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• Former Belle Chasse high school teacher arrested after alleged relationship with student

  01-11-2016 21:32
  
  BELLE CHASSE - A former teacher and coach at Belle Chasse High School was arrested for computer-aided solicitation of a minor on Oct. 24, according to The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office.Lane Pace, 24, of Zachary was arrested after school officials reported that he was possibly engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a student, officials said.According to The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office, authorities were notified on Oct. 13 by the Plaquemines Parish School Board of a p
  
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• Prosecutors in El Salvador search ex-president's businesses

  01-11-2016 20:51
  
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Prosecutors' agents have searched businesses linked to former Salvadoran President Tony Saca, looking for evidence in a corruption case involving the alleged embezzlement of about $246 million during his 2004-2009 administration.The head of the prosecutors' financial investigations office says $116 million in government cash was transferred to accounts held by employees of the president's office and was later channeled to private firms.Jorge Cortez says some of the mo
  
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• National Guard: last big burn at Camp Minden went well

  01-11-2016 20:48
  
  CAMP MINDEN - The Louisiana National Guard says its final big burn of dangerously unstable nitrocellulose was a success.It says a bunker holding 42.5 tons of nitrocellulose and 20 tons of potentially explosive artillery propellant was ignited at noon Tuesday at Camp Minden. Nitrocellulose is also called "clean-burning igniter."If any remains, it will be burned Wednesday along with six 32-pound boxes of nitrocellulose that escaped when 57 tons of the compound were burned Saturday.The remotely ign
  
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• Vandals deface Battle of Liberty Place monument

  01-11-2016 20:38
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The Battle of Liberty Place monument has been vandalized.On one side, vandals threw red paint on the monument which sits outside of Canal Place in New Orleans. On another side, vandals painted "Take em all down now."WWL-TV reports the vandalism occurred sometime over the weekend.The effort to remove the Liberty Place monument is being handled separately from three other confederate monuments, which also have been vandalized and are slated to be removed.All of those efforts are bein
  
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• New MH370 analysis suggests no one at controls during crash

  01-11-2016 20:23
  
  SYDNEY - A fresh analysis of the final moments of doomed Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 suggests no one was controlling the plane when it plane plunged into the ocean.The new analysis comes in a technical report released Wednesday by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. The report seems to support the theory investigators have long favored - that no one was at the controls of the Boeing 777 when it ran out of fuel and plunged at high speed into a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean off Australia
  
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• North Dakota borrows $4M more to police protests

  01-11-2016 19:59
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. - A North Dakota legislative committee has approved an emergency request to borrow an additional $4 million to cover policing costs for the protest of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.The state's Emergency Commission borrowed $6 million from the state-owned Bank of North Dakota in September. Officials say that money's been spent. Protest encampments have attracted thousands of American Indians and others trying to halt construction of the four-state pipeline.The commission, headed b
  
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• Early voting ends with nearly 20% casting ballots early

  01-11-2016 18:10
  
  BATON ROUGE - By the end of early voting Tuesday evening, nearly 20% of registered voters in Louisiana are expected to have cast ballots early.Early voting started last Tuesday and continued each day except Sunday until Tuesday at 6 p.m. State election officials said it's likely 550,000 voters will have voted early across the state. During WBRZ News 2 at 6 p.m. Tuesday, a long line had stacked up outside the early voting location on Coursey Boulevard in Baton Rouge. People in line by 6 p.m. were
  
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• Front yard erosion fixed following 2 On Your Side call

  01-11-2016 17:23
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - A growing hole in a front yard was repaired again, after calls to 2 On Your Side Tuesday.Teresa Beauregard said she asked for help following numerous complaints about the hole.  Livingston Parish public works crews have filled in the hole before, but the hole expanded."This is the third time we've called to have them come and fix this hole and we still have a hole," Beauregard said.After contacting the parish, the sewer district took another look at the hole.  
  
