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• Shotgun wielding elderly woman tries to kill attorney

  30-10-2016 19:32
  
  COVINGTON – A 75-year-old woman was arrested Thursday after St. Tammany Parish deputies said she brought a shotgun to her attorney’s office to kill him.According to St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Daniel Seuzeneau, 75-year-old Patricia Currie entered the law office on Highway 21 in Covington Thursday afternoon. The attorney told deputies that Currie was wearing plastic bags on her feet and hands with a towel draped across her lap.After aski
  
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• Illegally parked car leads to stolen gun, open container arrest

  30-10-2016 17:41
  
  BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge Police say a car illegally parked in a BREC park led to one man being arrested and officers recovering a stolen firearm.According to arrest records, a patrolling officer spotted a car illegally parked in a BREC park after dark Saturday night, violating a city ordinance. The BRPD officer approached the vehicle and 38-year-old Jason Jermaine Williams exited the car.Williams told the officer that he was having sex with a woman who was inside the car. When asked t
  
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• Perry's 'Madea' stuns Hanks' 'Inferno' in box office upset

  30-10-2016 15:56
  
  NEW YORK - Tom Hanks and Ron Howard's latest Dan Brown adaptation, "Inferno," went up in flames at the weekend box office, handing Tyler Perry's "Boo! A Madea Halloween" a surprise victory.Perry's latest Madea movie remained No. 1 for the second straight week, topping the North American box office with an estimated $16.6 million. That was enough to scare away the third installment of the "Da Vinci Code" franchise. According to studio estimates Sunday, "Inferno" bombed with $15 million, about hal
  
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• Justice Department advised FBI against Clinton email letter

  30-10-2016 15:51
  
  WASHINGTON - Justice Department officials have cited the proximity of the elections as a reason the FBI should not alert Congress to the unexpected discovery of emails potentially related to its investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server.A government official says Justice officials advised of the FBI's intention to notify Congress about the discovery expressed concern that the action would be inconsistent with department protocols designed to avoid the appearance of interference in
  
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• El Salvador police arrest ex-President Tony Saca

  30-10-2016 13:57
  
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Prosecutors in El Salvador say police have arrested former President Tony Saca for alleged illicit enrichment, unlawful association and money laundering.Saca held office from 2004 to 2009 for the rightist Nationalist Republican Alliance.Police said Saturday that six former officials in his government were also arrested.Prosecutors say Saca has not clarified the origins of $5 million of the $6.5 million in assets he acquired during his time in office.Saca is a former r
  
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• El Salvador plice arrest ex-President Tony Saca

  30-10-2016 13:57
  
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Prosecutors in El Salvador say police have arrested former President Tony Saca for alleged illicit enrichment, unlawful association and money laundering.Saca held office from 2004 to 2009 for the rightist Nationalist Republican Alliance.Police said Saturday that six former officials in his government were also arrested.Prosecutors say Saca has not clarified the origins of $5 million of the $6.5 million in assets he acquired during his time in office.Saca is a former r
  
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• LSU AgCenter: Louisiana cotton crop disappointing

  30-10-2016 13:43
  
  ALEXANDRIA - Louisiana cotton producers are expected to complete harvesting this year's crop by the end of the month.Based on reports, Dan Fromme, LSU AgCenter cotton specialist, said in a news release the flooding rains of August had a significant impact on the crop, especially in the central part of the state.Fromme said the yields are very variable in central Louisiana - anywhere from 500 to 600 pounds, and some fields in excess of two bales.He says the yields in the northeastern part of the
  
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• All St. Landry schools offering free lunch until end of year

  30-10-2016 13:32
  
  OPELOUSAS - Effective Tuesday, all schools in St. Landry Parish will offer breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students.The school system has been in the Community Eligibility Provision for the 2016-2017 school year. At the beginning of the school year more than 20 schools were included in the program. Because of the recent floods, the system was able to add more schools.KATC-TV reports no action is required by parents; students will be able to participate in the meal program without having
  
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• Edwards hopes to return to La. Governor's Mansion next month

  30-10-2016 13:14
  
  BATON ROUGE - Gov. John Bel Edwards and his family hope to be back in the Louisiana Governor's Mansion by the end of November, months after the devastating mid-August flooding displaced them.Edwards and his family were forced to leave the mansion when chest-high water filled the basement and electricity was shut off. They're staying in a state police facility in East Baton Rouge Parish.The governor's spokesman Richard Carbo says estimates are that the flooding caused more than $1 million in dama
  
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• AP source: Dolphins to host Saints in UK in 2017

  30-10-2016 13:02
  
  MIAMI - The Miami Dolphins will host the New Orleans Saints in an NFL regular-season game in the United Kingdom next season, a person familiar with the scheduling of the match tells The Associated Press.No details on a date, stadium, kickoff time or other international games were made available at this point.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Saints-Dolphins matchup has not been officially announced.Miami was chosen as host under a league resolution that teams making a succes
  
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• Louisiana's motor vehicle office to stop accepting cash

  30-10-2016 12:49
  
  BATON ROUGE - Beginning Tuesday, the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles will not accept cash for transactions.State officials say acceptable forms of payment will include debit cards, credit cards, checks, money orders and cashier checks for driver's licenses, identification cards, mobility impaired hang-tag and vehicle transactions.For reinstatement transactions, debit cards, credit cards, money orders, and cashier checks will be accepted.All information regarding the policy is posted on OMV's
  
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• 24-year-old arrested for attempted murder in Wednesday morning shooting

  30-10-2016 12:32
  
  BATON ROUGE - A 24-year-old man was arrested for attempted second degree murder in connection to a shooting that occurred on Cletus Dr. early Wednesday morning.Officials said on Oct. 26, around 12:30 a.m., police were dispatched to Cletus Dr. in reference to shots being fired. Upon arrival, officials said police located a victim who was suffering from gun shot wounds to the shoulder and knee. He was rushed to a hospital by EMS.After interviewing a witness, who was the victim's brother,
  
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• East Ascension Rotary host fun fair for flood responders

  30-10-2016 11:47
  
  ST. AMANT – It’s a familiar story in Ascension Parish: fast rising water causing thousands of dollars in damages to homes.But while some residents fought the flood from behind sandbags, others had to leave their homes to rescue others.August’s historic flooding caused $80,000 in damages to Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Joey Meyer’s St. Amant home. But he is just one of about 140 first responders in the parish whose homes were damaged by floodwat
  
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