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Police: Papers seized from Klan leader accused of murder

Authorities say they confiscated documents related to the Ku Klux Klan from the Louisiana home of a man accused of killing a woman who tried to join the group.

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It's Election Day in Louisiana

Four weeks and four days after the November 4 elections, it's Election Day all over again in Louisiana.

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Noose found on desk of Louisiana homeland security employee

A noose was found Wednesday on the desk of an African-American supervisor at the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, according to the agency's director.

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Louisiana barge workers find wreck; 5 boaters dead

Five people were killed when their boat struck a barge in southern Louisiana, the Terrebonne Parish sheriff said Thursday.

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Removing a justice of the peace in Louisiana no cakewalk

Two disgruntled Louisiana newlyweds have called for the dismissal of a justice of the peace who refused to marry the interracial couple, and have even been joined in their fight by the governor, who...

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Gulf Coast birds in danger

Humans have always looked to birds for joy, inspiration and comfort, but if we look toward the birds of the Gulf Coast today, we feel no comfort, only a deep and growing unease.

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Oil spill changes everything

The oil disaster plaguing the Gulf of Mexico and our coastal states puts our desperate need for a new clean energy economy in stark relief. We need to move away from dirty, dangerous and deadly energy...

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Wind shift threatens Louisiana coast with oil slick, governor says

A wind shift could push more oil from BP's Deepwater Horizon gusher into the Mississippi Delta and areas west of the river, which is "bad news for Louisiana," Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday afternoon.

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Louisiana demands federal action on dredge plan

Frustrated Louisiana officials Sunday demanded the federal government approve their plans to dredge up walls of sand to protect delicate inland estuaries from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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Feds give partial OK to Louisiana dredge plan

The federal government gave partial approval Thursday to Louisiana's plan to keep oil out of coastal estuaries by dredging up new barrier islands, the official leading the government's response to the...

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Investigation under way into sick oil workers

Seven oil spill recovery workers who were hospitalized in New Orleans after complaining of feeling ill were properly trained and had protective gear on, according to the the federal on-scene...

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States change applications for Round Two of Race to the Top

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again -- especially if the end result is a portion of $3.4 billion to be used for education in your state.

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Louisiana gets White House OK for dredge plan

The White House has ordered BP to fully fund Louisiana's plan to dredge up walls of sand to protect coastal marshes from the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced...

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At wildlife rehab center, oiled pelicans get a second chance

The sign out front points the way: birds, please enter to the right; humans, enter on the left.

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Louisiana fighting the flow of oil with sandbags

There's a constant thunder of helicopters this weekend around Scofield Island and Pelican Island on the Louisiana coast.

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Louisiana demands justice, not charity

Henry Ford once described history as "one damned thing after another." And he didn't even live in Louisiana.

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Brown pelican long a symbol of survival

Long before the brown pelican came to symbolize the tragedy of the Gulf oil spill, the giant bird stood for something much greater: survival against all odds.

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Louisiana cleanup crews trampled pelican nests, official says

Crews cleaning up the oil in one Louisiana parish have trampled the nests and eggs of birds including the brown pelican, which came off the endangered species list last year, the head of the parish...

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Louisiana lawmakers propose prayer to stop oil disaster

While cleanup crews and technical teams continue efforts to stop crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana lawmakers are proposing a different approach: prayer.

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162 cases of illness linked to oil spill reported in Louisiana

Exposure to the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has resulted in 162 cases of illnesses reported to the Louisiana state health department, according to a report released Monday. Of those cases, 128...

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The boom and gloom Louisiana economy

The closer you get to the sea in Louisiana, the angrier the rhetoric on the homemade signs posted by the side of the road. From, "BP, your mother nature said to clean your room," to, "Cannot fish or...

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Advocates sue Louisiana school officials for handcuffing child

Rights advocates filed a class-action lawsuit against Louisiana school officials for repeatedly handcuffing and shackling a 6-year-old boy, attorneys for the advocates said Thursday.

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Gulf storm system becomes tropical depression

The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico as the fifth tropical depression of the Atlantic hurricane season formed in the southeastern...

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Commercial fishing resumes in some Louisiana parishes

Several commercial fishing areas that were closed because of the BP oil spill had an "emergency reopening" Saturday, Louisiana officials said.

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Five years later, Gulf coast gets more help for Katrina damage

Just five days before the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating assault on the Gulf coast, millions of dollars are heading to public and private projects for Louisianans still trying to...

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Primary voters set to head to polls in Louisiana, West Virginia

Primary voters are set to head to the polls this weekend, this time in Louisiana and West Virginia.