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• EBR residents seeing more rodents around homes

  01-11-2016 16:55
  
  BATON ROUGE – East Baton Rouge is seeing an uptick in rodents roaming around homes.The East Baton Rouge Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control facility said the number of calls for rodent inspection increases this time of year."Most of the time there's an active borough you'll see the dirt clean around the hole," an East Baton Rouge Rodent Control employee said.Roof rats, Norway rats and house mice are the three main rodents that are seen in the parish."Three weeks after the flood we we
  
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• Man arrested for beating step-children, choked with rope

  01-11-2016 13:45
  
  BATON ROUGE – A man has been arrested after he beat his two step-children, one of which he choked using a rope.The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office was contacted on Oct. 4 about a 13-year-old girl with bruises on her legs, arms and a bald spot on the front of her head where hair had been pulled out. The girl stated that her step-father, 38-year-old Marlon Thomas, choked her several times previously when he was mad at her.Thomas' 14-year-old step-son also stated that Thomas had beaten
  
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• Part of St. Louis Street to become one-way

  01-11-2016 13:14
  
  BATON ROUGE – St. Louis Street in front of the City Court building in downtown Baton Rouge will become a one-way, authorities announced on Tuesday.St. Louis Street between North Boulevard and Government Street will become a one way beginning Nov. 2, according to the East Baton Rouge City-Parish Department of Transportation and Drainage Traffic Engineering Division.Click here for a map of the where the street will become a one-way. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Minor injuries reported in ATV crash at LSU

  01-11-2016 13:14
  
  BATON ROUGE – There were only minor injuries reported in vehicle crash outside Tiger Stadium Tuesday, although it appeared at least one person was loaded into an ambulance.Rescuers were called to the intersection just outside the stadium on Nicholson where a pickup truck collided with an ATV. Pictures from the scene showed the truck was damaged and the cart smashed in places and the window shattered.The cart appeared to be hauling bags of something. Workers routinely drive through camp
  
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• Railway improvements to begin Nov. 15 in Port Allen, New Roads

  01-11-2016 12:22
  
  PORT ALLEN – Railway improvement projects and construction will begin later this month in Port Allen, New Roads and several other Louisiana cities due to a $14 million investment from a Missouri transportation company.The Kansas City Southern Railway Company has invested $14.3 million for rail, cross tie and crossing improvements planned between Port Allen and Simmesport, La. along with a rail project planned in Norco, La.The work is expected to begin on Nov. 15 and continue through la
  
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• New voting locations for EBR

  01-11-2016 11:50
  
  BATON ROUGE – With the election days away and early voting coming to a close, voters will be making their way to the new polling locations in East Baton Rouge Parish.Several polling locations have changed due the August flood. The changes will affect more than 34,000 East Baton Rouge Parish voters.The East Baton Rouge Parish Registrar of Voters says workers with the Clerk of Court's office will be on hand to assist residents at the combined polling locations. Each location wil
  
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• China state media say all 33 miners found dead

  01-11-2016 11:39
  
  BEIJING - Chinese state media say all 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead.Two miners survived Monday's explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead.Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from
  
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• St. Joseph Cathedral to hold All Saints Day mass and blessing of graves ceremonies

  01-11-2016 09:49
  
  BATON ROUGE – Saint Joseph Cathedral in downtown Baton Rouge will hold mass for All Saints Day on Tuesday along with a blessing of the graves ceremonies.Mass will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at noon, and following Father Paul Counce will bless the graves of the deceased bishops of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, located on the grounds of St. Joseph Cathedral on 412 North Street.At 4 p.m., Father Counce will also bless the graves in St. Joseph Cemetery, established in 1825, located at 1500 M
  
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• The Pledge of Allegiance: Holy Family Catholic School

  01-11-2016 09:32
  
  BATON ROUGE- Today's Pledge of Allegiance comes from the Pre-K 4 class at Holy Family Catholic School.Be sure to watch The Daily Pledge every weekday on 2une In at 5:58 a.m. to see if your child's school is featured!Permalink| Comments
  
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• ULL providing aid to 110 flood-affected students

