]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Reductions in the number of employees, possible school closures and cuts to services including food and transportation are all possibilities as Monroe City Schools superintendent-elect Brent Vidrine takes the helm of the...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seniors accused in Comeaux High vandalism]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police say 19 Comeaux High seniors face misdemeanor charges after they allegedly vandalized the school over the weekend.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lafayette council considers 30-day amnesty]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Lafayette City-Parish Council is expected to consider a 30-day amnesty period for motorists who are late paying red-light camera fines, and to consider splitting late fees with contractor Redflex if the company shares...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge to hear request to expand Eastside]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The proposal to expand Hammond Eastside Middle School to eighth grade will be discussed in federal court May 29 in New Orleans.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Eunice man killed, 2 others wounded in shooting]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An 18-year-old Eunice man was shot and later died after he and two others were attacked in the small Acadia Parish community of Branch north of Rayne.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[More tornadoes in forecast for central US Tuesday]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this week.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[West Feliciana police jury tables charter vote]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 07:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The West Feliciana Parish Police Jury has table an attempt to call an Oct. 19 election to possibly repeal the home-rule charter voters approved by a 337-vote margin on Nov. 6.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Elite getting incentives for Metro Airport flights]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Baton Rouge Metro Airport will give a standard incentive package to Elite Airways when the company begins flying out of the market in July.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Iberia woman sentenced in tax refund scheme]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A 40-year-old New Iberia woman has been sentenced to 26 months in prison in a tax refund scheme that netted $77,349 that the woman used for gambling expenses.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[1 killed, 3 injured in Tangipahoa Parish crash]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>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.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DeQuincy man faces stalking-related charges]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A 42-year-old DeQuincy man is facing dozens of stalking-related charges after officials allege he followed the Glenmora-area victim throughout Rapides Parish.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[$3K reward for whooping crane killer in N La.]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>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 here.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Louisiana authorities have suspended the explosives licenses of a company accused of improperly storing millions of pounds of a military propellant in Louisiana.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tibetan monks in Baton Rouge without Dalai Lama]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ksla.com/story/22305210/tibetan-monks-in-baton-rouge-without-dalai-lama</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A dozen Tibetan monks are in Baton Rouge. They&amp;#39;re spending five days creating an intricate artwork from colored sand, only to destroy it.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[St Tam coroner to turn over 80K emails]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Lawyers say St. Tammany Parish Coroner Peter Galvan has agreed to give nearly 80,000 emails to the state legislative auditor by Friday morning, and to have a judge decide whether another 2,000 should be turned over.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man accused of setting church fire during service]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>New Orleans Fire Department Superintendent Charles Parent says that when a man set fire to church doors during a service, some churchgoers put out the fire and others followed the man until police arrested him.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Court fight over $ for Orleans jail fixes delayed]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A federal judge has delayed a hearing about the cost of Orleans Parish jail reforms and who should pay for them.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reward offered in killing of whooping crane in La.]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>State and federal authorities are offering a $3,000 reward for information about whoever shot and killed a whooping crane along the Red River in northwest Louisiana.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[No bond for ex-RB Collins: probation hearing Jul 1]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ksla.com/story/22303456/no-bond-for-ex-rb-collins-probation-hearing-jul-1</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Louisiana judge has ordered former Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins held without bond until a probation hearing July 1.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Palisades water tank repairs take to early summer]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Operators of the idled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Michigan say repairs to a tank that leaked slightly radioactive water into Lake Michigan will take until early summer to complete.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Casinos win $35.8M less in April than in March]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Louisiana&amp;#39;s state-regulated casinos all won less money in April than in March. The drop totals $35.8 million.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Proposals would limit cuts in Medicaid program]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>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.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judge tosses ex-BP executive's obstruction charge]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A federal judge has dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil leaking in 2010 from the company&amp;#39;s...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[APNewsBreak: La. suspends explosives license]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Louisiana authorities have suspended the explosives licenses of a company accused of improperly storing millions of pounds of a military propellant in Louisiana.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jindal orders review for dome operator Texas Brine]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Gov. Bobby Jindal has ordered a review of permits issued to Texas Brine, the operator of a collapsed salt dome in Assumption Parish that authorities say caused a 15-acre sinkhole.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULL primate center pays $38K fine]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The University of Louisiana-Lafayette&amp;#39;s primate center has paid a $38,571 fine for the deaths of three rhesus monkeys in May 2011 and an injury last year to a chimpanzee.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Simmesport man arrested on marijuana charge]]></title>
