St. Bernard Project co-founder Liz McCartney has been selected as CNN's "Hero of the Year", on their Thanksgiving special hosted by Anderson Cooper and taped earlier this week.McCartney left a lucrative career in...
The city of New Orleans has the highest level of crime in the US, according to an annual ranking of crime rates in American cities.The report from CQ Press draws on data from the FBI on murder, rape, robbery,...
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Some studies say that cell phones can be bad for your health but on this occasion it seems like the device actually saved a man's life. Ronald Richard of Louisiana said that his decision to shift where he normally...
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" Based on the series of Sookie Stackhouse novels written by Charlaine Harris and starring Anna Paquin in the lead character's role, "True Blood" has grown its Sunday night viewership by 66 percent since its debut...
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The Republican Governors Association's two-day meeting included some of the party's rising stars and some of the likeliest candidates for the 2012 presidential election. But the main topic of the annual meeting was...
""To what extent can truth endure incorporation?" Nineteenth century German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche "I've always wanted to be in the position [to] just be honest as...
www.Army.milCommunity members who live and work on the installation know that Fort Polk's barracks are aging. Original construction of the buildings in the late '70s and early '80s was designed for a 50 year...
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Football @ Wembley This weekend the NFL show roles into joy ol’ England. There will be no hooligans, headers, or hand of god goals, this weekend, Wembley has shed her goal mouth and corner squares in...
"[Attempting to come up with a question that doesn't make Small Talk sound patronising, like a pervert or a patronising pervert]. So, DiAnne and Ashlyn do you come to London often? DiAnne: We've been here before to...
To quote Bossip, quoting Biggie: it's "mo' money, mo' problems" for Oprah. The 'media mogul' and rumoured future US ambassador to Britain, Oprah Winfrey is being sued for $180 million by a Louisiana man, over claims...
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Gas stations in the southern United States are running out of gas."“Right now, we have no gas,” says John Rinehardt, front-end manager at Costco in Raleigh. “We are being told by corporate not to expect it for...
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Hurricane Ike has severely hurt the Gulf seafood industry. I didn’t know this, but 60% of the oysters sold in the Eastern part of the US come from Texas and Louisiana. The hurricane destroyed...
"Many New Orleanians refuse to eat raw oysters in the summer. They still follow the old rule that says oysters on the half shell should only be eaten in months with an "R." When they flip the calendar to September,...
" A Louisiana family didn't have to look far to find who burgled their home. A blanket covered in a distinctive pattern taken in the haul was hanging in their next-door neighbor's window. The thieves were using...
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