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• Tucson restaurant shooter identified as city fire captain

  15-04-2017 21:33
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. - Authorities say the shooter in a murder-suicide inside a restaurant at an upscale Tucson mall was a Tucson Fire Department captain.The Pima County Sheriff's Department said 60-year-old Frederick Bair fired multiple rounds in the Firebirds Wood Fired Grill Friday night, killing one man and wounding a woman before turning the gun on himself. The Arizona Daily Star reported the woman was Bair's ex-girlfriend. She was shot in the leg and was expected to recover.The names of the man a
  
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• LSU Beats Ole Miss 3-2 to take game three

  15-04-2017 20:58
  
  BATON ROUGE – Freshman right-hander Eric Walker fired 6.2 innings Saturday for his fifth win in five decisions, and second baseman Cole Freeman made a stellar defensive play to end the game as eighth-ranked LSU defeated Ole Miss, 3-2, in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.The win gave the Tigers their 19th consecutive series win over Ole Miss in Baton Rouge. The Rebels’ last series win on LSU’s home field came in 1982.LSU improved to 25-
  
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• STPSO investigating domestic-related homicide in Folsom

  15-04-2017 20:49
  
  FOLSOM - The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a domestic-related homicide after a woman reportedly shot her fiance.The sheriff's office responded to a reported shooting in Folsom around 10 p.m. Friday. According to deputies, the couple was reportedly fighting when the woman fatally shot the man.No charges have been filed at this time. All involved parties are cooperating with authorities.The sheriff's office said it will release more details Monday.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Prosecutors won't retry man in death of his son

  15-04-2017 19:38
  
  SHREVEPORT - The Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office says it will not retry a man in the February 2012 death of his 1-year-old son after the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed the conviction.Rodricus Crawford was sentenced to death in the death of Roderius Lott. In his original trial, his defense attorneys said the child was sick with pneumonia and died from sepsis. Prosecutors however convinced the jury that Crawford smothered his son.Last November, the state's high court reversed the convict
  
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• EBRSO: Woman attacks man with butter knife at Waffle House

  15-04-2017 18:36
  
  BATON ROUGE - A woman was arrested for aggravated battery after she attacked a man with a butter knife at a Waffle House Saturday.Deputies responded to a reported stabbing at the Wafflehouse on Highland Road around 4 a.m. Saturday morning. Upon arrival, deputies found the victim who was bleeding and claimed he had been stabbed in the neck.After receiving a description of the suspect's vehicle, deputies pulled over a vehicle matching the description on I-10 nea
  
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• Mississippi high school student killed on way to prom

  15-04-2017 16:52
  
  BROOKHAVEN, Miss. - A high school student has been killed on her way to prom.Lincoln County Deputy Medical Examiner Ricky Alford tells multiple media outlets that 18-year-old Brittney Hill, a Brookhaven High School student, was killed in a two-vehicle accident Friday about 6:30 p.m.Alford says Hill was driving by herself when she had a head-on collision with a truck driven by a 45-year-old man.Hill was transported to King's Daughters Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The man driving
  
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• At least four arrested in California pro and anti-Trump rallies

  15-04-2017 15:41
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. - Police say at least four people have been arrested after violence broke out Saturday between groups of supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump holding rallies in downtown Berkeley.About 200 people were at Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park when several people started pushing each other. Dozens of police officers in riot gear were standing nearby and quickly arrested one man. Others were arrested as several fistfights broke out.Demonstrators have le
  
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• 13 arrested in pro and anti-Trump rallies

  15-04-2017 15:41
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. - Berkeley police say 13 people have been arrested after violence broke out Saturday between groups of supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump holding rallies in downtown Berkeley.They say demonstrators left Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park and are blocking several streets in the city's center.About 200 people were at the park when some started pushing each other. Dozens of police officers in riot gear were standing nearby and quickly arrested one
  
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• Alaskan oil well leaking gas

  15-04-2017 15:05
  
  ANCHORAGE - A federal official says crews in Alaska are trying to shut down an oil well that is leaking explosive natural gas on the frozen North Slope.The Environmental Protection Agency says a crack in a BP wellhead near Deadhorse sent up mist of crude oil Friday before it froze over and an initial leak stopped.However, agency spokeswoman Suzanne Skadowski says a second crack was discovered that's releasing flammable, explosive gas.It's unclear how much has vented, but nearby workers have been
  
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• Italy's Emma Morano, the world's oldest person, dies at 117

