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The State of Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. The capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge and the most populous city is New Orleans based on March 2007 population data of 255,000 people. The largest parish by population is Jefferson Parish and largest by land area is Terrebonne Parish (Louisiana is the only state that has parishes instead of counties). The New Orleans metropolitan area is Louisiana's largest metro area.

 

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Local News from WAFB Baton Rouge via Yahoo! News

Man indicted after wife eaten by maggots

Sep 3, 2010 6:43 pm

A Madisonville man has been indicted afterinvestigators say his wife waseaten to death by maggots.

 

Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill

Sep 3, 2010 5:58 pm

Stark differences exist between the oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico and the blast that led to the massive BP spill. Most notably, no one was killed and no crude was gushing into the water, but...

 

Prof in Miami scare once accused of hauling plague

Sep 3, 2010 5:58 pm

A scientist detained at Miami International Airport because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement official said...

 

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored

Sep 3, 2010 5:58 pm

U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about condit...

 

Police: Man shoots wife and her boyfriend at hospital

Sep 3, 2010 6:43 am

Police said Darrell Garner, 36, of Baker went to a hospital room inside Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City, argued with his estranged wife and her boyfriend, and then shot both of them.

 

Some license refunds going to people who didn't pay higher fee

Sep 2, 2010 10:43 pm

In the last year, getting a Louisiana license cost drivers an extra $15. State Police said the fee was for additional background checks. The Office of Motor Vehicles was ordered to refund the money af...

 

Temporary cap that stopped oil gusher removed

Sep 2, 2010 9:58 pm

Engineers have removed a temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July.

 

Rescue boat captain: Platform crew jumped in water

Sep 2, 2010 9:43 pm

The captain of a boat that rescued 13 crew members who escaped an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico says the blast aboard the vessel was so sudden that they didn't have time to get in a lifeboat.

 

Overloaded extension cord causes house fire

Sep 2, 2010 8:58 pm

An overloaded extension cord is to blame for a house fire early Thursday morning.

 

Oil rig platform catches fire in Gulf of Mexico

Sep 2, 2010 3:44 pm

The Coast Guard responded to an oilrig fire in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday. The rig is located about 90 miles south of Vermilion Bay. There were 13 workers on the rig at the time. All were safely resc...

 
 

Local News from The Shreveport Times via Yahoo! News

State GOP endorses Landry in 3rd District race

Sep 3, 2010 2:01 pm

BATON ROUGE The state Republican Party on Thursday backed congressional candidate Jeff Landry for the GOP nomination in a southeastern Louisiana district, in a move designed to pressure Republican Hu...

 

Bossier board votes to keep millage rates the same

Sep 3, 2010 11:33 am

Voting to keep tax levels the same while increasing expenditures was the topic of debate at Thursday's meeting of the Bossier School Board. The panel, left with the option to roll forward the millages...

 

Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued

Sep 3, 2010 11:32 am

NEW ORLEANS An oil platform exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. All 13 crew members were rescued from t...

 

Stroller: Friday, Sept. 3, 2010

Sep 3, 2010 7:03 am

Celebrating a birthday today: ERNEST L. WILLIAMS, Ph.D., of Shreveport. ... EARNESTINE JOHNSON, of Bossier City. ... THE REV. CHARLES C. QUEENS, of Los Angeles, CA. ... JONESSA WALKER WILCOX, of Shrev...

 

Community briefly: Photography begins for 'Trespass' thriller

Sep 3, 2010 7:03 am

Principal photography for "Trespass" has begun this week in Shreveport. The new thriller from Nu Image, Inc./Millennium Films stars Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage and is direct...

 

Port City Classic helping fill hotel rooms

Sep 3, 2010 7:03 am

Hotels in the area are nearly at capacity, and tourism officials are confident the area will have 100 percent occupancy over the Labor Day weekend.

 

Fire out, workers safe, sheen disappears

Sep 3, 2010 7:03 am

BATON ROUGE Quick action Thursday extinguishing a fire on a production platform in the Gulf of Mexico averted what was initially feared to be a possible second environmental disaster in four months.

 

Environmental groups question oyster safety

Sep 3, 2010 7:02 am

NEW ORLEANS Sampling by environmental groups has found oysters contaminated with oil along the Louisiana coast befouled by the BP PLC oil spill, a finding that casts doubt on statements by state and ...

 

Region briefs: 'Haynesville' screening free of charge

Sep 3, 2010 7:02 am

"Haynesville: A Nation's Hunt for an Energy Future" will be shown in the DeSoto Parish courthouse's courtroom, 101 Texas St., today.

 

Fishing reopened in 5,130 square miles of Gulf

Sep 3, 2010 7:02 am

MIAMI Fishing and shrimping can resume in federal waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico stretching from Louisiana's far eastern shore into Florida's Panhandle, authorities said Thursday.

 
 

Local News for Lafayette, Louisiana from theadvertiser.com

Two injuries reported in industrial incident in Duson

Sep 3, 2010 7:01 pm

Two workers were injured Friday afternoon in an apparent industrial incident in Duson.

 

Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill

Sep 3, 2010 2:55 pm

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.

 

UPDATED: 2 shot at Baton Rouge hospital early Friday

Sep 3, 2010 2:52 pm

BATON ROUGE (AP) ? Baton Rouge police say a gunman went into a hospital room where his estranged wife was visiting her 17-year-old son and shot the woman and her boyfriend, critically injuring the bo...

 

Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises

Sep 3, 2010 2:49 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose ...

 

The Give Project Party

Sep 3, 2010 2:07 pm

The Give Project Party. 6 p.m. Sept. 5. The kick-off party for The Give Project, a social networking connection that allows individuals to give freely to one another. No cover and music by 80 Proof an...

 
 

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