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      <description>Avoyelles Parish sheriff&amp;#39;s deputies say they found 4 pounds of marijuana during a search of a home in Simmesport.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[1 killed, 1 hurt when car hits tree]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>One man was killed and another was injured in a one-car crash Monday morning in Ouachita Parish.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Teen held in Lafourche vehicle burglaries]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A Thibodaux teenager has been arrested in connection with vehicle burglaries during a thunderstorm.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Houma Police chased a wayward pony around a neighborhood Monday morning, but were able to round up the animal and return him to his owners.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Senate budget committee stalls Medicaid expansion]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A proposal for Louisiana to tap into federal health overhaul money available for expanding Medicaid has been stalled by senators.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New scam charges $83 for deed copy]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A new scam has emerged in St. Landry Parish in the form of letters directing the recipient to pay a firm $83 for a copy of a deed to their property.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Audit: DOE skipped steps in monitoring charters]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A new audit says the state education department had gaps in its monitoring of the academic performance of Louisiana&amp;#39;s charter schools.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Education official commutes from LA to BR]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A top official of the state Department of Education lives in Los Angeles and commutes to his office in Baton Rouge.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pineville man booked with home improvement fraud]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Rapides Parish sheriff&amp;#39;s deputies say a complaint from a homeowner who contracted a Pineville man for repairs after the Christmas 2012 tornado damaged his home has resulted in an arrest.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[LSU board member can keep role and lead foundation]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Louisiana&amp;#39;s ethics board says an LSU Board of Supervisors member can serve on the governing board and also lead a private group that wants to take over operation of LSU&amp;#39;s Shreveport hospital.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Margaritaville construction in final stages]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The grand opening for Margaritaville Resort Casino in Bossier City is set for the week of July 4.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Man accused of firing gun at crowd]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A 19-year-old man accused of firing 12 shots into a crowd of almost 20 people and striking two victims at a gas station Sunday surrendered to authorities early Monday.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suspect in Shreveport slaying arrested]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police say a man sought in connection with the fatal shooting Thursday of a 20-year-old Shreveport man is in police custody following a traffic stop.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Victim in Friday car wreck dies]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A 39-year-old Bossier City man injured in a single-vehicle wreck on the Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway last week has died.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[3 arrested in Grambling post office break-in]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Grambling police have arrested three people accused of breaking into a post office.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time to stock up on hurricane items]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Shoppers can prepare for the hurricane season while saving some pennies during the Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Services extended to undeveloped area of Scott]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:39:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The city of Scott is moving north.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[State police commander receives national award]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:23:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Louisiana State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson has received the Buford Pusser National Law Enforcement Award for his efforts to promote partnerships among local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Baker woman booked with child desertion]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Baker police arrested a 25-year-old woman accused of locking her four children out of her residence when she was not home.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ascension considers getting into utility business]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 07:07:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Ascension Parish government officials, already trying to pull together the early pieces of a parish-wide sewer system, also have been investigating the possibility of getting into the natural gas and water business.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marksville escapee captured]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A 21-year-old inmate who escaped Friday from a work detail in Marksville has been captured.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New problems found at Alexandria Housing Authority]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>An audit of the Alexandria Housing Authority found 29 deficiencies for fiscal year 2012 and cites 18 unresolved issues from the fiscal years 2009, 2010 and 2010.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Rapides school supt. offers restructuring plan]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Incoming Rapides Parish schools Superintendent Nason Authement is planning to create four "school turnaround teams" as part of a restructuring of the district&amp;#39;s central office.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[La. offers workshops on wetland management]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will offer present wetland management workshops in May and June at three locations.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blimp talk set for Tuesday in Houma]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A blimp expert will lead a discussion Tuesday on the Houma naval air station&amp;#39;s role during World War II.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[McNeese plans freshmen orientation sessions]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>McNeese State University will offer five orientation sessions for incoming freshmen attending their first classes during the fall semester.