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• Baton Rouge residents discuss neighborhood crime

  03-04-2017 21:56
  
  BATON ROUGE - Residents who live in Mid-City are looking to crack down on neighborhood crime.The BR Hope Zone initiative includes neighborhoods like Istrouma, Midtown, Eden Park, Greenville Extension, Smiley Heights and Melrose East. At the BR Hope Zone meeting Monday night, neighbors shared their concerns with officers and attempted to come up with solutions to implement in the community."We're not going to grow bitter in this community, we are going to start getting better and better," said on
  
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• All lanes open on I-10 east at Dalrymple Dr. after accident

  03-04-2017 21:53
  
  BATON ROUGE - All lanes are open on I-10 East at Dalrymple Drive after an accident blocked two lanes, according to the DOTD.The queue from this incident has reached the Mississippi River Bridge, the DOTD said.Check back for updates.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Immigration agents round up 153 in South Texas

  03-04-2017 21:12
  
  SAN ANTONIO - Federal immigration agents say they have arrested 153 immigrants in South Texas with criminal records or who were living in the country illegally.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday the arrests were part of a 12-day enforcement operation which ended last month.Most of the arrests - 62 - took place in San Antonio.Other arrests included: 38 in Harlingen; 29 in Laredo; and 24 in the Austin/Waco area.According to an ICE statement, most of the immigrants targeted b
  
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• Verizon to take 'Oath' as new company to run Yahoo, AOL

  03-04-2017 21:08
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Verizon Communications will create a new company called Oath after it completes its $4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo and melds the troubled internet company with its AOL operations.Oath will oversee Yahoo and AOL after the deal is completed. The Yahoo and AOL brands are expected to survive, although Verizon says it won't provide any details about its plans for Oath until this summer.Tim Armstrong, AOL's top executive, posted a tweet Monday indicating Oath will manage more than 2
  
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• Trump signs bill blocking online privacy regulation

  03-04-2017 21:04
  
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that could eventually allow internet providers to sell information about their customers' browsing habits.The bill scraps an online privacy regulation issued in October by the Federal Communications Commission to give consumers more control over how companies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon share information.But critics have argued that the rule would stifle innovation and pick winners and losers among internet companies.The regul
  
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• Appeals court considers Mississippi LGBT law

  03-04-2017 20:41
  
  JACKSON, Miss. - Attorneys for both sides are expressing confidence after a federal appeals court heard arguments about Mississippi law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage.Three judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case Monday in Lubbock, Texas.The Mississippi law would let merchants and government employees cite religious beliefs to deny services to same-sex couples.A federal district judge blocked it before it could take effect in July 2016.Roberta Kap
  
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• Mallinckrodt to pay $35M in deal to end feds' opioid probe

  03-04-2017 20:32
  
  A top maker of brand-name and generic narcotic painkillers has agreed to pay the U.S. government $35 million to resolve a probe of its distribution of those drugs.Mallinckrodt PLC said Monday it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. attorneys for the Eastern District of Michigan and Northern District of New York. The deal is subject to further review and approval by the DEA and Justice Department.Mallinckrodt didn't admit any wrongdoing, as is common
  
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• US warns companies not to overlook qualified Americans

  03-04-2017 20:29
  
  WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is warning U.S. companies that it will investigate those that discriminate against qualified American workers in favor of foreigners.The Justice Department issued a warning Monday as companies began applying for coveted skilled-worker visas. That program is used mostly by technology companies to bring in programmers and other specialized workers from other countries.The Trump administration has long promised to crack down on businesses that discriminate agai
  
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• EBRSO: Man locks himself inside home, attempts to set fire after fight with mother

  03-04-2017 20:28
  
  BATON ROUGE - A suspect reportedly locked himself inside a house and attempted to set it on fire after he got into a fight with his mother Monday night.According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to the 8000 block of Sharon Hills Blvd. after a man locked himself inside of a home. The Sheriff's Office say the man locked himself inside the home after an alleged fight with his mother.Deputies say the suspect then attempted to light the house on fire before he w
  
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• Senate agrees to extend VA's program of private-sector care

