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• Without Scalia, it's already looking like a different Supreme Court

  06-03-2016 23:34
  
  With Justice Antonin Scalia's chair empty and draped in mourning black, the Supreme Court, seemed transformed in substance and style
  
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• Suspect in Jessica Chambers' death may not return to Mississippi for months

  06-03-2016 23:18
  
  A Mississippi prosecutor says it could be late this year before the 27-year-old man accused of burning a 19-year-old woman to death is returned from Louisiana
  
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• Ray Tomlinson, inventor of modern email and the reason for the @ symbol, dies

  06-03-2016 22:50
  
  Until his invention in 1971, there was no way to send something to a specific person at a specific address
  
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• Possible 8 inches of rain Tuesday through Friday in New Orleans, Baton Rouge

  06-03-2016 22:28
  
  Storms could trigger flash flood watch and rain could last through the weekend, forecasters say
  
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• Louisiana House supports alcohol tax increase for budget

  06-03-2016 19:22
  
  BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana House has agreed to raise alcohol taxes to help bail out the state budget.The alcohol tax hike fell short last week of the 70 votes needed. But after two days of negotiations, several lawmakers changed their minds Sunday and the bill was advanced to the Senate with a 76-25 vote.Efforts to add a three-year expiration were rejected.Supporters said the taxes haven't been raised in decades and the money could help stop deep reductions to colleges and health services. It w
  
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• Gas prices jump by 7 cents over past 2 weeks, to $1.84

  06-03-2016 19:20
  
  CAMARILLO - The average price of gasoline has jumped by 7 cents over the past two weeks, to $1.84 a gallon.Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that despite the increase, the price is 70 cents per gallon cheaper than a year ago.Lundberg says the moderate price hike is due to growing demand for gasoline across the nation and higher crude oil prices.In the Lower 48 states, the highest average price of regular gasoline was $2.51 per gallon in Los Angeles. The lowest was $1.33 in Tucson, Ari
  
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• Was Alexandria VA patient's death an accident or crime? Worker faces trial

  06-03-2016 17:58
  
  Charles Lee Johnson died a year before a national scandal erupted over chronic delays for veterans seeking medical care
  
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• BRFD investigating arson at corner of Essen and Perkins

  06-03-2016 17:36
  
  BATON ROUGE – Firefighters say arson was the cause of a fire at a vacant home near the corner of Essen Lane and Perkins Road Sunday afternoon.A spokesperson for the Baton Rouge Fire Department said firefighters recieved a call around 4:50 p.m. about a vacant structure next to the Burger King. First responders found the building completely envolved in flames. It took almost an hour to get the flames under control.The house was considered a total loss.Curte Monte with BRFD said the Burge
  
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• 1 in custody after fire at corner of Essen and Perkins

  06-03-2016 17:36
  
  BATON ROUGE - Fire investigators have arrested a man in connection to a fire that that broke out near the corner of Essen Lane and Perkins Road Sunday afternoon.
  Authorities believe Charles Oby, 65, is responsible for starting the fire. He was booked with simple arson and criminal trespassing.
  A spokesperson for the Baton Rouge Fire Department said firefighters recieved a call around 4:50 p.m. about a fire at a vacant structure next to the Burger King. First responders found the building complet
  
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• God, Wall Street and the new push to save U.S. Catholic schools

  06-03-2016 17:34
  
  Donors not only demand accountability for what they've given but also increasingly want to help run things, too
  
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• Rubio wins Puerto Rico GOP race

  06-03-2016 15:47
  
  WASHINGTON - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has won Puerto Rico's Republican primary, his second win of the race for the GOP presidential nomination.It wasn't clear how many delegates the contest awards him.The U.S. territory's three super-delegates have committed to Rubio.If a candidate gets more than half the votes, he gets all the delegates. If no one gets half, the delegates are divided proportionally.In addition officials say the votes that some 6,000 inmates cast on Friday won't be avai
  
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• Placid contract worker died after gas exposure

  06-03-2016 13:52
  
  BATON ROUGE -  Family members confirmed to News 2 that one of the Placid contract workers died on Sunday.Derek Trousard died after suffering from complications once he was exposed to argon while on the job Wednesday. The family told News 2 he suffered from multiple heart attacks and inflammation to the brain. Trousard and another worker were working near the storage tank at the Placid refining facility and were exposure to argon instead of the fresh air supply.Placid officials said in a
  
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• 'Zootopia,' 'London Has Fallen' dethrone 'Deadpool'

  06-03-2016 13:39
  
  LOS ANGELES - "Deadpool's" three-week reign atop the box office has ended thanks to a handful of new openers including "Zootopia" and "London Has Fallen."The top spot went to Disney's "Zootopia" which staged a box office stampede in its first weekend in theaters with an estimated $73.7 million, according to the studio Sunday. It's the fourth highest March opening ever and a best for Disney Animation.In second place, "London Has Fallen," a sequel to the "Die Hard" in the White House "Olympus Has
  
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• Accident or crime? VA worker faces trial in patient's death

  06-03-2016 13:32
  
  ALEXANDRIA - The manslaughter case against a Department of Veterans Affairs nursing assistant in Louisiana has become fodder for the federal agency's congressional critics.Fredrick Kevin Harris awaits a trial over the May 2013 death of a 70-year-old psychiatric patient, who was fatally injured during an altercation with Harris at a VA medical center in Pineville.In the meantime, a House committee led by a Florida Republican has pressed VA officials to explain why Harris hasn't been fired. Harris
  
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• Clinton, Trump notch wins in Louisiana primaries

  06-03-2016 13:30
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Businessman Donald Trump and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton have scored wins in the presidential primaries in Louisiana.Trump took the Saturday Republican primary over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz while Clinton scored a large win over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.Neighboring Mississippi will vote on Tuesday.Louisiana was one of five states to vote Saturday. Trump won in Louisiana and Kentucky while Cruz won in Kansas and Maine. Sanders won in Nebraska and Kansas.Permalink| Comment
  
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• Former first lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94 in California

  06-03-2016 12:17
  LOS ANGELES  - Former first lady Nancy Reagan has died at 94 in Bel-Air, California.
      
  Assistant Allison Borio says Mrs. Reagan died Sunday at her home of congestive heart failure.
      
  Her marriage to Ronald Reagan lasted 52 years until his death in 2004.
      
  A former actress, she was Reagan's closest adviser and fierce protector on his journey from actor to governor of California to president of the U
  
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• Louisiana House's higher sales tax proposal worries Democrats, tax experts

  06-03-2016 00:48
  
  Democrats in the Legislature are holding strong in their opposition to a higher sales tax -- and they likely have the votes to derail the proposal.
  
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