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• Louisiana Flood of 2016 will cost state at least $81 million, probably more

  17-09-2016 23:22
  
  Flood expenses will exacerbate Louisiana's already bad budget situation.
  
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• Name of street honoring Confederacy's president will change

  17-09-2016 16:58
  
  ALEXANDRIA - The Alexandria City Council has voted to change the name of Jefferson Davis Highway, which honors the president of the Confederacy.The Washington Post reports city council voted unanimously Saturday for the change. The council also voted to seek permission from the Virginia General Assembly to move a 7-foot, bronze statue of a Confederate soldier from its place in Old Town to a museum.The statue of a pensive Confederate soldier is owned by the local chapter of the United Daughters o
  
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• Zuckerberg's "compound" raises red flags for housing board

  17-09-2016 16:56
  
  Eds: Will be expanded.PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - An advisory board recommended a California city refuse Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's plans to demolish and rebuild four homes around his property because of privacy concerns, saying it won't support the building of a "compound."Zuckerberg bought the Palo Alto homes in 2013 for $30 million after learning that a developer planned to build a neighboring house tall enough to have a view of his master bedroom, the Mercury News reported (http://bayarean
  
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• Levee breach releases 6 million gallons of sewage into Bogue Chitto River

  17-09-2016 15:43
  
  A levee breach released approximately six million gallons of storm-water-diluted sewage into the East Branch of the Bogue Chitto River.The Bogue Chitto River is now under a "water contact advisory" for it's entire length in Louisiana according to the Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.The release occurred at the City of Brookhaven's sewage plant in Mississippi. The release is under control, according to officials, and no more sewage is e
  
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• Maurepas man flees deputies, tries to swim across Amite River

  17-09-2016 15:25
  
  FRENCH SETTLEMENT – Livingston Parish deputies say a Maurepas man was arrested Wednesday after leading authorities on a multi-parish pursuit earlier this week.Sheriff Jason Ard said 36-year-old Brandon Hoover was wanted by LPSO on felony possession of stolen property charges. Hoover was spotted in the southern part of the parish Wednesday. When deputies tried to stop his vehicle, Hoover fled.Deputies say Hoover sped northbound on LA Hwy 16, eventually pulling off onto River Bend Road a
  
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• For-profit college operator ITT files for bankruptcy

  17-09-2016 15:07
  
  CARMEL, Ind. - For-profit college operator ITT Educational Services Inc. has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.The Indianapolis Star reported Friday that the Carmel, Indiana-based company is unloading its assets after the shutdown of 130 campuses nationwide. The closure displaced more than 35,000 students and more than 8,000 employees.It is the second major for-profit college operator to file for bankruptcy in the past two years amid a federal crackdown on the industry. ITT has blamed government re
  
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• Obama aims to define his global leadership in last UN speech

  17-09-2016 15:04
  
  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will try to define how his leadership has made the planet safer and more prosperous when he gives his farewell speech this coming week to U.N. General Assembly.Obama's address Tuesday to the annual gathering of heads of state is one of his last major appearances on the world stage. His challenge is to cast the past eight years as ones of overall progress - without glossing over the problems that have eluded his diplomacy. Among those problems are Syria and Nor
  
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• Measuring Occupy Wall Street's impact, 5 years later

  17-09-2016 15:02
  
  NEW YORK - Five years after the Occupy Wall Street began and then seemingly fizzled, demonstrators are gathering once again in New York City's Zuccotti Park on Saturday to mark the movement and what they say has been its lasting impact.They take credit for introducing income inequality into the broader political discourse, and for inspiring the fight for a $15 minimum wage and, most recently, the Democratic presidential campaign of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.Some political observers even draw a
  
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• BET Hip-Hop Awards holds taping of show in Atlanta

  17-09-2016 15:00
  
  ATLANTA - Snoop Dogg hosted the BET Hip-Hop Awards for three straight years.Now, the ultra-smooth West Coast rapper will be honored with the "I Am Hip Hop" award during BET's 11th annual award show Saturday. The event will be videotaped at the Cobb Energy Performing Centre near Atlanta. The show will air on BET on Oct. 4.DJ Khaled will host the awards with performances by T.I., Gucci Mane, Young Thug and Desiigner.Snoop Dogg broke through under the guidance of hitmaker Dr. Dre, releasing his 199
  
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• Anti-cop note left before deadly shooting spree

  17-09-2016 14:57
  
  PHILADELPHIA -Philadelphia police have identified a suspect shot and killed after officials said he ambushed one officer and injured another before killing a woman and wounding three other people during an overnight shooting spree.Commissioner Richard Ross said 25-year-old Nicholas Glenn "was hell-bent on hurting a lot of people." He said Glenn was well-known to the police department.Officials said Glenn walked up to Sgt. Sylvia Young as she sat in her patrol car and fired 18 times, striking her
  
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• 2 dead, 2 cops among 5 wounded in Philly rampage

  17-09-2016 14:57
  PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a man who went on a shooting rampage through the streets of Philadelphia wounded two police officers and five civilians and killed a woman before police fatally shot him.Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross says officers began chasing the man late Friday after he ambushed Sgt. Sylvia Young, striking her several times in the in the arm and protective vest. Ross says Ed Miller of the University of Pennsylvania police force also was wounded. Both were in stab
  
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• Officer fired, arrested after video shows him kicking handcuffed suspect

  17-09-2016 14:54
  
  GRETNA - A Gretna police officer was fired and has been arrested after being caught on camera kicking a handcuffed suspect, according to Police Chief Arthur Lawson Jr.A security camera video of the April apprehension shows an officer, Robert Wallow, kicking a handcuffed man as he lay on the ground. The officer appears to pull out his gun and talk to the suspect for several minutes before kicking him additional times.Wallow, who had been with the department for 18 months, was fired on Thursday an
  
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• Disaster Recovery Centers Adjust Weekend Hours

  17-09-2016 14:16
  
  BATON ROUGE - FEMA disaster recovery centers are adjusting their weekend hours.Sunday Adjustments:The following disaster recovery centers will be open from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays:Livingston ParishSt. Joseph Catholic Church15710 Highway 16French Settlement, LA 70733 Livingston ParishBass Pro Shops175 Bass Pro BoulevardDenham Springs, LA 70726 East Baton Rouge ParishNew Hope Outreach Center5856 Greenwell Springs RoadBaton Rouge, LA 70806 East Baton Rouge ParishCelti
  
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• Police investigating late night shooting near Baton Rouge nightclub

  17-09-2016 13:40
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police are investigating a shooting outside of a nightclub that sent three people to the hospital.A BRPD spokesperson says it happened last night in a parking lot near the Allure Nightclub on Bennington Avenue.Three people were transported to the hospital, two with non-life threatening injuries and another with moderate injuries.The shooting is still under investigation.This is a developing story. Stay turned to WBRZ.com for details as they become available.Permalink| Comments
  
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