  03-04-2017 20:02
  
  WASHINGTON - The Senate has approved legislation that would extend a program aimed at widening veterans' access to private-sector health care.The bill passed by voice vote. It would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue operating its Choice program until its money runs out, expected early next year. Without legislation, the program will expire on Aug. 7 with nearly $1 billion left over. The VA says that money could be used to provide stopgap care until a revamp is designed.The Cho
  
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• Two injured in motorcycle crash on Avenue G

  03-04-2017 19:48
  
  BATON ROUGE - Two people were transported to the hospital after a crash involving a motorcycle occurred on Avenue G.According to authorities, one person is in critical condition and the other is in serious condition.The crash occurred before 7:30 p.m. Monday evening on Ave. G near Woodcock St.More information will be added to this story as it becomes available.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Chief: Fatal St. Louis boiler explosion accident

  03-04-2017 19:43
  
  ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says he believes a boiler explosion that killed three people and injured four others, two critically, in two different businesses was a commercial accident.Jenkerson says two of the four survivors of the blast shortly before 8 a.m. Monday remain in critical condition. He says one of them was undergoing surgery.Jenkerson says the boiler exploded at the Loy-Lange Box Co. in south St. Louis, killing one person there. The chief says much of that equi
  
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• Residents of Denham Springs flood for second time during weekend's severe weather

  03-04-2017 19:05
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - As severe weather crossed over Livingston Parish Sunday night and into early Monday morning, some residents in the Denham Springs subdivision, Jones Estates, took on water.“For every rain event, especially since the flood, everybody gets very, very nervous about the water in this subdivision," Ricky Rowe, a resident of Jones Estates for 20 years,said. “We've had a constant problem with drainage and flooding.”Rowe is right. The subdivision i
  
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• Rate increase for Mo-Dad Utilities customers anger some

  03-04-2017 17:55
  
  BATON ROUGE - Customers who use Mo-Dad Utilities will be getting a higher bill in the mail this week.A rate increase was approved by the Public Service Commission in March. President of Mo-Dad Utilities William Stegall, Sr. says the rate increase is necessary to fund improvements required by the Department of Environmental Quality.Customers who have complained over the years, are not happy about paying more to fix what they say is the company's problem."Now it's going to go up?
  
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• Central residents fed up with drainage issues following heavy rain

  03-04-2017 17:27
  
  CENTRAL – City officials say that Central took on five inches of rain on Sunday and overnight, sending Beaver Bayou over its banks. The heavy rain and lack of drainage is causing residents, like Gwen Ragusa, problems.
  Back in August, all that Ragusa managed to save from her home when it flooded is stored inside large containers. The containers are now left damaged after water almost got into her home on Sunday night.
  "This morning it was two inches from getting into my house,"
  
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• Abbeville man injured after exchanging gunfire with police

  03-04-2017 16:42
  
  ABBEVILLE - State police say a man was shot and wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police in Abbeville.Abbeville Police Chief Tony Hardy told south Louisiana news outlets it happened Sunday evening. Police were investigating reports of recurring gunfire near a mobile home when a man began firing. They returned fire, hitting him several times.On Monday, state police identified the wounded man as Clyde Burns of Abbeville. KATC-TV reported that Burns was in critical condition Sunday night and r
  
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• Attorney calls for investigation of Fox News amid O'Reilly allegations

  03-04-2017 16:41
  
  NEW YORK - An attorney for a former Fox News guest is calling for an independent investigation of sexual harassment allegations against host Bill O'Reilly.Lisa Bloom represents Wendy Walsh, a regular guest on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor," whose appearances dried up after she refused to go to O'Reilly's bedroom following a 2013 dinner in Los Angeles. She's seeking an investigation by New York City's Commission on Human Rights.Walsh said she came forward because she was told by a New York Times rep
  
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• Louisiana mulling gas tax hike amid traffic woes, backlog

  03-04-2017 16:23
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's multibillion-dollar road and bridge work backlog and the crippling traffic around the state's capital city are driving a new push to hike the state gasoline tax.The tax increase will be debated in the legislative session that begins April 10.A task force created by the governor said Louisiana should spend $700 million more annually on road and bridge repair and upgrades.Motorists in Louisiana currently pay 38.4 cents in taxes per gallon of gasoline, including 20 cents i
  
