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Fattest States in America

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

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

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

Atlanta proposal calls saggy pants "major concern;" ACLU claims "racial profiling"

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

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

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

If your underwear shows, you'll pay for it

Shreveport Times Aug 14, 07 6:56 AM CDT
(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 »

More about:  fashion • Louisiana • law • clothes • pants • baggy pants

New Orleans
Pol Admits
Taking Bribes

Councilman collected $20K for contract in city plagued by problems

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

More about:  corruption • New Orleans • Louisiana • bribery • bribe

Katrina Tax Breaks Pay for Luxury Condos

Incentives for rebuilding are buying $1M units in Tuscaloosa, 200 miles from coast

Associated Press Associated Press Aug 13, 07 9:56 PM CDT
(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 »

More about:  Hurricane Katrina • taxes • Louisiana • natural disaster • homes • condominium • house • University of Alabama • rebuild

La. Senator Caught Dialing DC Madam

Republican apologizes for "very serious sin" after escort-service revelation

Times-Picayune (New Orleans) Times-Picayune (New Orleans) Jul 10, 07 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter atoned yesterday for a "very serious sin in my past," after his telephone number turned up on the scandal-soaked call logs of Deborah Jeane Palfrey. The so-called DC Madam was forced to denude the records of her million-dollar escort service last week. More »

More about:  Republican • Senate • politics • Louisiana • prostitution • conservative • senator • social conservatives • DC Madam • David Vitter • escort service

Bottoms Up!
La. Town Gets Down and Dirty

Ban on saggy pants
hits fashion plates below the belt

BBC BBC Jun 14, 07 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - In Delcambre, La., showing your skivvies is about to come with criminal consequences, thanks to a new ordinance that prohibits residents from wearing low-hanging pants. Saggy-trousered offenders may be fined $500 and risk 6 months in jail. “They’re better off taking the pants off and just wearing a dress,” the mayor says of the low-riders. More »

More about:  fashion • race • Louisiana • discrimination • indecency • pants • indecent exposure • baggy pants • Delcambre

Jefferson Pleads Not Guilty

Congressman answers federal corruption charges with pledge to 'fight my heart out'

Washington Post Washington Post Jun 8, 07 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - In his first public appearance since being indicted Monday, Rep. William Jefferson pleaded not guilty in federal court in this morning. The Louisiana Democrat, facing a laundry list of charges including bribery, racketeering, and obstruction of justice, then held a press conference in which he reeled off his family's achievements and called on his constituents to "keep an open mind." More »

More about:  corruption • investigation • Louisiana • ethics • bribery • obstruction of justice • racketeering • William Jefferson

House Moves to Expel Accused Congressman

Louisiana Democrat charged with bribery, extortion

Washington Post Washington Post Jun 6, 07 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pressure mounted on William Jefferson to resign from the House yesterday as leaders of both parties piled on in the wake of his indictment on corruption, racketeering and bribery charges. Republicans moved to initiate proceedings to have the Louisiana Democrat, expelled—which, Dems noted, they did not do when GOP members Tom DeLay and Robert Ney were indicted. More »

Jefferson Hit With Corruption Charges

La. Congressman faces 16-count federal indictment, 235 years

Associated Press Associated Press Jun 4, 07 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal officials indicted Rep. William Jefferson today, charging him with bribery, racketeering, money-laundering, and other misdeeds that could carry a sentence of up to 235 years. The Louisiana Democrat, the target of a lengthy investigation into business deals in Africa, has maintained his innocence, even after investigators found $90,000 in cash in his freezer in 2005. More »

More about:  Congress • corruption • Louisiana • bribery • bribe • congressman • William Jefferson

New Fad in New Orleans: Guns

Citizens arm themselves against crime wave

Time Time Apr 5, 07 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Violent crime is storming post-Katrina New Orleans with almost the force of the 2005 hurricane, Time reports. The city has America's highest murder rate, and weapons sales are skyrocketing as citizens take to arming themselves.  "They're not gun aficionados," a gun shop owner says of the recent surge in business. "They're just doing it because they feel they have to." More »

More about:  crime • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Louisiana • gun • violence • weapon • Katrina aftermath • concealed weapon • Big Easy

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