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• Father creates sting to catch alleged predator targeting his daughter

  01-07-2017 21:04
  DEL CITY, Okla. — A father ambushed a man after learning that he had been involved in a sexual online relationship with his teenage daughter.According to a report from KOCO, the father used the Family Time app to discover that his 15-year-old daughter was having an inappropriate relationship with a 33-year-old man. When he found out the two were meeting for the first time, his family took action.“He had planned everything with her,” the father said. “He wa
  
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• Father creates elaborate sting to catch alleged predator targeting his daughter

  01-07-2017 21:04
  DEL CITY, Okla. — A father ambushed a man after learning that he had been involved in a sexual online relationship with his teenage daughter.According to a report from KOCO, the father used the Family Time app to discover that his 15-year-old daughter was having an inappropriate relationship with a 33-year-old man. When he found out the two were meeting for the first time, his family took action.“He had planned everything with her,” the father said. “He wa
  
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• Police: Doctor armed with rifle kills 1, injures 6 at New York City hospital

  01-07-2017 20:17
  
  NEW  YORK - A doctor who apparently harbored a longstanding grudge opened fire with an assault rifle at the New York City hospital where he used to work Friday, killing one and injuring several others before taking his own life, according to police sources.In the wake of what New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called a "horrific" instance of what appeared to be workplace violence just before 3 p.m., the suspect, Dr. Henry Bello, who hid the AR-15 under his white lab co
  
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• Fyre Music Festival promoter freed on bail after initial court appearance

  01-07-2017 19:40
  
  NEW YORK - The promoter of a failed Bahamas music festival has been freed on bail a day after he was arrested on a fraud charge.Billy McFarland left Manhattan federal court Saturday with Assistant Federal Defender Sabrina Shroff.McFarland was charged Friday with scheming to defraud investors in his company, Fyre Media.The charges stem from McFarland's promotion of the Fyre Festival. It was billed as an ultra-luxurious event to take place on the island of Exuma over two weekends in April and May.
  
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• Police: 5-year-old dead after shooting self in Mississippi

  01-07-2017 19:00
  
  JACKSON, Miss. - Jackson Police are investigating a deadly shooting involving a 5-year-old boy.Cmdr. Tyree Jones says officials are investigating how the child, identified as Jayden Pempleton, got shot.Jones tells WLBT-TV the child was taken Saturday to Batson Children's Hospital with a gunshot wound to the face. He was pronounced dead upon arrival.Authorities were called to a home in Jackson around 10:55 a.m.Jones says it appears the gunshot wound was self-inflicted. Officials say preliminary f
  
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• Ascension deputy stops to play basketball with children

  01-07-2017 18:46
  
  DONALDSONVILLE - Some kids playing basketball in Ascension Parish gained an unexpected teammate when a local sheriff's deputy decided to join the game.According to Eric Simon's Facebook post, Deputy Daniel Haydel saw Simon's three sons playing basketball Saturday afternoon and decided to get in on the fun.Photos from Simon's post show all four enjoying themselves as the deputy plays ball with the three boys.There is currently no word on the final score.Permalink| Comments
  
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• In tweet blitz, Trump defends his use of social media

  01-07-2017 18:05
  
  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - President Donald Trump escalated an intensely personal feud with two high-profile talk show hosts Saturday, suggesting without evidence that their network is biased against him.The president's stream of insults has pained politicians from both parties who have appealed to him, without apparent success, to stop the 140-character bursts of character attacks and focus on running the country.  Saturday evening, Trump was at it again.Trump lashed out at Joe Scarborough an
  
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• Woman arrested for forgery after trying to cash stolen checks

  01-07-2017 17:59
  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested a woman after she allegedly stole checks from an office on LSU's campus and then tried to cash them at local businesses.According to the LSU Police Department, officers received a complaint from Geoshield LLC, which has offices located on the university's south campus. The company told police that checks had been stolen from the vice president's office and several local stores had called concerning a woman trying to cash them.Police say 31-year-old Kayllie Pickett h
  
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• Deputy spots suspected burglar in traffic, makes arrest

  01-07-2017 17:04
  ST. MARTINVILLE - Deputies have arrested a man wanted in connection with multiple vehicle burglaries after he was spotted in public.According to the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office, 48-year-old Mark Journet of Arnaudville is suspected of committing several vehicle burglaries in the Celica area. A deputy reportedly arrested Journet after he was spotted in the passenger's seat of another vehicle Saturday. The deputy initiated a traffic stop and arrested Journet without incident.Journet
  
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• Unlicensed contractor accused of taking $78,000 from area flood victim

  01-07-2017 16:27
  
  BAKER - Deputies have arrested an unlicensed contractor accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars from a flood victim without completing repairs on her home.According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, 32-year-old Benjamin Cheek entered into a contract with the victim in August 2016 following area-wide flooding. The victim says Cheek idientified himself as licensed contractor with Platinum Roofing & Restoration.The victim alleges she paid Cheek an initial payment of $5,000 and pa
  
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• VIDEO: Plane bursts into flames as it crashes on California freeway

  01-07-2017 14:17
  ORANGE COUNTY - A twin-engine plane crashed on the 405 Freeway in Orange County, California, Friday, the FAA confirmed to ABC News.According to the agency, there were two people aboard the Cessna 310, which erupted into flames after slamming into the highway near John Wayne Airport. Both occupants, a man and a woman, suffered traumatic injuries, Orange County fire officials told ABC affiliate KABC.Seconds after takeoff from John Wayne, the pilot placed a mayday call, telling air traffic controll
  
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• Some patients in NYC hospital shooting improve

  01-07-2017 13:43
  
  NEW YORK - Officials at a New York hospital where a former doctor opened fire, killing one and injuring six, say the conditions of some of the victims have improved.  Bronx Lebanon Hospital vice president Errol C. Schneer said Saturday that three patients who were listed as very critical have been changed to stable.  A fourth patient remains in stable condition, while a fifth in stable condition is being transferred to another hospital for specialized surgery.
  