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• Mayor of Central making emergency plan to clean ditches, culverts, drainage canals

  03-04-2017 16:01
  
  CENTRAL – The Mayor of Central, Junior Shelton, is coordinating a plan to clean the ditches, culverts and drainage canals in the city.According to city officials, due to the rain on April 2, Mayor Shelton is making a new plan to provide efforts to address immediate drainage concerns. Officials say the plan will combine the $4.7 million drainage fund and the $2.6 million emergency fund. Officials say Mayor Shelton was scheduled to travel to Washington D.C. this week to discuss the Augus
  
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• West Virginia woman admits putting dead cats in refrigerator

  03-04-2017 15:50
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge after police said several dead cats were found in her apartment's refrigerator.WCHS-TV reports 31-year-old Madeline Gourevitch of Charleston was fined $300 Monday. A county magistrate suspended a six-month sentence, which will be dropped after a year if she completes 20 hours of community service and stays out of trouble.According to a criminal complaint, police and animal officials last month found the cats
  
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• Massage therapists arrested for giving 'erotic' massages

  03-04-2017 15:28
  
  COVINGTON - Two massage therapists have been arrested after authorities discovered they were giving "erotic" massages to some of their customers.According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, 51-year-old Cuiling Wang and 47-year-old Xiaohong Miao were arrested after the sheriff's office received several complaints concerning illegal activities at the Chinese Health Spa.Members of St. Tammany Parish Narcotics Task Force and Homeland Security investigators conducted an undercover i
  
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• NHL not going to 2018 Olympics in South Korea

  03-04-2017 15:25
  
  The NHL is not going to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.The league announced its decision Monday afternoon, saying the matter was "officially closed."The league says no meaningful dialogue had materialized in talks with the NHLPA, International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation. The league wanted to close the matter before the playoffs, which begin April 13.Team owners have complained that stopping the NHL season for three weeks every four years wasn't worth it.NH
  
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• Baton Rouge chiropractor convicted of tax fraud

  03-04-2017 15:06
  
  BATON ROUGE - A chiropractor is facing a potential prison sentence after pleading guilty to tax fraud.US Attorney Corey Amundson announced Monday that 61-year-old Steven Angle pled guilty to three counts of fliling false tax returns and one count of endeavoring to interfere with the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws.Angle owned and operated Chiropractic Nutrition Clinic in Baton Rouge for 20 years. Angle, who was primarily paid by health insurance companies and law firms for his se
  
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• WATCH: Grandma gets a face full of feces at zoo

  03-04-2017 14:46
  
  GRAND RAPIDS – A Michigan woman got more than she bargained for after a visit to a Grand Rapid Zoo Sunday. Erin Vargo, who works at John Ball Zoo, said she was just hoping to have an average day when she captured the funniest thing she’s ever seen in her life.“I’m seriously dying of laughter,” Vargo shared on Facebook. “And I can’t believe I got it on video. Just watch…”The video shows a monkey bo
  
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• WATCH: Grandma gets a face full of feces at the zoo

  03-04-2017 14:46
  
  GRAND RAPIDS – A Michigan woman got more than she bargained for after a visit to a Grand Rapids Zoo Sunday. Erin Vargo, who works at John Ball Zoo, said she was just hoping to have an average day when she captured the funniest thing she’s ever seen in her life.“I’m seriously dying of laughter,” Vargo shared on Facebook. “And I can’t believe I got it on video. Just watch…”The video shows a chimpanz
  
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• Democrats have the votes to try to block Gorsuch

  03-04-2017 14:21
  
  WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats now have enough votes to try to block Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch with a filibuster, setting up a showdown with Republicans who plan to confirm him anyway.The crucial 41st vote came from Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware who announced his decision Monday as the Senate Judiciary Committee met to vote on Gorsuch's nomination.Coons said that he had decided to oppose President Donald Trump's nominee over concerns that include his vague answers in h
  
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• Auditor finds $1.4M in improper, duplicate Medicaid payments

