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• Missing man with Alzheimer's last seen in downtown New Orleans

  02-07-2017 21:57
  
  NEW ORLEANS – Police are looking for a man with Alzheimer’s disease last seen in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome Saturday night.Authorities said 78-year-old Colie Chappelle was last seen by his wife around 10 p.m. He has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and suffers from short-term memory loss, police said. Officials addedChappelle had a Pennsylvania ID card with his name on it when he disappeared.Anyone with information about Chapelle is asked to call 8t
  
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• 500 high school students to retake AP tests after seating flub in California

  02-07-2017 21:25
  
  SAND DIEGO, Cali. - More than 500 San Diego high school students have been told they must retake Advanced Placement tests that have been declared invalid.The College Board, which oversees the exams, said Friday that it is invalidating AP tests taken at Scripps Ranch High because new seating arrangements established two years ago were not followed. The move means 540 students will have to take the tests again.The College Board did not claim any students cheated on the exams, which can earn colleg
  
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• Suspect arrested in road rage killing of Pennsylvania teen

  02-07-2017 20:30
  
  CHESTER COUNTY - The suspect in a road rage incident in Pennsylvania on Wednesday that ended in a teenage girl's shooting death has turned himself in, officials said.The suspect, identified by police today as 28-year-old David Andrew Desper of Trainer, Pennsylvania, had allegedly attempted to merge into the same southbound lane as 18-year-old Bianca Nikol Roberson on Route 100 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, when things became violent. Desper then shot the teenager in the head
  
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• Report: 7-year-old hurt in triple shooting on I-10 in New Orleans

  02-07-2017 19:13
  
  NEW ORLEANS – Parts of I-10 East were closed as police investigated a shooting which involved three victims, including a child, Sunday afternoon.According to a report from WWL, New Orleans Police were called to the scene near Read Boulevard around 5:22 p.m. in regards to an aggravated battery shooting in the area. Police later learned that the victims had traveled to a home in the 7100 block of Barrington Court.Investigators say a man, woman and child were traveling o
  
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• Authorities: 6 killed in plane crash in northern Wisconsin

  02-07-2017 18:49
  
  PHILLIPS, Wis. - Authorities say six people aboard a Cessna airplane were killed when it crashed in northern Wisconsin.  The Price County Sheriff's Office says the airplane crashed at 3:21 a.m. Saturday near the city of Phillips.  WSAW-TV reports that the crash victims were all adults, but no names have been released.  The sheriff's office says the plane had left from Chicago and was heading to Canada on a fishing trip. &
  
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• One hospitalized after family fight turns into stabbing on Blackwater Road

  02-07-2017 17:01
  
  CENTRAL - One person was taken to the hospital after a family fight turned violent on Blackwater Road Sunday afternoon.The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m, in the 9400 block of Blackwater Road. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office says at least one person was hurt in the stabbing which originated from a family fight.EMS is currently checking on a second person for possible injuries.Authorities initially said two were taken to the hospital, however the sheriff's office later clarified
  
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• Brother and sister arrested in connection with battery of woman, 9-year-old boy

  02-07-2017 16:39
  
  BATON ROUGE - Deputies have arrested a man and his sister in connection with the battery of his wife and 9-year-old son.East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office deputies responded to an area hospital Friday in reference to possible child abuse. There, a 9-year-old boy said that he and his mother had been beaten by his father, 32-year-old Allen Martin.Martin's wife says the domestic dispute began after her husband became heavily intoxicated outside of the home.She says Martin began throwing some of thei
  
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• Vandals post anti-Jewish banner at Holocaust memorial

  02-07-2017 15:21
  
  LAKEWOOD, N.J. - Vandals have posted a banner containing an anti-Jewish slur on a Holocaust memorial at a synagogue in a New Jersey shore town where several residents were recently accused of misrepresenting their incomes to improperly obtain public welfare benefits.  Photos posted online Sunday show the covering on the memorial in Lakewood. A message on the covering included an ethnic slur for Jewish people and stated they "will not divide us," along with the name of a group s
  
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• 21-year-old dies at party overnight; two arrested

  02-07-2017 14:56
  
  PLAQUEMINE - Two people have been arrested after a man was found dead in a bathtub Sunday morning.According to the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office,  21-year-old Andrew Blanchard was one of four people attending the party at a home on Bayou Road Friday night. Authorities say the other three found Blanchard passed out during the party. They reportedly removed Blanchard's clothing and placed him in a bathtub before returning to the festivities and even
  
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• CNN responds to Trump tweet

  02-07-2017 14:36
  
  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - CNN is responding to President Donald Trump's latest tweet.  A network spokesperson says Sunday: "It is a sad day when the president of the United States encourages violence against reporters. Clearly, Sarah Huckabee Sanders lied when she said the president had never done so."  On Sunday Trump tweeted a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit - his face obscured by the CNN logo - outside a wrestling ring. It was not cle
  
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• KFC just sent a chicken sandwich into the stratosphere

  02-07-2017 14:28
  
  Yes, Kentucky Fried Chicken has sent one of its signature chicken sandwiches to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere this weekend.The sandwich's trip to the stratosphere coincides with the launch(ha) of the restaurant's new 'Zinger' sandwich. The Zinger is the latest in KFC's long line of spicy chicken sandwiches.The publicity stunt is the product of an unlikely partnership between KFC and World View Enterprises, an Arizona-based company that develops high-altitude launc
  
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• 'Despicable Me 3,' 'Baby Driver' win, 'The House' doesn't

  02-07-2017 14:20
  
  LOS ANGELES - The Minions are still a box office force, but not Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler.  Studio estimates on Sunday say that Universal and Illumination's "Despicable Me 3" earned $75.4 million over the weekend, while the former Saturday Night Live stars' gambling comedy burned down.  "Despicable Me 3" easily topped the holiday weekend charts.  Edgar Wright's heist movie "Baby Driver" coasted to $30 million in its first five days in thea
  