  15-04-2017 14:48
  
  ROME - An Italian doctor says Emma Morano, at 117 the world's oldest person, has died in her home in northern Italy.Dr. Carlo Bava told The Associated Press by telephone that Morano's caretaker called him to say the woman had passed away Saturday afternoon while sitting in an armchair in her home in Verbania, a town on Lake Maggiore.Bava said he had last paid his nearly-daily call on Morano on Friday. He says "she thanked me and held my hand" as usual.Morano, born on Nov. 29, 1899, was also beli
  
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• Help wanted: Commercial drone boom opens door for mechanics

  15-04-2017 14:41
  
  FARGO, N.D. - With the number of commercial drones expected to soar into the millions in the next few years, it spells opportunity for avionics shops and budding drone mechanics who could secure lucrative careers repairing aircraft. And it won't take a four-year college degree.A community college in northwestern Minnesota that has been teaching unmanned aircraft maintenance for larger military-type drones is expanding its program to include smaller drone repair. Officials at Northland Community
  
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• Woman allegedly attempts to shoot two people, arrested for attempted murder

  15-04-2017 14:20
  
  BATON ROUGE - A 21-year-old Baton Rouge woman was arrested after she allegedly attempted to shoot two individuals at an apartment complex in March.Police arrested Latisha Cage for attemptedfirst-degree murder after she and two others attacked a female victim and the female victim's boyfriend.According to the female victim, on March 25 just before 1 a.m., she and her boyfriend were exiting an apartment when she was attacked by Cage and two other individuals.The victim told authorities sh
  
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• Tax Day demonstrators demand that Trump release tax returns

  15-04-2017 13:52
  
  CHICAGO - Protesters are taking to the streets across the country to demand that President Donald Trump release his tax returns.The Washington, D.C., march began Saturday with a rally at the U.S. Capitol, where Democratic lawmakers called on Trump to stop the secrecy. Organizers say marches are taking place in about 150 cities.In Washington, D.C., Sen. Ron Wyden called on Trump to 'knock off the secrecy." The Oregon Democrat and says the people have "a basic right to know whether the president p
  
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• LSP: Head-on crash kills unrestrained man

  15-04-2017 13:43
  
  WEST MONROE - A head-on crash in Ouachita Parish has claimed the life of an unrestrained West Monroe man.Louisiana State Police say it happened just after 2 a.m. Saturday on Louisiana 616 near Caldwell Road.A preliminary investigation shows that a truck driven by 73-year-old Bracie Smith was headed east when he crossed the center line and hit a westbound Chevrolet Silverado driven by 72-year-old Danny Johnson of Downsville.Smith, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene b
  
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• LSU AgCenter to sell off 1 of 5 research cattle herds

  15-04-2017 13:38
  
  BATON ROUGE - The LSU AgCenter says it's going to sell many of the cattle in the largest of its five research herds, and eventually plans to eliminate cattle research at the Homer facility, near the Arkansas state line.AgCenter Associate Vice President Phil Elzer says the Hill Farm Research Station's beef researcher is leaving. He says money from the cattle sale will plug holes in the animal program budget.Officials haven't decided how many of the 371 mature and 69 younger cows and bulls will be
  
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• Ex-NFL player driving truck that ran over, killed daughter

  15-04-2017 13:29
  
  PHOENIX - Authorities say a former NFL player was moving a truck that ran over and killed his 3-year-daughter in the driveway of their suburban Phoenix home.The Arizona Republic reports that police say Todd Heap was behind the wheel of the truck when he accidentally struck the girl while moving the vehicle forward outside their home in Mesa on Friday.Officials say the girl was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.Mesa police say impairment was not a factor.Heap played for the Balti
  
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• LSP: Two people killed in Terrebonne Parish crash

  15-04-2017 13:21
  
  DULAC - Two people were killed in a single-vehicle crash on LA 57 near Dulac in Terrebonne Parish early Saturday morning.According to State Police, Troopers began investigating the single-vehicle fatal crash on LA 57 shortly before 3:30 a.m.Through the initial investigation, State Police discovered a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer was being driven northbound on LA 57 and was exiting a slight right curve.For reasons still under investigation, the vehicle ran off of the left side of the roadway, and s
  
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• White Helmets say over 100 killed in Syria blast

  15-04-2017 13:10
  
  BEIRUT - Syrian rescue workers who operate in opposition areas say at least 100 people were killed in a blast that ripped through a bus depot where evacuees waited to be transferred to government areas.The Syrian Civil Defense in Aleppo province, also known as the White Helmets, says its volunteers were able to remove at least 100 bodies from the scene of the blast. The huge explosion earlier Saturday came as a much criticized population transfer deal stalled as the government and rebels bickere
  