  03-04-2017 14:20
  
  BATON ROUGE- A new audit says Louisiana's Medicaid program paid what appears to be $1.4 million in improper, duplicate payments for services over a five-year period.The report released Monday by Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera's Office says auditors reviewed Medicaid eligibility files and claims data covering January 2011 through October 2016 to look for duplicate payments. Auditors found $2.8 million in duplicate claims and believe erroneous payments make up half the amount.The Louisiana Depa
  
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• Study: Immigrant driver's licenses may ease hit-run crashes

  03-04-2017 14:18
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - A new study suggests that a California law granting driver's licenses to hundreds of thousands of people in the country illegally has reduced the likelihood of hit-and-run collisions.Researchers at Stanford University's Immigration Policy Lab estimated that granting the driver-only licenses appears to have reduced hit-and-run crashes and saved insured drivers about $17 million that they would have absorbed from at-fault drivers fleeing collisions to avoid possible arrest.Jens Hai
  
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• Trump donates first 3 months of salary to Park Service

  03-04-2017 14:15
  
  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is donating the first three months of his salary to the National Park Service.White House press secretary Sean Spicer handed an oversized check for $78,333.32 to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke during Monday's briefing.The billionaire businessman turned president had promised to forgo his presidential salary. By law he must be paid, so he is donating the money.Zinke says he's "thrilled" at the president's decision to give money to an Interior agency, something h
  
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• Plaquemine shopping center evacuated due to bomb threat

  03-04-2017 13:57
  
  PLAQUEMINE – Police say a shopping center in Plaquemine has been evacuated after a bomb threat was made Monday afternoon.According to Plaquemine Police Chief Kenny Payne, the threat was made after 1 p.m. to the Little Caesar’s Pizza on Belleview Drive. Police have evacuated the shopping center as a precaution.Details are limited at this time. This is a developing story. Stay tuned to WBRZ News 2 online and on Facebook and Twitter for updates as new information becomes availab
  
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• Jury selection begins for former 'Sons of Guns' star's rape trial

  03-04-2017 13:34
  
  BATON ROUGE – Jury selection began in Baton Rouge on Monday for the rape trial of former "Sons of Guns" reality show cast member Will Hayden, according to the Advocate.Hayden faces two counts of aggravated rape and one count of forcible rape in East Baton Rouge Parish. He is also accused of sexually abusing two children in Livingston Parish in a separate case.According to the Advocate, "Sons of Guns" aired on the Discovery Channel and featured Red Jacket Firearms, a custom gun
  
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• TPSO: four arrested for drugs and stolen firearms

  03-04-2017 13:21
  
  HAMMOND – The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office arrested four individuals for drug charges and located several stolen firearms in Hammond.On March 28 detectives from the Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office and the St. Helena Parish Sheriff's Office received information related to the location of stolen firearms hidden at 39-year-old Ryan Hickey's home.According to the sheriff's office, law enforcement is familiar with Hickey due to previous burglaries and possession of drugs.Detectiv
  
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• Police: New Orleans Uber driver wounds would-be carjacker

  03-04-2017 13:13
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Police in New Orleans are investigating an early morning shooting involving an Uber driver and two suspected would-be carjackers.New Orleans media report that it happened about 1:20 a.m. Monday.An Uber driver reported to police that two men jumped into his car after he let a passenger out. At least one of the two was armed.They forced the driver out of his car. But the driver tuned out to be armed as well. Police said he fired at the two, wounding one. Both got out of the car and r
  
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• WWII vet, 102, receives high school diploma, overdue medals

  03-04-2017 13:01
  
  BUFFALO - A 102-year-old World War II veteran who served with Canadian and American forces and survived captivity by the Nazis has received his high school diploma and overdue medals.Sydney Cole dropped out of his Buffalo, New York, high school in the 1930s. Rejected by the U.S. Army Air Corps before America entered the war, Cole headed across the border and joined the Canadian Royal Air Force.He was discharged after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and joined the U.S. Army in 1943.Cole was p
  
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• Woman collapses, dies at end of half marathon in Pennsylvania

