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• Obama talks to governors about the need to work together

  21-02-2016 19:45
  
  WASHINGTON - At a dinner with the nation's governors, President Barack Obama says he's not naive in believing politics can be a noble endeavor.The president and first lady Michelle Obama are playing host Sunday to dozens of governors in town for a National Governors Association conference.Obama has made it a focus during his final year to talk about bridging some of the partisan divide in Washington, a task made more difficult during election season.Obama recounted how President Lyndon B. Johnso
  
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• Rubio, Cruz jostle to claim 'alternative-to-Trump' vote

  21-02-2016 16:48
  
  FRANKLIN - Republicans Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are battling to emerge as the true alternative to Donald Trump, as the billionaire businessman took an ever-so-brief break from his trademark braggadocio to say his drive for the GOP nomination isn't unstoppable - yet.Fresh off a commanding victory in South Carolina, Donald Trump declined to say the nomination was his to lose. But he quickly went on to declare, "I'm really on my way." Soon enough, in a television interview, he was toting up elector
  
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• 'Trashy' house on Livingston Parish Council agenda

  21-02-2016 16:46
  
  WATSON - The Livingston Parish Council may file charges against a property owner in Watson after the owner has ignored requests to clean up their property. At the corner of Highway 16 and Janelle Drive, two adjacent properties have been an eyesore for resident Phyllis Hill."They just have things laying out there that nobody would want," she said. "Even when I'm telling people directions to my house I tell them Newton Brothers instead of the trashy house, because it's embarrassing."The L
  
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• Baker man charged with attempted murder after Saturday shooting

  21-02-2016 16:38
  
  BAKER – Police say a man was charged with two counts of attempted murder Sunday morning after they say he opened fire on another vehicle in Baker Saturday.Police say the shooting happened at the intersection of Plaza Drive and Jefferson Street late Saturday night.The two victims told detectives that earlier in the night they encountered 20-year-old Galvin Broadway and his girlfriend at a retail store on Plank Road. The female victim said that she was having ongoing problems wi
  
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• Naked Baker man arrested after slow morning pursuit

  21-02-2016 15:54
  
  BATON ROUGE – A Baker man was arrested Sunday morning after deputies say he got out of his SUV naked and later led them on a slow pursuit through a Baton Rouge neighborhood.East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a suspicious person call at the Formosa Chemical Plant on Gulf States Utility Road around 8 a.m. Sunday. The caller told EBRSO that a naked man was seen driving in and out of the plant and screaming at workers.At the scene, deputies s
  
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• DOTD seeking public input to solve I-10 traffic nightmares

  21-02-2016 14:48
  
  BATON ROUGE – A series of public meetings to discuss possible ways to solve traffic jams along the I-10 corridor in Baton Rouge start this week.The first meeting starts Monday morning. The state Department of Transportation says the meetings will look at the section of I-10 between Essen Lane and LA 415 in Port Allen.The specific stretch of highway frequently backs up whenever wrecks occur because it is the only high speed route across the Mississippi River and to New Orleans.DOTD said
  
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• Trump's rivals running out of time to stop him

  21-02-2016 14:41
  
  WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's rivals are running out of time to stop him.After Saturday's dominant performance in South Carolina, a close look at the calendar of upcoming elections suggests the New York billionaire's rivals have until mid-March to slow him down.After that, their only chance to keep Trump from representing the Republican Party in the general election may be a nasty, public fight at the GOP's national convention.The reason is delegates - and how they're awarded in the Repub
  
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• Kalamazoo mass shootings: what we know

  21-02-2016 14:38
  
  KALAMAZOO - At least six people are dead after a series of western Michigan shootings in which authorities say they believe a gunman chose victims at random.Police say the rampage began about 6 p.m. Saturday outside an apartment complex on the eastern edge of Kalamazoo County, where a woman was shot multiple times and seriously wounded. A little more than four hours later and 15 miles away, a father and son were fatally shot while looking at vehicles at a car dealership.Fifteen minutes after tha
  
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• 'Deadpool' dominates again with $55 million in 2nd week

  21-02-2016 14:05
  
  NEW YORK - Marvel's R-rated antihero smash "Deadpool" continued to dominate movie theaters over the weekend, earning an estimated $55 million and trouncing a trio of newcomers.After pulling in a massive $152.2 million in its President's Day weekend four-day debut, the comic book adaptation from 20th Century Fox starring Ryan Reynolds as a foul-mouthed mercenary again topped the North American box office. Having already grossed $235.4 million domestically, "Deadpool" - made for just $58 million -
  
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• Texas private colleges are saying no to guns on campus

  21-02-2016 14:02
  
  AUSTIN, Texas - When the Texas Legislature passed a law requiring public universities to allow concealed guns on campus, it gave private colleges the chance to follow suit. None has so far.The opposition announced by more than 20 private schools has not surprised top Texas Republicans who championed the law as a matter of constitutional rights and self-defense. But it reflects a widespread belief even among conservative university leaders that guns have no place in the classroom.The law's author
  
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• Common software would have let FBI unlock shooter's iPhone

  21-02-2016 14:00
  
  WASHINGTON - The county government that owned the iPhone at the heart of legal battle between Apple and the Justice Department paid for but never installed a feature that would have allowed the FBI to easily and immediately unlock the phone.The phone is central to a terrorism investigation into the shootings that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California.If the technology had been installed, San Bernardino officials would have been able to remotely unlock the iPhone for the FBI without the
  
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• What to do if US begins capturing more suspected terrorists?

  21-02-2016 13:59
  
  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has refused to send any suspected terrorists captured overseas to the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.But if the U.S. starts seizing more militants in expanded military operations, where will they go, who will hold them and where will they be tried?Those are questions that worry legal experts, lawmakers and others as U.S. special operations forces deploy in larger numbers to Iraq, Syria and, maybe soon, Libya, with the Islamic State group and affiliated org
  
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• Michigan attack is latest in string of US mass shootings

  21-02-2016 13:54
  
  A gunman killed at least seven people Saturday in what authorities said was a random shooting in the parking lots of a western Michigan apartment complex, car dealership and restaurant. Here's a look at some of the nation's deadliest rampages since 2012:- Dec. 2, 2015: Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, opened fire at a social services center in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding more than 20. They fled the scene but died hours later in a shootout with police
  
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