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• Alton Sterling's funeral set for Friday at Southern University in Baton Rouge

  11-07-2016 23:14
  
  Visitation is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and the service begins at 11 a.m.
  
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• Watch video of woman's arrest who appears in powerful photo of Alton Sterling protest

  11-07-2016 22:51
  
  The arrest occurred during a daylight protest outside Baton Rouge Police headquarters on July 9.
  
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• Baton Rouge DA made the right call with recusal from Alton Sterling shooting investigation

  11-07-2016 22:48
  
  Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore made the right call. He had no choice but to remove himself from the ongoing investigation into the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling. There will be those who don't know Moore who will...
  
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• Woman accused of stealing $860 worth of fingernail polish

  11-07-2016 20:55
  
  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans police say a 27-year-old woman is accused of stealing $860 worth of fingernail polish from a CVS drug store - in one day.Authorities say in a news release that Raushawn Ford was arrested Monday and held without bond on charges of theft and possessing stolen property. The news release quotes CVS' loss prevention officer as saying that Ford also had stolen from two other stores.The release did not elaborate on when and how Ford allegedly stole the polish or how she was ca
  
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• City leaders meet with federal investigators over Alton Sterling case

  11-07-2016 18:58
  
  BATON ROUGE – City leaders met with federal investigators on Monday to talk about how protesters are being treated by law enforcement.
  The closed-door meeting took place at the federal court in downtown Baton Rouge.Hundreds of people were arrested over the weekend as they protested around the city following the police-involved shooting death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling.Baton Rouge Metro-Councilman Lamont Cole and other African American leaders attended the brief meeting."We have some
  
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• U.S. Olympic gymnast gets a superhero Barbie

  11-07-2016 16:20
  
  U.S. Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglass now has her own superhero Barbie doll.Douglass will be headed to Rio for the 2016 Olympics after qualifying at the U.S. gymnastics team trials over the weekend.Douglass began making history when she competed in the 2012 Olympics in London and became the first U.S. athlete to win both team and all-around gold medals at the London Olympics. She was also the first black gymnast to win an individual gold medal.With her groundbreaking talents, Matell unveiled a &am
  
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• Funeral for Alton Sterling to be held on Friday at Southern University

  11-07-2016 16:11
  
  BATON ROUGE – Funeral arrangements for Alton Sterling will be held on Friday.Family and friends of Sterling will be held in the Southern University F. G. Clark Activity Center on July 5.According to the Sterling family, a viewing is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 10: 30 a.m. and the funeral will be held at 11 a.m.Sterling, 37, was shot and killed by two BRPD officers on Tuesday, July 5 in front of a convenience store in Baton Rouge. Video of his death has sparked major national outcry and pro
  
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• Al Sharpton among speakers at Sterling funeral Friday

  11-07-2016 16:11
  
  BATON ROUGE – Alton Sterling's funeral will be held Friday at Southern Univeristy, according to a release from the school.Viewing will be from 8 to 10:30 am before the funeral at 11 am in the university's F.G. Clark Activity Center.Sterling, 37, was shot to death by a Baton Rouge Police officer July 5 in front of the Triple S convenience store. Video of part of Sterling's fatal encounter with police sparked widespread national outcry and protests. The US Depa
  
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• Chris Harrison of 'The Bachelor' to host Miss America pageant

  11-07-2016 15:47
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Chris Harrison of ABC's "The Bachelor" will be back to host this year's Miss America pageant in Atlantic City.
      
  The Miss America Organization made the announcement Monday.
      
  It's the eighth time Harrison has handled the duties. He also serves as host of the syndicated version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"
      
  Harrison's co-host for the Sept. 11 event at Boardwalk Hall will be Sage
  
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• 57 dead baby bull sharks wash ashore near Mobile Bay

  11-07-2016 15:37
  
  THEODORE, Ala. - Residents of the area near Mobile Bay woke up on Saturday morning to find dozens of dead baby bull sharks washing up on a beach near Dauphin Island Parkway.An investigation by Alabama Marine Resources and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is now underway.“Horrified! Not expecting something like that,” said Sabrina Rios in an interview with Fox10, who happened across the shark carnage while visiting her friend. ”They were all about two-to-three feet and the
  
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• Court ruling would make sharing your Netflix password a federal offense

  11-07-2016 15:12
  
  Jail overcrowding is set to increase dramatically as a ruling by a federal judge last week makes it illegal to share any password due to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Yes, that includes Netflix.An opinion was issued by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last Tuesday after a court ruled against a man accused of leaving his job and then using a coworker’s password to download information from one of the company’s databases for use at his new job.The man, David N
  
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• 2 bailiffs, suspect dead in Michigan courthouse shooting

  11-07-2016 15:01
  
  ST. JOSEPH, Mich. -- A sheriff says two bailiffs and a gunman are dead at a western Michigan courthouse where a shooting happened.
      
  Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey said at a news conference late Monday afternoon that a deputy sheriff was also shot but is in stable condition at Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph.
      