  03-04-2017 12:50
  
  SCRANTON - Authorities say a woman collapsed at the end of a half marathon in Pennsylvania and died at a hospital.Thirty-six-year-old Lindsay Doherty collapsed at the end of Sunday's 13.1-mile (21.1-kilometer) Scranton Half Marathon.The Lackawanna County coroner planned an autopsy Monday on the married mother of three.The Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton says Doherty worked in its development office, raising money for Catholic education. A special prayer service was scheduled for Monday night
  
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• Coroner: Woman died of hemorrhage at Pennsylvania half-marathon finish

  03-04-2017 12:50
  
  SCRANTON - A coroner says a woman who collapsed at the end of a half marathon in Pennsylvania died of an internal hemorrhage.The Scranton Times-Tribune reports that the Lackawanna County coroner said Monday that 36-year-old Lindsay Doherty died of intra-abdominal bleeding.The married mother of three collapsed at the end of Sunday's 13.1-mile (21.1-kilometer) Scranton Half Marathon. Emergency medical personnel tried to revive her at the race before she was taken to a hospital.The Roman Catholic D
  
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• Conn. college student dies after choking at pancake-eating contest

  03-04-2017 12:39
  
  HARTFORD - A 20-year-old Connecticut college student whose father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks has died after choking during a pancake-eating contest.Police say Caitlin Nelson died at a New York City hospital on Sunday, three days after participating in the contest at Sacred Heart University. She was from Clark, New Jersey, and was majoring in social work at the Catholic school in Fairfield.Officials say the contest was part of a fraternities and sororities event.Fairfield police say nursi
  
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• Tree falls on pickup truck near Pride

  03-04-2017 12:25
  
  PRIDE – Crews say the passengers of a pickup truck are okay after a tree fell on their vehicle this morning near Pride.According to the Pride Volunteer Fire Department, crews have been working to clear Liberty Road since 3:45 a.m. Monday. Only one lane of Liberty Road was open to travel around 8 am.Several trees also blocked Hubbs and Stoney Point Burch roads.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Alternating lane closures on Airline Highway at Plank Road

  03-04-2017 12:14
  
  BATON ROUGE – Drivers on Airline Highway could experience slight delays due to lane closures near the Plank Road overpass this week.The alternating lane closures went in effect at 9 a.m. Monday morning. The lane closures will happen each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Wednesday, April 5. The point of closure is directly under the Plank Road overpass.DOTD said signs have been posted and flaggers will direct traffic through the work zone.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Disco biscuits, Spanish fly: Cosby lawyers to argue evidence

  03-04-2017 12:03
  
  NORRISTOWN - Disco biscuits, Spanish fly and quaaludes could be on the agenda when Bill Cosby is in court for the latest showdown over evidence in his Pennsylvania sexual-assault case.Cosby's lawyers want to bar from the June trial any mention of quaaludes, also called disco biscuits. He's in court Monday.Cosby has acknowledged getting the disco biscuits in the 1970s to give women before sex. But his lawyers say that's irrelevant since they were banned 20 years before he met the trial accuser.Su
  
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• Parishioners unsure as St. Pius Church prepares to close

  03-04-2017 10:13
  
  BATON ROUGE - Parishioners heard the news in Sunday morning mass. St. Pius X Church in North Baton Rouge is set to close its doors.Father Frank Bass delivered the message himself. St. Pius will soon be merged with St. Isadore Parish in Baker."It is going to be a bigger family, But I think it'd be a big mistake to gloss over the fact that a real death has occurred," Reverend Bass said.The decision to merge the two churches came after much consideration and planning. But diocese officials say the
  
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• Colorado veterinarians 'invite' rescue kittens to wedding

  03-04-2017 09:51
  
  LARKSPUR - Veterinarians Michele and Nicholas Anderson don't leave anyone out when they celebrate life's big moments.The Colorado couple "invited" two rescue kittens to their March wedding and included them in photos.ABC News reports the newlyweds volunteer at Devine Feline, a cat welfare clinic in Denver near their home. They brought the kittens, Jeeves and Houdini, along on their wedding day to possibly raise awareness about animal welfare issues.The couple met in vet school and had been datin
  