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• Entergy says customer savings from grid manager top $500M

  02-07-2017 13:46
  
  JACKSON, Miss. - Entergy Corp. estimates electrical customers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas saved nearly $500 million during the first three years of Entergy's membership in a regional grid manager.  New Orleans-based Entergy estimated $1.4 billion in customer savings over a decade when it joined Indiana-based Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator in 2013.  MISO directs electricity flows across parts of 15 states and the Canadian province
  
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• Louisiana launches tax-free savings program for the disabled

  02-07-2017 13:20
  
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana has started a new tax-free savings account program that will allow families set aside money to help children with disabilities pay for expenses.Treasurer Ron Henson and the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance announced the program 's launch. The program is tied to a 2016 state law called the Louisiana Achieving a better Life Experience Act - or the Louisiana ABLE Act.Henson says that people struggling to provide for their family members with disabilities will
  
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• Assumption sheriff's deputy killed in crash on way home from work

  02-07-2017 13:19
  
  THIBODAUX - The Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office says one of its deputies was killed in a single-vehicle crash as he was driving home from his shift Sunday afternoon.According to Louisiana State Police, 21-year-old Deputy Seth Bourgeois was traveling east on LA 304 near Dylily Lane in a pickup truck at the time of the incident. Bougeois reportedly crossed over the center line and then overcorrected, veering off the roadway and into a ditch.Assumption Parish
  
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• Last day of 23rd Essence Festival is night for reunions

  02-07-2017 13:14
  
  NEW ORLEANS - The 23rd annual Essence Festival ends with a performance by one of music's hottest artists, Chance the Rapper, and a reunion of some of New Orleans' own heavy hitters connected to Master P's No Limit empire.On Sunday, Master P will host a show that includes his brother, Silkk the Shocker, Mystikal, Mia X and Fiend. They're scheduled to perform on the Superdome's main stage after performances by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Solange and Ithwasa Lekhansela, a musician from Du
  
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• Little Rock shooting: Rapper arrested on unrelated charges

  02-07-2017 13:09
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Authorities say a rapper whose concert in Little Rock became the site of a shooting that left 28 people injured has been arrested on unrelated charges.The U.S. Marshal Service says Ricky Hampton of Memphis, Tennessee, also known as Finese2Tymes, was arrested with another man early Sunday at a club in Birmingham, where he was performing.Booking records show Hampton was arrested on a "fugitive from justice" warrant. Little Rock police said Hampton was detained on charges pendin
  
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• Civilians flee as strikes pound last of IS-held Mosul

  02-07-2017 13:05
  
  MOSUL, Iraq - Iraqi forces say hundreds of civilians are fleeing Mosul as airstrikes pound the last pockets of territory held by the Islamic State group. Iraqi special forces Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi says Sunday civilians - mostly women and children - are fleeing the city.Dozens were injured, many with shrapnel wounds. After a strike, others appeared covered in dust. One woman collapsed, apparently from dehydration. Civilians trapped inside the under-siege Old City - where tempe
  
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• Microsoft, Trump administration clash over email searches

  02-07-2017 13:02
  
  WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a legal fight with Microsoft over access to emails stored abroad.The appeal was filed by the administration late last month.It's one among several clashes that Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft and other technology companies have had with the government over questions of digital privacy and authorities' need for information to combat crime and extremism.Privacy law experts say the companies have been more willing
  
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• Injured bald eagle found in nation's capital, taken for care

  02-07-2017 13:00
  
  WASHINGTON - Authorities say an injured bald eagle has been found in the nation's capital.  The Washington Post reports that the bird was found Saturday afternoon in the Southeast section of Washington, D.C. It was unable to fly, appeared lethargic and had labored breathing.  The cause of the eagle's condition was not immediately known, according to the newspaper account Sunday. It was taken into the care of the Humane Rescue Alliance, an animal welfare group.
  
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• Pacquiao loses contentious WBO title fight to Jeff Horn

  02-07-2017 12:58
  
  BRISBANE, Australia - It went all the way and ended in a contentiously bitter loss, the opposite of what Manny Pacquiao's handlers predicted for his WBO welterweight world title fight against Jeff Horn.Pacquiao's long-time trainer Freddie Roach tipped a "short and sweet" knockout win for the 11-time world champion in Sunday's so-called 'Battle of Brisbane,' but Horn got a unanimous points decision in his first world title fight - delighting the 51,052-strong crowd.The 38-year-old Philippines sen
  
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• Vacant duplex on Skysail Ave. suffers heavy damage during morning fire

  02-07-2017 12:41
  
  BATON ROUGE - Firefighters with the St. George Fire Department responded to a vacant duplex fire on Skysail Avenue Sunday morning.Units with St. George FD arrived at the scene just after 8:20 a.m. to find heavy fire at the front corner of the house located in the 8000 block of Skysail Ave.The fire was declared under control at 8:46 a.m., according to St. George FD.Firefighters conducted a thorough search of both duplexes. The unit appeared to be vacant, St. George FD said.There were no injuries,
  
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• Officials implore EBR residents to stay safe on 4th of July

  02-07-2017 12:33
  
  PORT ALLEN - The cash registers are working overtime at Kauffman's Fireworks stand.The stand doubles as a fundraiser for a local church, and they are expecting a big four-day weekend. Fireworks are already flying off the shelves."We sale out of those every year, before anything else," Ricky Howell said.Donovan Saadiq says he hasn't set off fireworks since he was kid. Now he's trying to relive that experience."Some skyrockets. The big thing is
  
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