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• Donors raise $952,522 in St. Jude Dream Home giveaway

  12-06-2016 21:29
  
  BATON ROUGE - Donors raised nearly $1 million dollars for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Sunday night for the Dream Home giveaway. Some donors even walked away with fabulous prizes. According to initial reports, tickets for Sunday night's St. Jude Dream Home giveaway sold out in a record 35 to 40 minutes. In total $952,522 was raised for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The winner of the Grand Prize, the St. Jude Dream Home house is Geary Perkins of Po
  
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• Steampunk & Makers Fair gets Southeast Tourism Society nod

  12-06-2016 20:12
  
  LAFAYETTE - Going into its fourth year, Lafayette's Steampunk and Makers Fair has won an accolade from the Southeast Tourism Society. The group named it a Top 20 Event for the Southeast in November, meaning national publicity.The Advertiser reports that the fair is part costume play, part science and part county fair. Cofounder Jim Phillips calls it a marriage between art and science that showcases local innovation and local art.It will be held Nov. 5-6 at Parc International.Phillipsi says the e
  
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• Man with guns, explosives said he wanted to harm California gay pride parade

  12-06-2016 19:28
  
  SANTA MONICA, CA - The apparent Facebook page of a heavily armed man who told police he was headed to a Los Angeles-area gay pride parade is full of pictures of himself with his car and includes opinioned political posts. But it shows no enmity for gays or membership in any movement.The man in the Facebook page appears to be the same James Wesley Howell in a picture released by police, and the page includes several pictures of a white Acura sedan like the one Howell was arrested in on S
  
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• Season over: Tigers eliminated by Coastal Carolina in Super Regional

  12-06-2016 18:48
  
  BATON ROUGE The LSU Tiger baseball team lost 4-3 to Coastal Carolina in a must-win situation against Coastal Carolina on Sunday night in the NCAA's Baton Rouge Super Regional at Alex Box Stadium, ending the Tigers' season.LSU (45-21) started junior left-handed pitcher Jared Poche on the mound on four days rest, the third time he's done that this season.Poche was an immediate victim of bad luck as the lead-off hitter for the Chanticleers, Anthony Marks, reached on what would've been a routine out
  
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• Baton Rouge blood services seeking donors to help Orlando shooting victims

  12-06-2016 17:41
  
  BATON ROUGE – United Blood Services is calling on the public to help to send blood to Florida to help save the lives of dozens of people injured in the mass shooting in Florida.United Blood Services issued the call to Baton Rouge donors Sunday afternoon. The organization has already sent O positive and O negative blood Sunday afternoon. United Blood Services plans to send AB Plasma to Orlando Monday.“When tragedy strikes, it’s the blood on the shelves that saves liv
  
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• Police investigating shooting on Holiday Court

  12-06-2016 17:07
  
  BATON ROUGE - Sources say at least one person is injured after a shooting on Holiday Court in Baton Rouge Sunday afternoon.First responders say the shooting happened at the intersection of Holiday Court and Hoover Avenue around 5 p.m. Sunday. That location is near the BREC Rio Drive Park. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's office has not released any information about the incident. A WBRZ News 2 crew is en route to the location. This is a developing story
  
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• One dead in Holiday Court drive-by shooting

  12-06-2016 17:07
  
  BATON ROUGE - Deputies say one person is dead after a shooting on Holiday Court in Baton Rouge Sunday afternoon.According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, 27-year-old Torrence Tate was suffered a gunshot wound around 5 p.m. and was transported to a local hospital. Deputies say he later died in surgery.First responders say the shooting happened at the intersection of Holiday Court and Hoover Avenue. That location is near the BREC Rio Drive Park. Investigators believe&
  
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• LSU Student Health Center will not open Monday

  12-06-2016 16:17
  
  BATON ROUGE – LSU officials announced Sunday that the university’s Student Health Center will remain closed Monday.Officials say restoration and cleanup efforts are still underway after a fire Thursday night caused $1.7 million in damages.“We appreciate everyone’s patience during this time,” D’Ann Morris, executive director of the LSU Student Health Center, said. “We have crews working around the clock to get the facility back
  
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• Man killed by possible hit-and-run driver

  12-06-2016 12:08
  
  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff's deputies suspect a man was killed by a hit-and-run driver sometime overnight.Authorities said a man was found dead in the road before sunrise at 7950 Greenweell Street.  The person was not identified as of this post.The East baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said it is possible the man was hit by a vehicle and the driver fled.  The incident is under investigation, the sheriff's office said.Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriffs office at
  
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• Teen among group jailed for woman's shooting death

  12-06-2016 08:28
  
  BATON ROUGE - A teenager is among a group of three people booked into jail after an accidental shooting left a woman dead Saturday.Police said Ajeanae Frazer, 20, was shot while riding in a vehicle with an unidentified 16-year-old who was holding an assault rifle.  The gun mistakenly fired, hitting Frazer in the torso.  The gunshot killed her, police said.  The gunfire caused the vehicle the two were in to crash on Wayne Avenue shortly before 4 p.m.The teenager was boo
  
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