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  • December 2007

    • Oops! Brit's Sis Preggers at 16

      Reuters  |  Dec 19, 07 4:55 AM CST

      Oops! Brit's Sis Preggers at 16

      (Newser) - Another Spears may be headed for parenting woes. Britney's kid sister, Jamie Lynn, has announced that she's 12 weeks pregnant. The 16-year-old Louisiana high school student, star of the  Nickelodeon show "Zoey 101," met her boyfriend and the father of the baby, Casey Aldridge, at church, Reuters reports. "I was in complete and total shock and so was he," she said. More »

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      Britney Spears  • pregnancy  • Louisiana  • celebrity pregnancy  • teen pregnancy  • Jamie Lynn Spears  • Lynne Spears  • Nickelodeon

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • Jindal Wins La. Governor Race

      Bloomberg  |  Oct 21, 07 2:13 PM CDT

      Jindal Wins La. Governor Race

      (Newser) - Bobby Jindal won the Louisiana gubernatorial race late yesterday, making the 36-year-old Republican congressman the first Indian-American to head a US state—and the nation's youngest governor. In a state where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans two to one, Jindal won 54% of the vote, eliminating the need for a runoff election. His triumph speaks to the dissatisfaction with Democratic leaders since Katrina, Bloomberg notes. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • Louisiana  • governor  • Bobby Jindal  • Kathleen Blanco  • Indian American

    • Louisiana Police Kill Gunman in Office Shooting Rampage

      Associated Press  |  Oct 5, 07 6:17 AM CDT

      Louisiana Police Kill Gunman in Office Shooting Rampage

      (Newser) - A retired Louisiana city maintenance worker went on a rampage in an Alexandria law office early today and opened fire on five people before police arrived and shot him dead. The gunman killed two people and wounded the others, one seriously. Police had closed down much of downtown in an hours-long negotiation that only ended in an exchange of fire, AP reports. More »

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      murder  • Louisiana

  • September 2007

    • 50K Rally to Support 'Jena Six'

      Chicago Tribune  |  Sep 20, 07 12:30 PM CDT

      50K Rally to Support 'Jena Six'

      (Newser) - Busload after busload of civil rights marchers alighted in Jena, La., today to support the “Jena Six,” a group of black students charged with felonies after a 2006 fight with a white classmate. An estimated 50,000 mostly-black protesters easily outnumbered the mostly-white population of the town, where racial tensions have swirled since last year when nooses in the schoolyard prompted the fight. More »

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      protests  • race  • race relations  • Louisiana  • civil rights  • Jesse Jackson  • Al Sharpton  • Jena Six

    • Jena Braces for Thousands of Protesters

      USA Today  |  Sep 20, 07 7:35 AM CDT

      Jena Braces for Thousands of Protesters

      (Newser) - Tiny Jena, LA, is bracing for the tens of thousands of activists expected to descend on the town of 3,000 today to protest the handling of six black high school students charged with attempted murder for beating a white classmate in December. Led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, protesters say the teens, who've become known as the "Jenna Six," were treated harshly after responding to racial taunting. More »

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      protests  • race  • race relations  • Louisiana  • racism  • Al Sharpton  • Jena Six  • segregation

    • Humberto Hits Texas Coast

      CNN  |  Sep 13, 07 6:27 AM CDT

      Humberto Hits Texas Coast

      (Newser) - Humberto, newly-christened as a Category 1 hurricane, made landfall in southeastern Texas early this morning, bringing 85mph winds and as much as a foot of rain to already sodden areas in Texas and Louisiana, CNN reports. Galveston was drenched, with streets flooded and power lines down. More »

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      Texas  • Louisiana  • storm  • hurricane  • Galveston  • Hurricane Humberto

    • Twin Tropical Depressions Form

      Miami Herald  |  Sep 12, 07 2:09 PM CDT

      Twin Tropical Depressions Form

      (Newser) - Twin tropical depressions sprouted today in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic, the Miami Herald reports, and both could become tropical storms by day’s end. Forecasters expect the Gulf system to spiral toward Texas and Louisiana, bringing 10 to 15 inches of rain to the already soggy states. But officials are more concerned about the Atlantic system. More »

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      Texas  • Louisiana  • hurricane  • Caribbean  • Gulf of Mexico  • Bahamas  • rain  • Atlantic Ocean  • National Hurricane Center  • tropical depression