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Corps to discuss hurricane protection study]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Army Corps of Engineers will meet Tuesday with residents about a study that looks at ways to reduce the risks from hurricane and storm surge in St. James and St. John the Baptist parishes.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Amtrak reports minor train derailment in Chicago]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Amtrak officials say a train departing from New Orleans derailed not far from Chicago&amp;#39;s Union Station.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Suspect booked in Shreveport man's fatal shooting]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 16:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Police have arrested a suspect in a Shreveport man&amp;#39;s fatal shooting.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sulphur will buy 4 SUVs for police]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 16:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The City Council has voted to use the general fund to buy four police vehicles.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Report: VA hospital in N.O. is $370M over budget]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>A government report says construction of a new Veterans Affairs hospital in New Orleans is $370 million over budget and 14 months behind schedule.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Business leaders back plan for corridor]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Economic leaders are supporting a master plan proposal being considered by the Livingston Parish Council.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zachary to farm out expelled students]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Zachary Community School Board will hire a private academy to provide programs for middle- and high-school students who are expelled from their regular schools.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beach to open in Caldwell Parish]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>The Army Corps of Engineers plans to open the Riverton Beach area for the summer on Monday.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[8-year-old accidentally shot by brother in B.R.]]></title>
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      <description>Authorities say a 12-year-old boy accidentally shot his 8-year-old brother with a gun he found in a closet at his grandparents&amp;#39; Baton Rouge home.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Interest in charter schools soars in B.R.]]></title>
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      <description>The state Department of Education says 35 organizations have submitted applications to start about 100 new charter schools in 19 parishes.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Off-duty Lafayette police officer dies in crash]]></title>
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      <description>An off-duty Lafayette police officer has died in a motorcycle crash in Iberville Parish.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Walker will donate land for dog park]]></title>
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      <description>Dogs in Walker will soon have a playground all to themselves.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Organizers formally launch coroner recall effort]]></title>
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      <description>Organizers of an effort to recall the St. Tammany Parish coroner say they&amp;#39;re encouraged by the response to Saturday&amp;#39;s kickoff.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tangipahoa schools struggle with budget]]></title>
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      <description>The Tangipahoa Parish School Board will use rededicated sales tax revenue, cuts to transportation services, elimination of a perfect-attendance salary bonus and a one-time reduction in the board-mandated minimum fund balance...</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ministry drops  plan for Denham Springs site]]></title>
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      <description>A religious organization has withdrawn an application seeking the city&amp;#39;s consent to open a home for young women.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Program offers free meals in Denham Springs]]></title>
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      <description>Youngsters in the Livingston Parish city will be able to get free meals this summer through a federally financed program.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Student named to Southern board seat]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Southern University student Simone Bray will serve as the student member of the Southern University Board of Supervisors.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Handgun class offered in Lafourche]]></title>
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      <description>The Lafourche Parish Sheriff&amp;#39;s Office will offer a handgun training course on June 1.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Parents may go back to school in St. Helena]]></title>
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      <description>Parents of St. Helena Parish public school students soon could have a school of their own to attend.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[West 77th neighbors beg for community violence to stop]]></title>
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      <description>More than 40 people gathered at a candle light vigil Thursday night, to not only remember Johnson, but also encourage the young people to put their guns down.</description>
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      <description>Filming for the 1976 remake of "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" will disrupt traffic at several Shreveport locations between May 29 and June 18.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[SPD: Store clerk attacked during robbery]]></title>
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      <description>Shreveport Police are looking for two men they say beat a convenience store clerk while robbing the store early Wednesday in West Shreveport.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[3 Coushatta residents nabbed in month-long drug probe]]></title>
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      <description>Red River Parish Sheriff&amp;#39;s Deputies arrested 3 Coushatta residents Wednesday on numerous felony drug charges, the office announced Thursday.</description>
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      <description>The donation drives and collections continue around the ArkLaTex for the victims of the Moore, OK tornado.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
      <description>Shreveport Police have identified the woman killed Wednesday night in a wreck on West 70th Street.</description>
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      <description>The Red River is on the rise, right in time for Memorial Day. The Caddo Parish Sheriff&amp;#39;s Office let KSLA News 12 on their boat to see why that can be dangerous for boaters.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[State Police share Clyde Barrow's fingerprint card on 79th anniversary of death]]></title>
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