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• Lee and Jordan set for May runoff for Dist. 29 seat

  09-04-2016 21:59
  
  BATON ROUGE – Voters in District 29 went to the polls Saturday to choose who will fill a vacant seat after state Rep. Ronnie Edwards passed away in February.The field of five was narrowed to two Saturday night as Democrats Edmond Jordan and Vereta T. Lee will continue on for a May 14 runoff election.Jordan recieved the most votes, earning 31 percent of the total vote (1,088 votes). Lee recieved 24 percent of the total vote (848 votes). Lee and Jordan ran against Edwards last y
  
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• Livingston voters reject funding for school upgrades

  09-04-2016 21:48
  
  SPRINGFILED – Voters in Livingston Parish rejected a proposal Saturday that would have funded a new high school in Springfield and upgrades to schools in Albany.One proposal would have approved a $14 million dollar bond issue that would go toward building a new school on land already owned by the Livingston Parish school system. That measure was defeated 829 votes to 436 votes.Right now temporary buildings house 19 classrooms across the three schools in the Springfield area. Enrollment
  
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• Livingston voters approve tax renewal for juvenile detention center

  09-04-2016 21:32
  
  Voters in Livingston Parish chose to approve a property tax renewal for the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center Saturday.The tax renewal was previously shot down by voters in five parishes in November. The detention center that is located in Tangipahoa Parish serves Livingston, Tangipahoa, St. Helena, St. Tammany and Washington parishes.  The detention center typically houses around 60 offenders between the ages of 10-16. The center also employs 100 people and can house up to 133
  
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• Baker voters elect mayor, three council seats

  09-04-2016 21:23
  
  BAKER – Voters in Baker went to the polls Saturday to elect a new mayor and three new district council seats.With all 19 precincts reporting, voters chose Darnell "DA1" Waites to serve as the next Mayor of Baker. Waites received 61 percent (1582 votes) of the vote and defeated his opponent Leroy Davis.In District Two, Pete Heine received 60 percent of the vote and defeated Cleveland Thomas. The District Three race was a closer contest with only 12 votes separ
  
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• LSU DE Sione Teuhema suspended, may be done as a Tiger

  09-04-2016 21:17
  
  Missed final four games last season.
  
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• Brandon Harris throws four TD passes in LSU scrimmage

  09-04-2016 21:01
  
  Miles happy with "crispness" of second major scrimmage.
  
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• Shaquille O'Neal crashes Hall of Fame: LSU sports week in review

  09-04-2016 17:46
  
  Donte Jackson ineligible for spring.
  
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• Click here for municipal and primary election results

  09-04-2016 17:17
  
  CLICK HERE FOR LIVE ELECTION RESULTSBATON ROUGE – Polls closed at 8 p.m. for many areas around the Capital City Saturday.Voters in West Baton Rouge Parish are voting whether to renew a tax for the West Baton Rouge Parish Health Unit. The unit receives some money from the state but parish Finance Director Phillip Bourgoyne says the tax will generate nearly $634,000 a year from 2017 to 2026.The tax has been in place since 1956.In Baton Rouge, a special primary election will decide who wi
  
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• 3 men rescued from Pacific island thanks to "help" sign

  09-04-2016 16:46
  
  HONOLULU - Officials say three men who had been missing for three days were rescued Thursday from a deserted Pacific island after a U.S. Navy plane spotted a gigantic "help" spelled out with palm leaves.U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman Melissa McKenzie said Saturday that the men were reported missing Tuesday by their families after they failed to show up at the island of Weno.McKenzie says the men were traveling in a skiff between two Micronesian islands when they were overtaken by a wave.She says t
  
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• Disaster food stamps sites approved for St. Helena

  09-04-2016 16:36
  
  BATON ROUGE – Residents in some St. Helena Parishes will soon be able to apply for disaster food stamps benefits.The following St. Helena ZIP codes have been approved for DSNAP disaster food assistance: 70422, 70441, 70443, 70444.Residents in those locations can apply for DSNAP benefits starting Tuesday at the Greater turner Chapel AME at 875 Turner Chapel Rd. in Greensburg. The location will be open between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. and will serve applicants on a schedule based on the first l
  
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• Baton Rouge man charged as accessory to attempted murder

  09-04-2016 16:23
  
  BATON ROUGE – Police say a Baton Rouge man was arrested Friday for accessory to attempted first degree murder.According to Baton Rouge Police, 24-year-old Joseph Bentley Christy and his brother Larry Christy were looking to fight another person in the early hours of April 6. Two victims told BRPD that Larry fired two shots at them, striking one victim and causing damage to a nearby apartment complex.Court documents say one bullet entered an occupied apartment and struck a third victim
  
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• Sanders prevails in Democratic caucus in Wyoming

  09-04-2016 15:51
  
  WASHINGTON - Put Wyoming in the victory column for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.Sanders won the state's caucuses over Hillary Clinton, but the win isn't likely to help him make up much ground against in the delegate race that will decide nomination.Wyoming awards just 14 delegates overall, and before Saturday's results, Clinton held a commanding lead of more than 200 pledged delegates.Her edge over Sanders is even greater when you count the party insiders who are kno
  
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• Appeals court rules Mississippi can resume Google inquiry

