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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Louisiana stories: 110 news summaries

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Natural Gas Finds Could Herald Energy Shift in US

Discoveries speed
push to replace coal, oil

Apr 30, 09 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A huge natural-gas discovery in Louisiana, on the heels of similar finds elsewhere over the past decade, is fueling a push to shift the nation’s energy portfolio, the Wall Street Journal reports. Louisiana’s Haynesville Shale could hold the energy equivalent of 18 years of current US oil production;... More »

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Texas • Louisiana • natural gas • T. Boone Pickens • foreign oil • energy independence • energy policy • Haynesville Shale • Barnett Shale

(Newser) - Hurricane Katrina victims get their day in court beginning today, as a federal judge hears a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers. Tens of thousands of New Orleans residents could win damages, in what lawyers are calling “the last case standing” against the government. “This is sort... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • Louisiana • flooding • lawsuit • Federal Court • Army Corps of Engineers

GOP Govs Back Down, Request Stimulus Funds

Ambitious conservatives cave on most  federal aid dollars

Apr 10, 09 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tough talk about rejecting stimulus funds earned some GOP governors—and presidential hopefuls—plenty of headlines, but reality has set in, Politico reports. Under fire from their legislatures, Bobby Jindal, Mark Sanford, and Sarah Palin have all requested funds in the past week. “At this point it looks like... More »

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Alaska • South Carolina • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • economic stimulus package • Sarah Palin • Office of Management and Budget • Mark Sanford

 Redoubt Eruption Burns Jindal 

In wake of explosion

Mar 25, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mount Redoubt erupted in Alaska, but Bobby Jindal is feeling the heat in Louisiana, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Democrats are raking the governor over the coals for scoffing at “something called volcano monitoring” as an example of wasteful spending in his televised speech last month. “It’... More »

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Alaska • New Orleans • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • volcano • eruption • Mark Begich • Mount Redoubt

(Newser) - Bobby Jindal had the privilege of speaking on the same night as Barack Obama again, but this time on a smaller stage. The Louisiana governor, pilloried after delivering the Republican response to Obama's last prime-time address, told a congressional fundraising dinner for the GOP that "it's time to declare... More »

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Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • speech • governor • Republicans

OPINION

 This Guy Wasn't the Real Jindal 

Politician's handlers fail to showcase his talents

Mar 1, 09 11:55 AM CST
(Newser) - He may have looked like Bobby Jindal, but the man delivering the Republican response to President Obama's congressional address on Tuesday was no Bobby Jindal. Rather, the "brilliant statesman" was "equal parts Mister Rogers, Bobby Brady, and Kenneth the Page," writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post.... More »

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Barack Obama • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • Kathleen Parker • Kenneth the Page • Bill Maher Grid

 Jindal Fudged 
 Katrina Story 

Says he helped battle 'bureaucrats' but wasn't actually there

Feb 27, 09 8:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Bobby Jindal's reps are scrambling to explain the heroic Katrina tale he slipped into his big speech on Tuesday night. The Louisiana governor said he was in New Orleans "during Katrina" and backed a sheriff's push to send out rescue boats despite "bureaucrats" who fretted over... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - New Orleans is sending off the last National Guard troops some 3 1/2 years after they arrived to help patrol the hurricane-ravaged city, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Police say their 1,500 officers are enough to control bad neighborhoods, but not everyone is convinced. "We don't have enough... More »

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New Orleans • National Guard • Louisiana • Katrina aftermath


 Kenneth: I'm More 
 Lumberjacky Than Jindal 

30 Rock's Kenneth responds to comparisons

Feb 26, 09 7:01 AM CST
(Newser) - With the Internet buzzing over how much Gov. Bobby Jindal sounded like Kenneth the Page from 30 Rock in his Obama response Tuesday night, Jimmy Fallon gave Kenneth—aka Jack McBrayer—a chance to respond. On the Jimmy Fallon Late Night blog, McBrayer appears before a background strikingly similar to... More »

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television • Louisiana • late night talk show • Bobby Jindal • governor • Jimmy Fallon • Jack McBrayer • Bill Maher Grid

Newt: Jindal
Will Be a Major Player for Years

'He'll be the same age as John McCain—34 years from now'

