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• Karl Dunbar expected to be hired by Alabama, AL.com reports

  01-05-2016 22:40
  
  Replaces Bo Davis who resigned Friday.
  
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• Deputies looking for man who robbed Burbank CVS

  01-05-2016 20:45
  
  BATON ROUGE – Deputies are looking for a man who they say robbed a CVS on Burbank Drive Sunday night.According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, the man entered the store around 6:30 p.m., pulled out a knife and demanded money from a clerk.Deputies say the man fled with an unknown amount of cash in an older model white Lexus with a sun roof. Investigators described the man as a white male, approximately 6 feet tall wearing a purple LSU sweatshirt, black pants a gray h
  
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• After a half-century wait, US cruise leaves Miami for Cuba

  01-05-2016 17:17
  
  MIAMI - After a half-century of waiting, passengers have set sail from Miami on an historic cruise to Havana.Carnival Corp.'s 704-passenger Adonia left port at about 4:24 p.m. Sunday.The cruise comes after Cuba loosened its policy banning Cuban-born people from arriving to the country by sea. Cuban-born passengers were among those aboard.Carnival says the Adonia will cruise every other week from Miami to Cuba.Seventy-three-year-old passenger Rick Schneider told The Sun-Sentinel that he
  
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• Residents rally to remove junk for Central woman in need

  01-05-2016 15:58
  
  CENTRAL – Help was on the way for an elderly Central woman who needed help to remove piles of junk off her property.The city of Central demanded that she clean it up, and Saturday a group of volunteers took the matter into their own hands.“It’s wonderful. It’s a blessing. The good lord sent me a blessing,” the 78-year-old woman said. She did not want to release her name.The woman said she felt hopeless for years after the city pressured her to do
  
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• CIA director says unverified material in secret 9/11 pages

  01-05-2016 14:45
  
  WASHINGTON - CIA Director John Brennan says a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 contains preliminary information about possible Saudi links to the attackers that hadn't been corroborated or checked out at the time.The Obama administration may soon release part of the material.Brennan tells NBC's "Meet the Press" there were "concerns about sensitive source of methods, investigative actions" and notes the Sept. 11 investigation still was underway.Brennan says the 9/11 C
  
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• Obama, first lady review library design proposals

  01-05-2016 14:42
  
  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is reviewing design proposals for his future presidential library from the seven architectural firms chosen as finalists.The White House says the president's wife, Michelle, joined him at Sunday's meeting in Washington with staff of the Barack Obama Foundation.The foundation plans to build the library in one of two parks Chicago's South Side. Completion is expected in 2020 or 2121.The finalists include four firms from New York, two in Europe and one in Chicago
  
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• Connecticut governor gets JFK award for pro-refugee stance

  01-05-2016 14:39
  
  BOSTON - Connecticut's governor has received the 2016 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his public support of resettling Syrian refugees in the U.S.Kennedy's grandson, Jack Schlossberg, presented the award to Dannel P. Malloy at a ceremony Sunday morning in Boston.Malloy, a Democrat, was named this year's recipient for his vocal support of refugee resettlement. Schlossberg credits Malloy with taking a stand "against the hateful, xenophobic rhetoric" at a time when some governors and p
  
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• 'Jungle Book' rules box office again; 'Civil War' looms

  01-05-2016 14:36
  
  NEW YORK - Disney's "The Jungle Book" trounced a handful of underperforming new releases to rule the box office for a third consecutive week, while next week's certain champ, "Captain America: Civil War," began setting records overseas.Jon Favreau's live-action Rudyard Kipling adaptation earned $42.4 million in its third week at North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. One of the year's biggest hits, "The Jungle Book" has now totaled $684.8 million globally.The weekend's de
  
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• Synthetic narcotics spark new look at drugged- driving laws

  01-05-2016 14:34
  
  MINEOLA, N.Y. - As synthetic drugs become more popular, prosecutors in New York and a dozen other states are finding themselves stymied by a law that allows them to charge drivers with drugged-driving only if they're under the influence of something on an official list of banned substances.Prosecutors say the problem is that synthetic drug manufacturers are changing the composition of their drugs before the law can catch up.Legislation is pending in New York seeking to change that law to fall in
  
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• James Bond meets Samuel Colt: Seeking to build a safer gun

  01-05-2016 14:31
  
  DAYTONA BEACH - Jonathan Mossberg is among a group of pioneers looking to build a safer gun.But unlike many others, he already was in the gun business.Mossburg was born into a family known for its line of shotguns - guns treasured by police, hunters and the military.Mossberg has been working to develop - and someday bring to the market - a firearm that can't be fired by the wrong person. It's intended to operate without fail in the hands of its owner.Mossberg's iGun Technology Corporation relies
  
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• US once again forced to turn to Russia for help on Syria