  09-04-2016 14:34
  
  JACKSON, Miss. - An appeals court has ruled that Mississippi's attorney general can resume an investigation of Google.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday overturned a district judge who had sided with Google, originally ruling that the unit of Alphabet Inc. didn't have to answer a subpoena by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.The appeals court is also dissolving an injunction issued by the judge that had barred Hood from bringing any lawsuits against the Mountain View, California
  
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• Prank caller gets workers to smash windows at a Minnesota Burger King

  09-04-2016 14:32
  
  COON RAPIDS, Minn. - Police say a prank caller fooled workers at a Minnesota Burger King into smashing the windows of the restaurant to keep it from exploding.The Coon Rapids Police Department says employees got a call Friday night from someone claiming to be from the fire department. The caller said the restaurant was pressurized and could explode, so they needed to relive the pressure. Employees and the manager believed the caller and smashed all the windows on the ground floor.Investigators a
  
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• Naked Break-in: Bare burglar sneaks into home to do laundry

  09-04-2016 14:28
  
  WOODSTOCK, Ga.  - Authorities say a naked man was arrested after breaking into a north Georgia home through a pet door.Cherokee County Deputy Joshua Watkins tells local news media that 28-year-old Jarred Lemming on Wednesday entered the home nude to shower, wash his laundry and to use the owner's Wi-Fi. The incident report says Lemming was spotted climbing a neighbor's fence and squeezing through the dog door at the back of the house.Watkins says Lemming was still inside the home when d
  
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• Ted Cruz looking to scoop up more Colorado delegates

  09-04-2016 14:24
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS - Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has locked up the support of 21 Colorado delegates and may scoop up even more Saturday.Slates loyal to Cruz won every assembly in the state's seven congressional districts, which began April 2 and culminated Friday with 12 delegates selected.The Texas senator is well-positioned to pad his total Saturday, when 13 more delegates were to be chosen at the party's state convention.According to an Associated Press count, Trump has 743 deleg
  
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• US water systems repeatedly exceed federal standard for lead

  09-04-2016 14:22
  
  An Associated Press analysis has found that nearly 1,400 water systems serving 3.6 million Americans exceeded the federal lead standard at least once during the past three years.The affected systems are large and small, public and private. They include 278 systems that are owned and operated by schools and day care centers in 41 states.The AP reviewed a quarter century of sampling data reported by 75,000 drinking water systems that are subject to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's lead r
  
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• Poll: Improved economic outlook boosts approval for Obama

  09-04-2016 14:13
  
  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's approval rating is on the rise - thanks to an improving economic outlook and strong backing from young people.An Associated Press-Gfk poll shows that half of those questioned say they approve of the job Obama is doing. That's the highest approval rating since 2013.The climb coincides with a slight apparent increase in people's optimism about the economy.The poll shows young people and Democrats give Obama the biggest boost. Fifty-five percent of people under
  
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• Halting LGBT rules, N Carolina lawmakers again rebuff cities

  09-04-2016 14:11
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. - The decision by the North Carolina legislature and Gov. Pat McCrory to overturn Charlotte's anti-discrimination ordinance is the latest muscle-flexing by leaders in Republican-controlled states to rebuff local governments.A focal point of the Charlotte ordinance was a provision that allowed transgender people to use the restroom that conformed to their gender identities. But the law signed March 23 also bars all cities and counties in the state from passing anti-discrimination or
  
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• LeBron James shows off his pizza game in California visit

  09-04-2016 14:09
  
  PASADENA - The employee working at a pizza place in this Los Angeles suburb called himself Ron.Sure, he was significantly taller than his colleagues, but there he was, working alongside them carrying pizza boxes and taking orders on March 11 at the Blaze Pizza store.Before his game vs. @chicagobulls, LeBron James surprises staff at Blaze Pizza @KingJames: https://t.co/ygbSuPPkyx pic.twitter.com/FKfkS86us2— Eater Chicago (@eaterchicago) April 8, 2016
  But Ron is no ordinary employee. He
  
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• Experts tell NHTSA to slow down on self-driving cars

  09-04-2016 14:05
  
  WASHINGTON - Engineers, safety advocates and even automakers have a message for federal regulators eager to get self-driving cars on the road: slow down.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is being told that fully self-driving cars may be the future of the industry, but that such vehicles aren't yet up to the demands of real-world driving.In January, the agency announced that it would begin work on writing guidance for deploying the vehicles. Officials have promised to complete th
  
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• Inquiry set after hospital construction collapse injures 9

  09-04-2016 14:03
  
  SHREVEPORT - Federal officials are investigating a construction site collapse at a hospital that left nine workers with minor injuries.Shreveport Fire Chief Scott Wolverton tells KTBS-TV that concrete being poured for an expansion of the Willis-Knighton Medical Center North collapsed when scaffolding and supports gave way Friday morning. Workers say the structure was sagging and they were moving to reinforce it when it collapsed.Workers were treated at Willis-Knighton North and other hospitals.
  
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• Louisiana budget crisis puts pressure on private universities too

  09-04-2016 01:00
  
  Tax changes made last month will make it more expensive for Louisiana's private universities to purchase everything from paper to lab equipment.
  
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