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• Prosecutors rest in Aaron Hernandez's double-murder trial

  03-04-2017 09:49
  
  BOSTON - Prosecutors have wrapped up their case in the double-murder trial of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez.The prosecution formally rested its case Monday after more than a month of testimony.The former tight end for the New England Patriots is charged with first-degree murder in the shootings of two men in 2012. Prosecutors allege he shot the men after one of them bumped into Hernandez and spilled his drink at a Boston nightclub.Hernandez's attorneys have pointed the finger at the state's star w
  
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• Officials: 3 dead in reported boiler explosion in St. Louis

  03-04-2017 09:28
  
  ST. LOUIS - Authorities say three people have been killed in a boiler explosion in a building in an industrial area of south St. Louis.The St. Louis Fire Department said on Twitter that four other people also were injured, two critically, in the blast shortly before 8 a.m. Monday at the Loy-Lange Box Co.Fire officials say at least three buildings have been damaged by debris.No other details were immediately released.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Firefighters hoist dog out of 30-foot California well

  03-04-2017 09:21
  
  MALIBU, Calif. - Rescuers in southern California have saved a dog that fell into a 30-foot well.Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Brian Jordan tells KNBC-TV a 13-year-old Welsh Terrier named Lucy fell into the dirt well in the Santa Monica mountains in Malibu late Sunday morning.The department's urban search-and-rescue team lowered a firefighter into the well to grab the dog, which wasn't hurt in the fall. Video posted by the department shows the firefighter and the dog being lifted o
  
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• US construction spending rose to nearly 11-year high

  03-04-2017 09:12
  
  WASHINGTON - U.S. developers ramped up construction spending in February to the largest amount in nearly 11 years, led by more building of homes, highways and schools.The Commerce Department says construction spending rose 0.8 percent in February to the highest level since April 2006, after two months of declines.Builders are rapidly putting up more homes in response to strong demand that has pushed up prices for existing homes. Yet it hasn't yet been enough to relieve a shortage of homes for sa
  
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• Firefighters: lightning caused Baton Rouge house fire

  03-04-2017 08:26
  
  BATON ROUGE – Firefighters say a lightning strike caused a house fire on Victory Hill Court in Baton Rouge Monday morning.St. George Firefighters responded to the 15000 block of Victory Hill Ct. just after 3:31 a.m. to find smoke and flames at the peak of a gable on a large two story home. Firefighters say the homeowners heard thunder of a very close lightning strike then discovered smoke on the second floor.The couple and their pets were evacuated safely. Investigators learned that th
  
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• Police: Mississippi officer shoots self after admitting molestation

  03-04-2017 08:11
  
  TISHOMINGO - Police in northeast Mississippi say an officer committed suicide after admitting he molested a teenager.The Clarion-Ledger reports that 53-year-old Russ Robinson made the admission after he was questioned by authorities about him molesting a 17-year-old boy after flashing his headlights and pulling the teen over. Robinson was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot would inside his home near Iuka on March 24.Robinson left the Tishomingo County Sheriff's Department after a new sheriff
  
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• Bit by bit, Trump methodically undoing Obama policies

  03-04-2017 08:09
  
  WASHINGTON - Amid staff turmoil and shake-ups, blocked travel bans and the Russia cloud hanging overhead, President Donald Trump is plucking away a major piece of his agenda: undoing Obama.From abortion to energy to personal finance, Trump is keeping his promise to overturn regulations and policies adopted when Barack Obama was president.It hasn't all been smooth sailing. Trump recently failed to keep his pledge to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The president and House Speaker Paul
  
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• Congress seen as not likely to pass tax overhaul quickly

  03-04-2017 08:06
  
  WASHINGTON - After their humiliating loss on health care, Republicans in Congress could use a quick victory on a big issue. It won't be an overhaul of the tax code.Tax reform could prove harder to accomplish than repealing and replacing Barack Obama's health law. Congressional Republicans are divided on significant issues, especially a new tax on imports embraced by House Speaker Paul Ryan. And the White House is sending contradicting signals on the new tax, adding to the uncertainty.House Repub
  
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