  01-11-2016 08:52
  
  LAFAYETTE - A south Louisiana university says its distributing $65,000 to help 110 of its students overcome financial hardships brought on by the August floods.The University of Louisiana at Lafayette made the announcement in a Monday news release.DeWayne Bowie, vice president for Enrollment Management at ULL, says each qualified student will receive at least $500 applied toward their tuition or other educational expenses.To qualify, students had to submit applications and copies of Federal Emer
  
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• 6 dead in Baltimore bus crash

  01-11-2016 07:53
  
  BALTIMORE - Police say six people are dead after a school bus and a commuter bus crashed in southwest Baltimore. Baltimore Police tweeted that no children were aboard the school bus that crashed early this morning.UPDATE: There were no children on the school bus, however, there are six fatalities. We will brief soon.— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) November 1, 2016Video from above the scene while it was still dark shows the front part of a yellow school bus smashed into the side o
  
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• Edwards asks to lessen Louisiana's cost for March flooding

  01-11-2016 07:43
  
  BATON ROUGE- Gov. John Bel Edwards is asking the Obama administration to reconsider its refusal to lessen Louisiana's share of disaster response costs after March flooding that inundated north and central Louisiana.
      
  The governor's office released the appeal letter Monday.
      
  Louisiana's share of the federal disaster response to the August flooding that ravaged south Louisiana is 10 percent. But FEMA denied a request to lessen the state
  
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• 3 charged with aiding Oklahoma fugitive

  01-11-2016 07:09
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma authorities say three people face felony charges for allegedly aiding a suspect wanted in a statewide manhunt before the suspect was shot and killed by Oklahoma troopers. One of the accused allegedly provided Michael Vance with bandages, an assault rifle and ammunition last week after Vance shot and wounded two police officers and killed two relatives. Vance was killed Sunday during a shootoutPermalink| Comments
  
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• At least 17 dead in Chicago street violence

  01-11-2016 07:05
  
  At least 17 people were killed and over 40 injured in Chicago's street violence over the weekend.Two Chicago newspapers that analyzed police data from Friday afternoon to early Monday called it 2016's deadliest weekend. Chicago police couldn't immediately confirm that, though a spokesman said their weekend homicide count from Friday midnight through Sunday was 18.Either way, the toll surpassed the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times' analysis of holiday weekends when violence typically spikes. The Tri
  
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• Mom, 2 kids killed on back of Halloween trailer

  01-11-2016 07:02
  
  CHUNKY, Miss. - Authorities say a mother and her two daughters were killed when the trailer they were riding on was struck by a pickup truck in a small Mississippi town on Halloween night.Mississippi Highway Patrol Capt. Johnny Poulos said that 33-year-old Kristina Shaver, 8-year-old Baylie Shaver and 2-year-old Brooke Shaver died at the scene Monday night. Newton County Coroner Danny Shoemaker says the three were a mother and her two daughters. All three were from Chunky.Poulos says six other p
  
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• 3 killed in Halloween trailer crash on Mississippi highway

  01-11-2016 07:02
  
  CHUNKY, Miss. - A law enforcement officer says three people have been killed and several injured when a trailer pulling people for Halloween festivities was struck in eastern Mississippi.Mississippi Highway Patrol Capt. Johnny Poulos (POH-less) tells The Associated Press the accident happened on U.S. Highway 80 in the small town of Chunky, about 80 miles east of Jackson. He says it appears a vehicle struck a flat-bed trailer carrying people about 7:45 p.m.He says the three people killed were on
  
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• Philly transit headache

  01-11-2016 07:00
  
  UPPER DARBY, Pa. - The city of Philadelphia is without transit service today after a union representing about 4,700 workers went on strike over the lack of a contract. The system provides nearly 900,000 rides a day including nearly 60,000 school students. TWU President Willie Brown says the two sides remain far apart on pension and health care issues, as well as scheduling and other measures that affect driver fatigue.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Cedric Richmond, Kip Holden still don't have much of a campaign going

  01-11-2016 01:26
  
  Neither candidate plans to run television ads.
  
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