  The shooting happened at the Berrien County courthouse on Monday afternoon. Bailey said he did not know anything about the
  
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• Sheriff warns: Stop trespassing to find Pokemon on new app

  11-07-2016 14:52
  
  GOOCHLAND, Va. - Searching for Pokemon on a popular new smartphone game is not a valid excuse for trespassing.That's the warning from a central Virginia sheriff's office. In a post on its official Facebook page, the Goochland Sheriff's Office links a rise in reports of trespassing and suspicious activity over the weekend to Thursday's release of the popular Pokemon Go game.The "augmented reality" game encourages players to wander in the physical world to find and catch new Pokemon on their scree
  
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• Reporter's notebook: Hard-nosed journalist finds solace in generous delivery

  11-07-2016 14:51
  
  As Baton Rouge prepares for another day of protest, another day when our humanity is called into question, I saw a way out Saturday.  The answer came to me in of all places the Chabill’s auto service store on Burbank.  It was an unscheduled visit which brought me there.   I ran over a muffler on I-110 going 60 miles an hour.  So as I waited the five hours it was going to take to fix the damage, I sat back and watched the world go by.&nbs
  
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• Golden State star Draymond Green arrested for assault

  11-07-2016 14:50
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. - Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green was arrested for an alleged assault over the weekend in East Lansing, Michigan, according to online court records.
      
  The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the city where Green played for Michigan State from 2008-12.
      
  An East Lansing police spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking details. Messages seeking comment were left for Green.
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• Owner of Triple S convenience store files suit against BRPD, city

  11-07-2016 14:20
  
  BATON ROUGE - The owner of the North Foster Drive convenience store where Alton Sterling was killed in an officer-involved shooting has filed a lawsuit against Baton Rouge Police.The store owner, Abdullah Muhlafi, alleges that officers illegally locked him in a patrol car for more than four hours in addition to confiscating his cell phone and taking surveillance video from his shop.The Triple S Mart proprietor was at the scene last Tuesday morning when BRPD officers responded to the scene after
  
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• Protesters call for Mayor Holden's resignation at BR City Hall

  11-07-2016 14:03
  
  BATON ROUGE - Protests are continuing at BR City Hall on Monday afternoon with many of the protesters calling for Mayor-President “Kip” Holden’s resignation in the wake of an officer-involved killing that has rocked the city to its core.Just before 2 p.m., a group of demonstrators was gathered at the door to city hall as they continued to chant. Police could be seen guarding the entrance lobby.Earlier in the day, a small group of protesters showed up for more than a
  
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• Plea deal leaves 1 defendant in Sharper case

  11-07-2016 14:02
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A co-defendant in the drug and sexual assault case that brought down former NFL star Darren Sharper has reached a plea deal.Former restaurant worker Erik Nunez has agreed to enter a guilty plea in the case. That leaves one more defendant, former St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Deputy Brandon Licciardi, to face trial. Jury selection began Monday shortly after the plea bargain with Nunez was announced in federal court.Details of the agreement have not yet been posted in public
  
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• Long divided: Baton Rouge race relations under new scrutiny

  11-07-2016 12:51
  
  BATON ROUGE - The shooting death of a black man at the hands of two white police officers is revealing long-simmering racial tensions in Louisiana's capital.Jasiri Basel is a 37-year-old community activist. He says Baton Rouge is "horribly racist" and that there's a physical divide in the city.Most of the city's black population lives in the north whereas the white population lives in the south part.Some residents say the black population hasn't gotten the economic opportunities that the white p
  
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• Police: Dallas gunman left message written in blood

  11-07-2016 12:28
  
  DALLAS - The gunman who killed five police officers in Dallas was plotting larger attacks, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said Sunday.“We’re convinced that this suspect had other plans and thought that what he was doing was righteous and believed that he was going to target law enforcement — make us pay for what he sees as law enforcement’s efforts to punish people of color,” Brown said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on &ld
  
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• 5-time NBA champion Tim Duncan retires after 19 seasons

  11-07-2016 12:23
  
  SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan is finally calling it a career.
      
  Duncan announced his retirement on Monday after 19 seasons, five championships, two MVP awards and 15 All-Star appearances. It marks the end of an era for the Spurs and the NBA.
      