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• April the giraffe in NY has calf before 1.2 million online

  15-04-2017 13:02
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. - April the giraffe has given birth at a New York zoo as more than a million people around the world watched live.The 15-year-old giraffe delivered her calf Saturday in an enclosed pen at the zoo in Harpursville, a rural upstate village about 130 miles northwest of New York City.At least 1.2 million people watched the Adventure Park's YouTube stream .This is April's fourth calf, but Animal Adventure Park's first giraffe calf. The proud papa is a 5-year-old giraffe named Oliver
  
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• April the giraffe in NY has calf as 1.2 million watch online

  15-04-2017 13:02
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. - April the giraffe has given birth at a New York zoo as more than a million people around the world watched live.The 15-year-old giraffe delivered her calf Saturday in an enclosed pen at the zoo in Harpursville, a rural upstate village about 130 miles northwest of New York City.At least 1.2 million people watched the Adventure Park's YouTube stream .This is April's fourth calf, but Animal Adventure Park's first giraffe calf. The proud papa is a 5-year-old giraffe named Oliver
  
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• Cash crunch has Louisiana parks seeking money-raising ideas

  15-04-2017 12:59
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's state parks and historic sites don't draw enough visitors or deep-pocketed donors to stay afloat without state subsidies, and the funds to operate them are getting tighter.The state's continuing cash crunch has Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, who oversees Louisiana's recreation and tourism department, searching for financing streams.He's considering naming rights for parks, new attractions and any other idea that could help turn the facilities into moneymakers. He's asking la
  
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• Boston to mark 4th anniversary of deadly marathon bombing

  15-04-2017 12:56
  
  BOSTON - Bostonians are marking the fourth anniversary of the deadly Boston Marathon attacks.Quiet remembrances have been planned Saturday to remember the victims. Three spectators were killed and more than 260 others wounded when two bombs planted near the finish line exploded on April 15, 2013, spraying shrapnel into the crowds.A Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer also was killed later while struggling with the bombers as they tried to steal his gun.Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev w
  
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• Iraq: IS launches chlorine gas attacks in western Mosul

  15-04-2017 12:54
  
  BAGHDAD - An Iraqi military officer says Islamic State militants have launched a gas attack in a newly-liberated area in western Mosul.The officer with the anti-terrorism forces said Saturday that the attack occurred the night before in the al-Abar neighborhood, when IS fired a rocked loaded with chlorine. He said seven soldiers suffered breathing problems and were treated in a nearby field clinic.The officer spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to release information.U.S.-ba
  
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• Judge halts Arkansas plan to execute inmates by end of month

  15-04-2017 12:51
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal judge has halted Arkansas' already compromised plan to execute several inmates over an 11-day period starting next week.U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker on Saturday granted a preliminary injunction requested by the inmates to block the executions. Arkansas was set to execute the first inmate by lethal injection on Monday night.The state originally planned to execute eight inmates, but two had previously been blocked by state and federal courts. A state judge earli
  
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• Microsoft says users are protected from alleged NSA malware

  15-04-2017 12:48
  
  PARIS - Microsoft says the recent dump of purported National Security Agency spying tools doesn't affect up-to-date users of Windows, puncturing claims that the digital arsenal was poised to create chaos across the internet.In a blog post , Microsoft security manager Phillip Misner said that the software giant had already built defenses against nine of the 12 tools disclosed by TheShadowBrokers, a mysterious group that has repeatedly published NSA code. The three others affected old, unsupported
  
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• Denham Springs Walmart finally reopens after August flood

  15-04-2017 12:29
  
  DENHAM SPRINGS - Life in Denham Springs feels just a little bit closer to normal with the reopening of the local Walmart."They're just happy because we're back to be a pillar in the community," Assistant Manager Alexander Johnson said.For the people of Denham Springs, the reopening of Walmart means more than just a place to shop. For them, it's the little things that matter.Scanning groceries, perusing items, and saying hello to a familiar face all contribute to the feeling that things are final
  
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• Minister holds annual 'Blessing of the Bikes' service

  15-04-2017 12:13
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - Bikers in Livingston Parish have been going to one man to get their bikes blessed this weekend.Biker and ordained minster Tim Dixon holds the service is part of the annual blessing of the bikes. The service attracts thousands of bikers from inside and outside of the state.Eric Alford, one of the bikers attending this service, made sure to get his blessing this year after almost dying in a motorcycle crash."I was riding through an intersection, I had a green
  
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