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• Obama to seek double funding for clean energy R&D by 2020

  06-02-2016 20:20
  
  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says his 2017 budget proposal would double spending on research and development of clean energy by 2020.Obama says new investments will be included to help the private sector create jobs faster, make clean energy more affordable and help renewable power replace "dirty fuels."Obama made the announcement Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address.Administration officials say spending on clean energy R&D would increase from $6.4 billion this year to $1
  
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• Officials working to determine cause of NYC crane collapse

  06-02-2016 20:18
  
  NEW YORK - Officials are working to determine why a huge construction crane that was being lowered to safety during strong winds came crashing down onto a New York City street, killing a pedestrian and crushing a row of parked cars. Three other people were hurt by debris, two of them seriously. But city officials said it could have been much worse."The fact is this is a very, very sad incident, said Mayor Bill de Blasio." ''We've lost a life, but if you go out there on the street as I did and se
  
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• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says timeline will stay in real time

  06-02-2016 17:00
  
  NEW YORK - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says the social media website's stream of tweets will stay live and in real time.News and entertainment site BuzzFeed reported Friday that Twitter was going to introduce a timeline based on an algorithm rather than a real-time stream. The report upset some users, who created the hashtag RIPTwitter to debate the change.But Dorsey took to Twitter on Saturday to dispute the report. He tweeted: "Twitter is live. Twitter is real-time."BuzzFeed has updated its report
  
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• LSU hires Arkansas' Eric Mateos as assistant OL coach, website reports

  06-02-2016 16:34
  
  Coached Arkansas offensive line at Liberty Bowl.
  
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• Victim, shooter identified in deadly Addis shooting

  06-02-2016 16:16
  
  ADDIS – Investigators have identified the two individuals, including a reserve Addis Police officer, who were involved in a deadly shooting in Addis Friday.According to Louisiana State Police, 23-year-old Emily Thibodaux was shot and killed around 4 p.m. Friday at a home on East Nic Drive.State Police said the shooter was her husband, 29-year-old Ivy Thibodaux, a reserve officer for the Addis Police Department.Specifics about how the victim was shot have not been released, but we are w
  
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• NY governor moves to stop 'gay conversion' therapy for kids

  06-02-2016 13:53
  
  NEW YORK - New York is taking steps to stop therapists from trying to change young people's sexual orientation, joining a number of states that have taken action against what's known as "gay conversion" therapy.Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans for new regulations Saturday. They will bar New York insurers from covering the therapy for minors and will prohibit mental health facilities under state jurisdiction from offering it to minors.It's not immediately clear how many insurers or fa
  
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• Lowest price for Super Bowl ticket is $3,000, company says

  06-02-2016 13:50
  
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. - For a mere $3,000, you can attend the Super Bowl.That's the lowest price of a ticket to the big game on Sunday, according to an executive from the online ticket marketplace StubHub.Prices are holding steady, said Jason Deppen, StubHub's director of field operations."We're seeing prices as low as $3,000 to get in, so we are talking upper corner, upper end zone. Those prices are hovering around $3,000. The average price we're seeing - $4,500, $4,700 - and prices get up to int
  
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• Mardi Gras enters its last big weekend in New Orleans

  06-02-2016 13:47
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The Carnival season enters its last big weekend of parades and galas in New Orleans before ending on Fat Tuesday.The super Krewe of Endymion's parade starts late Saturday afternoon near City Park and winds its way to Canal Street and ends inside the Louisiana Superdome, where the 2016 Endymion Extravaganza will be underway. Pitbull and Steven Tyler will be on stage to provide the entertainment.Mardi Gras historian Arthur Hardy says Endymion parade will consist of 36 float and 3,100
  
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• Bobby Jindal endorses Marco Rubio for president on Fox News

  06-02-2016 02:10
  
  Gov. Bobby Jindal endorsed Florida congressman Marco Rubio for president in an interview with Greta Van Susteren on Fox News.
  
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• Remaining Mardi Gras festivities will be chilly, dry

  06-02-2016 00:56
  
  Temperatures will reach only the upper 40s in New Orleans on Mardi Gras day under sunny skies.
  
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