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• Firefighters respond to house fire on Valcour Drive late Friday night

  01-07-2017 13:33
  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters with the Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a house fire that left significant damage to the home late Friday night.According to BRFD, the cause of the fire was a pot that was left on the stove.Firefighters arrived at the home in the 1100 block of Valcour Drive just before 11:30 p.m. to find fire coming from the roof of the house.The fire was put under control in less than 10 minutes, according to BRFD. The home received heavy fire and smoke damage.Permalink| Com
  
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• Appeal judge rethinks, dissents in Planned Parenthood case

  01-07-2017 13:16
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court ruling that saved Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in Louisiana stands, but it's no longer unanimous.  Last September, a three-judge 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld an injunction preventing the state from cutting Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood. The money goes to non-abortion services for low-income women.  The ruling by judges Jacques Wiener, Priscilla Owen and Edward Prado said cutting the mo
  
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• Livingston Parish residents frustrated with lengthy bridge repair

  01-07-2017 13:07
  
  LIVINGSTON PARISH - A bridge on a major roadway that’s been closed since the flood has drivers frustrated with its repair progress.The bridge is located on River Road, which runs parallel to Range Avenue on the backside of Memorial Cemetery.“It was my way to work before the flood and its been shut down since the flood,” Bradley Bounds said.He’s one of the hundreds of commuters who traveled River Road every day. One morning, the words 'bridge out' covered a
  
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• Man gets 40 years after downloading child porn at casino

  01-07-2017 13:06
  VICKSBURG, Miss. - A Gulfport man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after he downloaded child pornography while at a Vicksburg casino.  Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says 67-year-old Russell Haley pleaded guilty Friday in Warren County Circuit Court to one count of child exploitation.  Judge James Chaney sentenced him to 40 years, with 10 to serve and 30 suspended, and ordered him to pay a $50,000 fine and $1,000 each to the Mississippi Children
  
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• Louisiana expands ban on smoking at K-12 schools

  01-07-2017 12:51
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's ban on smoking in elementary and secondary school buildings has been expanded to include a campus' playgrounds, school buses and other school property.  Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed the expansion legislation by Republican Rep. Frank Hoffmann of West Monroe, a bill that won final passage in the recently-ended legislative session. The changes took effect immediately.  The rewritten law enacts a smoking ban on any place deemed "schoo
  
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• Cursive writing requirement among Louisiana's new laws

  01-07-2017 12:39
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's public school classrooms will be required to teach cursive writing to students starting with the new school year.  That mandate, approved by lawmakers in 2016 but delayed a year so schools could prepare, is among more than two dozen new laws that take effect Saturday with the start of July.  That also marks the beginning of Louisiana's new budget year, so the most significant bills kicking in Saturday determine spending across agencie
  
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• Cajun music's million-seller song 'The Back Door' turns 55

  01-07-2017 12:35
  
  NEW ORLEANS - A song the writer's bandleader hated has become one of Cajun music's all-time greatest hits, and the writer's home town salutes him and the song's 55th anniversary on Sunday.  D.L. Menard was 30 in 1962 when he wrote "La Porte en Arriere" ("The Back Door ") - a jaunty ditty in Cajun French about a guy who gets so drunk he has to sneak into his house through the back door. Menard says bandleader Elias Badeaux told him it stunk.  But that song help
  
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• 1 armed robber killed in shootout at Johannesburg airport

  01-07-2017 12:16
  
  JOHANNESBURG - Authorities at Johannesburg's main international airport say an armed robber has been killed in a shootout and another has been arrested after they held up security guards in the cargo area.  The management of O.R. Tambo International Airport says the shootout with police and security guards occurred Saturday at a highway ramp after robbers allegedly fled from the airport's Swissport warehouse in a seized cargo truck.  In March, thieves using wh
  
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• Police say 28 hurt in Little Rock club shooting

  01-07-2017 12:13
  
  LITLLE ROCK, Ark. - Little Rock Police say 28 people were hurt early Saturday after a shooting at a downtown night club.  Police said on Twitter that 25 people suffered gunshot wounds and three had unrelated injuries. Police said all were expected to survive.  Shots rang out early Saturday at the Power Ultra Lounge in downtown Little Rock, about 1 mile east of the state Capitol.  Authorities say the shooting appears to be the result of a disp
  
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• Little Rock Police: Several injured after nightclub shooting

  01-07-2017 12:13
  
  LITLLE ROCK, Ark. - Little Rock Police say they are investigating a shooting at an Arkansas nightclub that left at least 17 people injured.  Little Rock police chief Kenton Buckner told reporters that the shooting early Saturday morning at the Power Ultra Lounge appears to have happened following "some sort of dispute broke out between people inside."  Police say via Twitter that all 17 victims, some of whom suffered injuries while fleeing, are alive and one v
  
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• Denver is really excited about its first Raising Cane's

  01-07-2017 08:39
  
  DENVER, Colorado – The Mile High City is getting a piece of Louisiana and people are very excited to satisfy their munchies.The first Raising Cane's in Denver, the Baton Rouge-founded chicken joint, opens July 6. A news and community website posted the 10 a.m. grand opening is coming with much fanfare.“...Because no chicken finger restaurant opening is complete without an absurd amount of fanfare, Broncos (NFL football) mascot Miles, Avalanche (hockey) mascot 'Bernie
  
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