Feb 25, 09 8:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Guess who's the subject of a 60 Minutes profile this weekend? None other than Bobby Jindal, who's not having the best of days. But the Louisiana governor can take solace from Newt Gingrich, who tells Morley Safer during the show that Jindal "will automatically be a major contender for... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • 60 Minutes • speech • governor • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Bobby Jindal has been almost universally panned on both the left and right for his speech last night—with one notable exception. Longtime backer Rush Limbaugh defended Jindal today and warned his detractors to back off, reports ThinkProgress. "I love Bobby Jindal, and that did not change last night,... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • governor • Republicans • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - When Bobby Jindal gives his response to the president's speech tonight, Ben Smith of Politico notes that he will sound a little like Bill Clinton: In prepared excerpts, Jindal concludes that Barack Obama is being too pessimistic. “A few weeks ago, the president warned that our nation is facing... More »

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Louisiana • Republican Party • Bobby Jindal • governor • President Obama

(Newser) - Louisiana will refuse money from the federal stimulus plan aimed at increasing unemployment insurance, Gov. Bobby Jindal said today. The first governor to officially turn down stimulus dollars, Jindal said the expanded coverage could create higher unemployment insurance taxes down the road. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said he will also... More »

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Barack Obama • Louisiana • Mississippi • Bobby Jindal • economic stimulus package

(Newser) - Louisiana GOP Senator David Vitter will meet a substantial opponent in his 2010 bid for re-election: porn star Stormy Daniels, CNN reports. A grass-roots “Draft Stormy” campaign, unaffiliated with the state’s Democratic Party, has encouraged the buxom blond to run on a platform of the economy, women’s... More »

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Congress • Senate • DC Madam • pornography • Louisiana • David Vitter • adult films • Baton Rouge • Election 2010 • Stormy Daniels • porn star

'Jena 6' Teen in Hospital After Shooting Self

Bell couldn't take media attention following new arrest: family

Dec 30, 08 2:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Mychal Bell, one of the “Jena six” who were the focus of a racial controversy in 2006, survived a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest and is in a Louisiana hospital, the Monroe News Star reports. Bell shot himself after being arrested for shoplifting on Christmas Eve and said... More »

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crime • Louisiana • racism • shoplifting • Jena Six • Mychal Bell

 Jindal on 2012 Run: No Thanks 

La. governor plans re-election run in 2011

Dec 10, 08 5:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Republican rising star Bobby Jindal sought to quash speculation today that he's planning a presidential run in four years. The 37-year-old Louisiana governor said he has no interest in the White House and instead plans to run for re-election in 2011. The Indian-American called being governor "one of the... More »

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presidential campaign • GOP • Louisiana • Republican Party • Bobby Jindal • governor • Election 2012

ANALYSIS

What the Heck Is the Matter With Corrupt Illinois?

Still, it's hardly the only state with a long, sordid history of politicians on the take

Dec 10, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Everyone knows Illinois pols are the dirtiest … except for maybe those in New Jersey and Louisiana. Though Illinois is notorious, with four modern governors convicted, a study of public corruption actually ranks it as the sixth-worst state. But no single factor explains a crooked culture, Eamon Javers and Fred... More »

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New Jersey • Louisiana • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

Indicted La. Rep Jefferson Loses to GOP Newbie

Victor becomes first Vietnamese-American in Congress

Dec 7, 08 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - An election delay caused by Hurricane Gustav likely helped tip the vote away from scandal-plagued Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson, whose nine-term Congressional career came to an unexpected end yesterday, the Times-Picayune reports. Republican newbie Anh "Joseph" Cao unseated the 2nd district’s incumbent African-American Democrat in an election marked... More »

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Congress • New Orleans • William Jefferson • Louisiana • bribery • corruption • indictment • Election 2008 • election • William Jefferson sentenced

US Health Ranking Puts Vermont First, Louisiana Last 

Southern states plagued by high obesity, smoking rates

Dec 4, 08 4:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Move over, Mississippi: Louisiana is now America’s unhealthiest state, Reuters reports. An annual state-by-state report that measures factors like smoking, obesity, and health insurance coverage also put Vermont at the top for the second year in a row. The five healthiest states are:
  1. Vermont
  2. Hawaii
  3. New Hampshire
  4. Minnesota
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obesity • health care • health • Texas • New Hampshire • South Carolina • smoking • Vermont • Louisiana • Utah • Tennessee • Minnesota • Mississippi • Hawaii

 Klan Recruit Slain in Initiation 

Woman shot as she tries to leave KKK ritual

Nov 12, 08 2:37 AM CST
(Newser) - A woman was murdered by a Ku Klux Klan leader after she backed out of an initiation ritual, according to investigators. The unidentified Oklahoma woman, who had been recruited on the internet, was about to join a Louisiana KKK group called the Sons of Dixie Brotherhood. After several rites, including... More »

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murder • Louisiana • Ku Klux Klan • KKK • Tulsa • initiation • Bogalusa • St. Tammany Parish

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