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• Driver in crash that killed 2 pleads guilty, pays $800 fine

  02-04-2016 19:52
  
  MILL HALL, Pa. - A delivery truck driver who crashed into a horse and buggy in Pennsylvania last summer killing a woman and 9-year-old boy has pleaded guilty and paid nearly $800 in fines.Prosecutors say an investigation found vehicular homicide charges weren't warranted.Fifty-five-year-old Sherry Croak of Lock Haven originally sought a trial but instead entered the plea Friday. The fines were associated with charges including careless driving resulting in death.State police said the UPS box tru
  
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• Pot activists smoke outside the White House

  02-04-2016 19:50
  
  WASHINGTON - Activists smoked marijuana outside the White House to send their message that the drug shouldn't be considered dangerous.Protesters planned to display a 51-foot-long inflatable "joint" at Saturday's demonstration. However, protest organizer Adam Eidinger said the Secret Service wouldn't allow it, citing security concerns.Possession of up to 2 ounces of pot is legal in the nation's capital, but smoking in public is illegal. However, U.S. Park Police Sgt. Anna Rose says her agency mad
  
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• Live updates from Les Miles post-scrimmage press conference Saturday, 1:30 p.m.

  02-04-2016 18:30
  
  Tigers work out in their ninth practice, two weeks until the spring game.
  
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• Les Miles dishes on Cuba, Tigers fall to Tulane: LSU week in review

  02-04-2016 18:00
  
  LSU returns to spring football practice.
  
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• Refugee chefs bring their recipes to NYC food company

  02-04-2016 16:53
  
  NEW YORK - A food delivery service is offering New Yorkers the chance to try some food cooked by some unexpected chefs.All seven employees at Eat Offbeat are either refugees or asylum seekers who fled their home countries. They're cooking foods from those places, including Iraq and Nepal.None had any professional cooking experience before coming to work for the startup, which launched in November.The company has committed to hiring refugees and teaching them culinary skills, partly for altruisti
  
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• Parrot species in US cities may rival that in native Mexico

  02-04-2016 16:45
  
  SAN DIEGO - U.S. researchers are launching studies on Mexico's red crowned parrot - a species that has been adapting so well to living in cities in California and Texas after escaping from the pet trade that the population may now rival that in its native country.The research comes amid debate over whether some of the birds flew across the border into Texas and should be listed under the Endangered Species Act.Parrots in U.S. urban areas are just starting to draw attention from scientists becaus
  
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• Runaway bull caught at NY college, then saved by Jon Stewart

  02-04-2016 16:39
  
  NEW YORK - A bull that escaped from a holding area and darted through the streets of New York City has been captured and taken to greener pastures by Jon Stewart.Officials tell The New York Times that the black and white Angus was spotted Friday in Queens. The bull was soon corralled at York College, where students snapped pictures and took videos.The bull was dubbed Frank Lee after a prisoner who escaped from Alcatraz. It was later taken to an animal shelter by the former "Daily Show"
  
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• Clinton, Sanders had opposing views on biomedical research

  02-04-2016 16:36
  
  NEW YORK - Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were on opposing sides of certain types of biomedical research while they served in Congress. These differences have gained notice by scientists and advocates on the forefront of stem cell research.Clinton has pointed to her advocacy for groundbreaking medical research and support for stem cell research. Sanders supports stem cell research but advocates within the scientific community point to his voting record in t
  
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• Rihanna, Shonda Rhimes, Clinton appear at Black Girls Rock!

  02-04-2016 16:35
  
  NEWARK - Pop star Rihanna and TV mogul Shonda Rhimes were among the honorees at this year's Black Girls Rock! event, where Hillary Clinton made an appearance and told the audience "my life has been changed by strong black women leaders."The Friday night event was taped at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The special will air on BET on Tuesday.The Democratic presidential candidate earned cheers when she called black women "change makers and pathmakers and ground shakers." Rihanna
  
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• Remembering the origins of New Orleans' gay Carnival krewes

  02-04-2016 14:00
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A dozen founders of New Orleans' gay and lesbian Carnival krewes - 11 men and a woman - are getting together at the Louisiana State Museum on April 3 for a public discussion about gay Mardi Gras organizations and the experiences of gay Carnival from the 1950s until now.Likely topics include the joy of being able to create and show off wildly flamboyant Mardi Gras drag when men could be arrested for cross-dressing in public; the raided ball that ended New Orleans' first gay Carnival
  
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• Blue Bell: Listeria likely spread in Oklahoma plant drainage

  02-04-2016 13:56
  
  BRENHAM, Texas - Blue Bell Creameries has told federal inspectors that it believes listeria bacteria spread at its Oklahoma plant through a drainage system.The Texas-based ice cream company revealed the findings in documents sent to the Food and Drug Administration.KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth reported Friday that Blue Bell says it believes the bacteria found at its plant in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, spread through the drainage system, released into the air and then settled on nearby equipment.The
  
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• Justices asked to rule that racial bias trumps jury secrecy

  02-04-2016 13:50
  
  WASHINGTON - The American jury room is a bit like Las Vegas: What happens there is supposed to stay there.But a Supreme Court appeal from a Hispanic man in Colorado raises the prospect that a juror's comments during deliberations can be so offensive that they deprive a defendant of a fair trial.The justices could say as early as Monday whether they'll take up a case involving a defendant's constitutional right to trial by an impartial jury, and the need for secrecy in jury deliberations.The man
  
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• Q&A with LSU OC Cam Cameron: 'There will be a noticeable change'

  02-04-2016 13:00
  
  Tigers looking for improvement from a passing game ranked 105th in the nation.
  
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• Skies clear by Saturday evening, sunny through mid-week

  02-04-2016 01:28
  
  Another cold front will move through the area on Wednesday night and Thursday, but will bring only a 20 percent chance of rain, forecasters say
  
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