    • Nursing Home Owners Acquitted in Katrina Deaths

      Associated Press  |  Sep 8, 07 8:49 AM CDT

      Nursing Home Owners Acquitted in Katrina Deaths

      (Newser) - The owners of a Louisiana nursing home were acquitted of negligent homicide and cruelty yesterday in the deaths of 35 patients who drowned in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The charges were based on the couple's failure to evacuate the home as the storm approached; the defense argued that the government never mandated evacuation and that the area had not flooded in the 20 years of the home's existence. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • Louisiana  • homicide  • patients  • nursing homes

  • August 2007

    • Republican Poised to Take Louisiana

      National Review  |  Aug 29, 07 8:09 PM CDT

      Republican Poised to Take Louisiana

      (Newser) - A rare flash of hope for Republicans might be the man preparing to take over the nation’s biggest disaster area, the National Review writes. Bobby Jindal is running 35% ahead of any comer to be Louisiana’s first governor elected after Katrina. Jindal might seem a peculiar pick, but, he says, “it’s more of a reform versus a status-quo mentality.” More »

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      Republicans  • Hurricane Katrina  • Louisiana  • Bobby Jindal

    • Crime Rocks New Orleans

      Reuters  |  Aug 29, 07 5:59 AM CDT

      Crime Rocks New Orleans

      (Newser) - Only two-thirds of the population of New Orleans has returned since Hurricane Katrina destroyed large parts of the city two years ago—but crime has returned full force. The murder rate in the Big Easy is rocketing, crime is a constant fear among citizens and many are arming themselves for protection, Reuters reports.   More »

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      murder  • crime  • drugs  • Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Louisiana

    • Fattest States in America

      Trust for America's Health  |  Aug 27, 07 8:36 PM CDT

      Fattest States in America

      (Newser) - The Trust for America's Health has come out with its fourth annual report on obesity.  And the losers are: Mississippi West Virginia Alabama More »

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      health  • obesity  • Michigan  • Louisiana  • South Carolina  • Mississippi  • Indiana  • America  • childhood obesity  • Tennessee  • Kentucky  • Alabama  • Arkansas  • fat  • weight  • Oklahoma  • West Virginia

    • Letting It All Hang Out? Bill Would Put It All Back In

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Aug 23, 07 12:14 PM CDT

      Letting It All Hang Out? Bill Would Put It All Back In

      (Newser) - Young men will want to hike up their sagging pants, and women cover up bra straps and exposed thongs if Atlanta’s City Council adopts a proposal to amend the city’s indecency laws, the Journal-Constitution reports. The measure, which would fine violators for exposing boxer shorts, thongs and bras, is discriminatory and won't stand up in court, the ACLU warns. More »

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      Louisiana  • Atlanta  • hip-hop  • culture  • ACLU  • First Amendment  • indecency  • pants  • dress code  • Delcambre

    • No Ifs, Ands, or Butts: Town Outlaws Saggy Pants

      Shreveport Times  |  Aug 14, 07 6:56 AM CDT

      No Ifs, Ands, or Butts: Town Outlaws Saggy Pants

      (Newser) - A Louisiana town has taken a stand against saggy pants: starting tomorrow, anyone whose underwear shows will be hit with fines or jail time. And those who want to argue will just have to zip it. "Pull ‘em up or pay up," warned the police chief of Mansfield, population 5,496. Offenders of the Mansfield ordinance will face $150 fines or up to 15 days in jail. More »

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      fashion  • Louisiana  • law  • clothes  • pants  • baggy pants

    • New Orleans Pol Admits Taking Bribes

      Times-Picayune (New Orleans)  |  Aug 14, 07 2:39 AM CDT

      New Orleans Pol Admits Taking Bribes

      (Newser) - As if New Orleans didn't have enough to contend with, a city councilman yesterday pleaded guilty to accepting $20,000 in bribes and resigned. Oliver Thomas confessed he collected the money from a restaurateur seeking to keep a lucrative city contract. He also demanded the businessman hire a friend of his, who paid further kickbacks to Thomas. More »

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      corruption  • New Orleans  • Louisiana  • bribery  • bribe

    • Katrina Tax Breaks Pay for Luxury Condos

      Associated Press  |  Aug 13, 07 9:56 PM CDT

      Katrina Tax Breaks Pay for Luxury Condos

      (Newser) - Investors are using federal tax breaks designed to stimulate rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina to buy luxury condos being built near the University of Alabama’s football stadium, 200 miles from the coast, the AP reports. The Tuscaloosa developments, where units go for up to $1 million, are flourishing while much of the region devastated by the storm is still in ruins. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • taxes  • Louisiana  • natural disaster  • homes  • condominium  • house  • rebuild

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

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