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• Former LSU medical-school dean dies at 86

  24-04-2016 23:34
  
  Before moving to Mississippi, Nelson was dean of the Louisiana State University medical school in New Orleans.
  
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• Hammond man killed in motorcycle crash near Tickfaw

  24-04-2016 20:23
  
  TICKFAW – State Police say a Hammond man died Sunday after his motorcycle ran off the roadway of LA 1064 near Tickfaw.According to Louisiana State Police, 52-year-old Michael S. McDonald was driving westbound on LA 1064 when his motorcycle exited the roadway and crashed into a culvert.Police say McDonald was ejected from his motorcycle and suffered severe injuries. The Tangipahoa Parish Coroner’s Office pronounced him dead at the scene.Investigators say McDonald was wearing a
  
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• Woman accused of attempted second-degree murder, home invasion

  24-04-2016 19:22
  
  BATON ROUGE – Police arrested a woman after they say she entered a victim's home and attacked someone with a box cutter.According to court documents, Baton Rouge Police officers were dispatched to a home on Duke Street in refrence to a stabbing around 2:34 p.m. Sunday. At the scene, police say a victim had several stab wounds in her chest and left arm.The victim told investigators that 56-year-old Theresa Ross walked into her home without her permission and began stabbing her.&nbsp
  
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• Man arrested, charged with threatening to bomb Trump rally

  24-04-2016 14:08
  
  WATERBURY, Conn. - A 20-year-old Connecticut man is facing charges after authorities say he tweeted out a bomb threat during a Donald Trump rally Saturday.Connecticut State Police say the U.S. Secret Service contacted them Saturday afternoon after they say Sean Morkys posted on Twitter, "Is someone going to bomb the trump rally or am I going to have to?"Police say that tweet was followed by another warning a friend to have his family members leave the rally so they wouldn't get hurt.The Republic
  
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• White House poised to release secret pages from 9/11 inquiry

  24-04-2016 14:06
  
  WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the attackers.Those pages - now kept in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol - address specific sources of foreign support for some of the hijackers while they were in the United States.Bob Graham, who was co-chairman of the bipartisan panel, and others say the documents point suspicion at the
  
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• Prom shooting in Wisconsin leaves 3 people injured

  24-04-2016 14:02
  
  ANTIGO, Wis. - Authorities have identified a man who they say shot and wounded two students outside of their northern Wisconsin prom as 18-year-old Jakob E. Wagner.Police say Wagner opened fire late Saturday and shot the male and female students with a rifle as they left the high school dance in Antigo, a community about 150 miles north of Milwaukee.Police Chief Eric Roller says an officer who was in the parking lot shot Wagner. Langlade County Coroner Larry Shadick told The Associated Press tha
  
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• Solar-powered plane completes journey across Pacific Ocean

  24-04-2016 13:59
  
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - A solar-powered airplane on a journey around the world has landed in California, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii.Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, south of San Francisco, at 11:45 p.m. Saturday following a 62-hour, nonstop flight without fuel.The aircraft started its journey in March 2015 from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and made stops in Oman, Myanmar, China and Japan. The
  
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• US limits N. Korean minister's travel in response to missile

  24-04-2016 13:57
  
  WASHINGTON - The United States is restricting the travel of the North Korean foreign minister to U.N. functions in New York in response to his country's latest missile test firing.North Korea said Sunday it successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine - a worrying development because mastering the ability to fire missiles from submerged vessels would make it harder for outsiders to detect what North Korea is doing before it launches.State Department spokesman John Kirby says due
  
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• Gas prices jump by 8 cents over past 2 weeks, averages $2.18

  24-04-2016 13:55
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. - The average price of gasoline has jumped by 8 cents over the past three weeks to $2.18 a gallon for regular grade.Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the hike is partly due to crude oil prices edging up. The price at the pump has gone up 41 cents over the past nine weeks.Lundberg says that trend will likely continue as refiners make higher-cost summer blend gasoline in compliance with federal regulations.In the Lower 48, the highest average price of regular gaso
  
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• What to look for as first weekend of Jazzfest wraps up

  24-04-2016 13:54
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is wrapping up.The high-profile performances Sunday include the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nick Jonas who will close their respective stages.The festival is seven days of rock, R&B, jazz, gospel and other types of music and lectures across 12 stages.While there are a number of big-name, out-of-state acts, the festival features a vast array of local talent.The Imagination Movers, a rock group for kids that wears bl
  
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• Boudin to crawfish, food also stars at Jazz Fest

  24-04-2016 13:54
  
  NEW ORLEANS - From cochon de lait po-boys to pecan catfish meuniere, food is almost as important at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as the music.Thousands of people flocked to stands selling food and drinks distinctive to southern Louisiana on Sunday.Katrina Kiernan was eating a soft-shelled crab po-boy - the local name for sandwiches. During the weekend she'd already tried the crawfish Monica, the cochon de lait po-boy and the crawfish streudel.She said she'd heard that the crawfish
  
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