  Duncan was the No. 1 overall pick out of Wake Forest in 1997 and teamed with Gregg Popovich, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili to make the Spurs the most enduring success story in mo
  
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• Protesters hold quick gathering at city hall Monday

  11-07-2016 09:55
  
  BATON ROUGE - Following a busy weekend of protests in the Capital City, protestors briefly turned up outside of Baton Rouge City Hall on Monday morning.While no official protests were scheduled for the day, a crowd began to assemble outside of the downtown building just ahead of 9 a.m. Some of the people in the group said they had been downtown since 3 or 4 a.m. ahead of demonstrations.#BatonRouge Action.
  Sit down at City Hall.Being told it's ok to assemble but not ok to chant.&mdas
  
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• Hammond Police investigate double murder of aunt, nephew

  11-07-2016 09:40
  
  HAMMOND - Police are investigating a double murder that happened early Sunday morning in Hammond.Hammond Police responded to the scene in the 1400 block of Hoover Street at 1:00 a.m. to find two people had been killed at the residence. Officers said they found 65-year-old Beverly Thompson outside of the residence and 39-year-old Toreo Thompson inside the residence. Both had suffered apparent gunshot wounds.The victims, who police later identified as aunt and nephew, were pronounced dead at the s
  
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• Police stand ready amid concerns of I-10 bridge protest

  11-07-2016 09:18
  
  PORT ALLEN - Police and sheriff's deputies on either side of the Mississippi River made their presence known Monday morning amid threats protesters related to the police reform movement would try to walk onto I-10 and the Mississippi River Bridge.In Baton Rouge, a number of Baton Rouge Police gathered at the entrance to the bridge between Old South Baton Rouge and downtown. A similar contingent of officers was put in place Sunday night as protesters marched toward I-110. The largest number of of
  
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• EBRSO: Man wanted on drug, gun charges

  11-07-2016 09:09
  
  BATON ROUGE - Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man wanted on several drug and weapons charges.Detectives issued an alert about the wanted man, 27-year-old Deontez Mayfield, on Monday morning. Mayfield goes by the alias “Young Slick,” according to EBRSO.Mayfield is wanted on charges of illegal carrying of weapons, felon in possession of a firearm and several drug charges. He is also wanted on warrants for simple burglary and felon in possession of a firearm, resi
  
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• Louisiana transportation task force meets Tuesday

  11-07-2016 09:04
  
  BATON ROUGE - A push that may produce the most sweeping changes in Louisiana's roads and bridges in nearly 30 years gets underway Tuesday.A transportation task force named by Gov. John Bel Edwards is set to hold its first meeting. Six months later, it is supposed to make recommendations for the 2017 Legislature.Proposals to increase the state gasoline and other taxes are likely. A plan to ease congestion in some of the state's most troubled spots will be discussed.If the task force reaches a con
  
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• Pointe Coupee Parish lays off workers as tax revenues plunge

  11-07-2016 09:03
  
  NEW ROADS - The Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury is laying off nine parish employees and taking other cost-cutting measures to bring its budget in line with lower-than-projected revenues.
  The police jury sent layoff notices to the nine workers Thursday. Six more positions were never filled after employees left, bringing to 15 the number of full-time positions that have been cut from the budget.
  Juror Justin Cox, who serves as chairman of the Police Jury's Finance Committee, sent out a memo annou
  
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• EBRSO releases names of 50 arrested in Sunday protests

  11-07-2016 08:51
  
  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office has released the names of 50 people who were arrested during Sunday night’s Alton Sterling protest activity.According to EBRSO, all of the individuals were charged with obstruction of a roadway.The majority of arrested individuals are listed as being residents of New Orleans, but there were protesters taken into custody with home addresses in places as far away as Minnesota and New York. Just seven hailed from Baton
  
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• 'Iconic' image of Baton Rouge protests spreads via social media

  11-07-2016 08:39
  
  BATON ROUGE - A photo of a protester being detained by Baton Rouge Police over the weekend is spreading via social media with many already calling the image iconic.Jonathan Bachman, a freelance photographer, snapped the picture on Saturday afternoon during demonstrations at BRPD Headquarters on Airline Highway. Hundreds of people turned out to protest the shooting death of Alton Sterling on Friday evening, during the day on Saturday and again on Sunday night. The image was originally posted by R
  
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• Police in riot gear move in on Baton Rouge protesters: See video

  11-07-2016 06:07
  
  A large group of police in riot gear moved in on protesters in Baton Rouge who had gathered in a home's yard
  
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• Dozens arrested at Baton Rouge protest, police say protesters threw concrete

  11-07-2016 04:31
  
  Some police were struck in the head by the concrete, said State Police Superintendent Mike Edmonson, but no one was injured because police were wearing helmets.
  
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• Baton Rouge police shooting protests: Follow live updates

  11-07-2016 01:19
  
  Protests in Baton Rouge entered their sixth day on Sunday, following the police officer-involved shooting death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling.
  
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• Baton Rouge police protests enter 6th day: Follow live updates, video

  11-07-2016 01:19
  
  Protests in Baton Rouge entered their sixth day on Sunday, following the police officer-involved shooting death of 37-year-old Alton Sterling.
  
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• John Bel Edwards warns protesters not to break laws, 'incite hate'

  11-07-2016 00:18
  
  Edwards praised protesters for keeping demonstrations largely peaceful and without major property damage.
  
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• John Bel Edwards says protesters will not be allowed 'to incite hate and violence'

  11-07-2016 00:18
  
  Edwards praised protesters for keeping demonstrations largely peaceful and without major property damage.
  
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