  01-05-2016 14:29
  
  WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is scrambling to resuscitate a nearly dead truce in Syria, and has again been forced to turn to Russia for help - with little hope for the desired U.S. outcome.At stake are thousands of lives and the fate of a feeble peace process essential to the fight against the Islamic State group.Secretary of State John Kerry has appealed once more to his Russian counterpart for assistance in containing and reducing the violence, particularly around city of Aleppo.Kerry
  
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• Schumer: Probe billboards using phone data to track shoppers

  01-05-2016 14:19
  
  NEW YORK - An outdoor advertising company says its use of mobile phone data to learn about potential consumers is based on anonymous information.Clear Channel Outdoor Americas spokesman Jason King said in a statement Sunday its RADAR program used for billboard advertising has existed for years.U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the technique. The New York Democrat wants to know if the company has employed deceptive trade practices because consu
  
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• Thousands plan May 1 marches in US in heated election year

  01-05-2016 14:14
  
  LOS ANGELES - Thousands are expected to rally in cities across the United States for immigrant and worker rights and against what they see as hateful presidential campaign rhetoric.Events are planned for Sunday in cities from New York to Miami to Cleveland and to Los Angeles.Organizers say they will speak out against rhetoric targeting immigrants, workers and women following remarks by leading Republican presidential contender Donald Trump.Around the world, union members have traditionally march
  
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• Weather Service confirms Saturday St. Landry Parish tornado

  01-05-2016 14:12
  
  DUPONT, La. - The National Weather Service confirms that a tornado hit rural parts of northern St. Landry Parish and southern Avoyelles Parish on Saturday.Forecaster Jonathan Brazzell said Sunday that the Weather Service estimates the twister that travelled between Big Cane in St. Landry Parish and Dupont in Avoyelles was rated EF-1 on the enhanced Fujita scale. That describes tornadoes with winds between 86 mph and 110 mph.The twister began around 11:25 a.m. Saturday. KLFY-TV reports the storm
  
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• Flooding predicted along sections of Red River

  01-05-2016 14:07
  
  SHREVEPORT - The National Weather Service is warning of flooding along the Red River in northwest Louisiana.Forecasters say the river will peak at a moderate flood stage at Shreveport Tuesday, with major flood crests predicted downriver at Coushatta on Wednesday and Grand Ecore on Thursday.Officials tell KSLA-TV that a few neighborhoods unprotected by levees in Bossier Parish may flood. Those areas were affected by severe flooding last June, prompting a moratorium on new developments inside the
  
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• Thousands lost power in Sunday storms

  01-05-2016 13:05
  
  BATON ROUGE - Thousands of customers were left without power Sunday morning after sever weather passed over the Baton Rouge area.Over 9,000 Entergy customers were without power across Louisiana as strong storms passed Sunday afternoon. Around noon Sunday, Entergy said more than 1500 homes experienced loss of power in  East Baton Rouge Parish. As of 1:30 p.m., just 66 customers are still witout power.  Close to a thousand outages were also reported in
  
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• Storms knock out power to thousands

  01-05-2016 13:05
  
  BATON ROUGE - As of Sunday morning, more than a thousand Louisiana residents across the Baton Rouge area are without power as storms continue throughout the day.Entergy said more than 1500 homes are out of power in East Baton Rouge Parish. Close to a thousand outages are also being reported in Ascension parish. As of right now, officials are reporting about 500 outages in Livingston parish.Entergy said they're working to restore power, and expect most power outages to be back up before late toni
  
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• Rumbly Sunday start

  01-05-2016 07:12
  
  This morning, you may have been woken up by some rumbly monsters outside the window. We're not currently under a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch and we don't expect a watch to be issued at this time. We are still however under a FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Sunday evening.There is a MARGINAL risk for severe weather today; a 1 out of 5. Yesterday, there was a slight risk; a 2 out of 5. Overall, we're not expecting too many severe storms, but if we do see a storm get an attitude, it wil
  
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• Rumbly, rainy Sunday start

  01-05-2016 07:12
  
  This morning, you may have been woken up by some rumbly monsters outside the window. We're not currently under a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch and we don't expect a watch to be issued at this time. We are still however under a FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Sunday evening.There is a MARGINAL risk for severe weather today; a 1 out of 5. Yesterday, there was a slight risk; a 2 out of 5. Overall, we're not expecting too many severe storms, but if we do see a storm get an attitude, it wil
  
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• Rumbly, rainy Sunday

  01-05-2016 07:12
  
  This morning, you may have been woken up by some rumbly monsters outside the window. We're not currently under a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch and we don't expect a watch to be issued at this time. We are still however under a FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Sunday evening.There is a MARGINAL risk for severe weather today; a 1 out of 5. Yesterday, there was a slight risk; a 2 out of 5. Overall, we're not expecting too many severe storms, but if we do see a storm get an attitude, it wil
  
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• New Orleans, south shore, added to flash flood watch for Sunday

  01-05-2016 05:32
  
  Widespread rains of 1 to 3 inches have already saturated the ground, setting up potential flash flooding from any storms on Sunday, forecasters said.
  
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