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Investing for a grandson's education

Q: We'd like to invest $100 a month for our new grandson's education. What's the best way to do it? -- Shari J., New Orleans

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Louisiana guide charged with hunting threatened alligators

A licensed Louisiana alligator hunter and guide who took clients on sport hunts has been indicted on three counts of violating federal laws protecting the threatened American alligator.

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Lady Godiva arrested after stealing cab

A naked woman took a Louisiana cab on a joyride this week, police said.

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At least 2 Louisiana students critically hurt when truck hits bus

A tractor-trailer slammed into a school bus driven by the mayor of a Louisiana town Friday morning, critically injuring two children.

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Louisiana officials: Parts of coastline still heavily oiled

More than eight months after an oil rig explosion launched the biggest oil disaster in U.S. history, Louisiana officials say they're still finding thick layers of oil along parts of the state's coastline.

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Mother killed protecting daughter during tornado, mayor says

A mother died trying to protect her daughter when a tornado hit her home, a Louisiana mayor said, one of at least two twisters tied to a weather system that's caused major damage in the state and...

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Cleanup work continues in Louisiana city after tornado

Utility companies will return Sunday to restore power in parts of Rayne, Louisiana, after a tornado pummelled the region, killing at least one person.

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Decapitated bald eagle found in Louisiana ditch

A brutal, fatal case of suspected cruelty to animals is under investigation in Louisiana, the state's wildlife department said in a press release Tuesday.

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Louisiana doctor describes clusters of ailments among Gulf residents

Some Gulf Coast residents and former clean-up workers are suffering from an array of mysterious illnesses, according to a Louisiana physician who has treated dozens of patients complaining of similar...

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Louisiana braces for flooding onslaught

Residents of the Atchafalaya Basin in south-central Louisiana, already urged to evacuate, late Thursday awaited a formal decision on whether a spillway will be opened, sending millions of gallons of...

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For Louisiana town, a collective gasp as it braces for floodwaters

On a two-lane road that cuts through a dense forest of Louisiana cypress trees, intermingled with narrow, dark creeks, sits a small community trapped in the path of a looming disaster.

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Wildlife rush for high ground in flood areas

Please don't feed the animals. Or touch them. Or do anything to keep them from crossing levees to escape rising floodwaters.

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In Louisiana, Corps closes last bays at Bonnet Carre Spillway

The Army Corps of Engineers on Monday closed the last floodgates on Louisiana's Bonnet Carre Spillway, which was opened May 9 to prevent the Mississippi River from flooding New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

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Louisiana police recover homemade bombs at accident site

Ten homemade pipe bombs were found in a pickup truck that wrecked in Louisiana Monday morning, police said.

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No terrorism link found in Louisiana pipe bomb discovery

Ten homemade pipe bombs found in a pickup truck in Louisiana are not linked to terrorism, the FBI said Tuesday.

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Louisiana paper mill shuts down during fish kill probe

A paper mill in Louisiana is working closely with environmental officials to help determine what caused thousands of dead and dying fish to wash up along the banks of the Pearl River, a spokesman with...

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Gulf coast states prepare as Tropical Storm Lee looms

People in states along the U.S. Gulf coast braced Friday for strong winds and up to 20 inches of rain as Tropical Storm Lee slowly churned towards land.

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Intense rains cause flash flooding, spur evacuations in Louisiana

A burst of intense rain caused perilous flash flooding Monday in parts of Louisiana, spurring the rescues of hundreds -- from people marooned inside their homes to middle school students stranded on a...

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Rains soak, flood southern Louisiana

Record floodwaters inundated parts of southern Louisiana early Tuesday after intense rains caused flash flooding and prompted hundreds of rescues.

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Louisiana school reconsiders policy that can force students to take pregnancy...

A publicly funded school in Louisiana said Tuesday that it may rethink requiring students suspected of being pregnant to be tested medically and, if pregnant, to be home schooled.

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Louisiana charter school changing pregnancy test requirement

A Louisiana charter school is changing a policy that required pregnant students to be removed from class and home-schooled, pending board approval, a school official said Thursday.

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Louisiana probes cause of massive bayou sinkhole

Louisiana officials are investigating whether an underground salt cavern may be responsible for a large sinkhole that has swallowed 100-foot-tall cypress trees and prompted evacuations in a southern...

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Louisiana sinkhole expected to keep residents away at least a month

Residents living near a sinkhole in a southern Louisiana bayou are not expected to be allowed to return home for at least another month, officials said Friday.

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Two workers rescued from Louisiana sinkhole

Two workers were rescued Thursday after at least 50 feet of earth collapsed into a sinkhole that appeared nearly two weeks ago in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, officials said.

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