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• Debris removal begins in Central bayou

  05-08-2017 21:57
  CENTRAL - Massive amounts of debris are being removed from a canal in hopes of relieving an area prone to flooding. Construction crews were out at Saunders Bayou on Saturday lifting tree limbs, tires and other trash from the ditch. "We're taking it out just like we did when we took the debris from the side of the road," Mayor Junior Shelton said. "It's basically the same type of operation." The debris removal is part of a $4 million project aimed at relieving parts of
  
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• Trump surprises guests attending wedding

  05-08-2017 21:02
  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Some guests at a New Jersey couple's wedding got a surprise when President Donald Trump stopped to chat with them.  The brief conversation took place Saturday at Trump's private golf club in Bedminster. The Republican president got out of his golf cart and asked the group if they were having a good time, then paused to take a selfie with one of them before he went inside the club.  Trump departed Washington on Friday afternoon for a 17-day
  
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• EBRSO: 22-year-old found dead inside Gardere apartment

  05-08-2017 18:59
  GARDERE - Authorities are investigating after a 22-year-old man was found dead inside his Garder area apartment Saturday morning. According to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, Jhoel Steven Brizuella was found dead around 10 a.m. in his apartment in the 8600 block of Coy Avenue.EBRSO Homicide Detectives are investigating the incident.Anyone with information is asked to call (225) 389-5000. Permalink| Comments
  
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• WATCH: 'Supergirl' survives chemo, receives special send-off

  05-08-2017 17:26
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A little girl received an emotional goodbye after her last chemotherapy treatment from staff members at John Hopkins All Children's Hospital.This supergirl, 1-year-old Emilie Meza walked the halls of the hospital with her family, showered with applause. Meza was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a form of blood cancer, at 9-months-old. Her father, Eduardo Meza, became her blood doner. “Oh, it was an amazing feeli
  
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• Enlarged text message font leads to child sex abuse arrests

  05-08-2017 17:22
  SAN JOSE, Cali. - Police arrested a man at a California airport after a woman on his flight spotted him text messaging about sexually molesting young children.According to the San Jose Police Department, officers received responded to the airport after they were tipped off by a woman from a Southwest Airlines flight from Seattle, Washington, to San Jose, California.The woman alerted the flight crew after she saw what a fellow passenger, Michael Kellar, was typing on his phone.
  
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• Report: Heavy rains cause street flooding across New Orleans area

  05-08-2017 16:48
  NEW ORLEANS - Heavy storms are pummeling the New Orleans causing street flooding across the area.The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning in Orleans Parish after more than two inches of rain hit parts of the area before 4 p.m.According to WWL-TV, several roadways have been closed as a result. Saturday’s flooding comes just two weeks after heavy rains stalled over New Orleans causing similar flooding.Permalink| Comments
  
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• New Orleans area swamped by heavy rainfall Saturday

  05-08-2017 16:48
  NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans-area residents are slogging through floodwaters after a day of heavy rainfall.  WWL-TV reports flash flood warnings were in effect Saturday evening in Jefferson and Orleans parishes. Flooding was expected in New Orleans and its suburbs.  Nearly 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain fell in Mid-City during the afternoon and about 5 inches (13 centimeters) fell elsewhere in the city. Water was knee-deep in many parts of New Orleans at mid-
  
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• Ohio prisoner overpowers deputy, escapes custody

  05-08-2017 16:10
  PAULDING, Ohio - Authorities say a manhunt is underway for an Ohio rape suspect who overpowered a sheriff's deputy in a transport van and stole his gun and ammunition.  Paulding County Sheriff Jason Landers says FBI agents and U.S. Marshals have joined the search for 32-year-old Branden Powell. The incident happened around noon Friday on an 80-mile (129-kilometer) trip from a Toledo psychiatric hospital to Paulding County Jail.  Landers says Powell was in leg
  
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• Report: Blue Bell's Bride's Cake ice cream is back in limited quantities

  05-08-2017 16:08
  The incredibly popular Bride's Cake ice cream is making a limited comeback in the state of Louisiana.Blue Bell's wildly successful "almond flavored ice cream with cake pieces and amaretto flavored cream cheese icing" is back, but will only be available in pints for a limited time.Last month, half-gallon supplies of the limited-run flavor ran out after less than two months. Louisiana has a strong affection for the flavor, and runs of the ice cream had been diverted fro
  
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• 62-year-old man charged with attempted murder in shooting at victim's home

  05-08-2017 15:29
  MAUREPAS - Police have arrested a man after he shot the estranged husband of a woman he was visiting early Saturday morning. According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, 62-year-old Daniel Graham, Sr. was visiting a woman at her home off Highway 22 in Maurepas when her estranged husband returned home to their shared residence. The sheriff's office says Graham then fired a shot through the window of the home, striking the husband in the face. 
  
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• Crews responding to stabbing on Charles St.

  05-08-2017 15:23
  BATON ROUGE - Emergency responders are on the scene of a reported stabbing on the 3000 block of Charles Street. EMS says injuries are minor. The injured was not taken to the hospital. Permalink| Comments
  
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• Crews respond to stabbing on Charles St.

  05-08-2017 15:23
  BATON ROUGE - Emergency responders are on the scene of a reported stabbing on the 3000 block of Charles Street. EMS says injuries are minor. The injured was not taken to the hospital. Permalink| Comments
  
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• 50 bikers escort bullied boy to first day of middle school

  05-08-2017 14:59
  AUBURN, IN. - The first day of school can be a stressful endeavor for any child, this was especially true for 11-year-old Phil Mick as he prepared to start his first day of sixth grade.According to his mom, Tammy Mick, Phil had confessed that he didn't want to return to class after being bullied during his final year of elementary school."He was hiding it," Tammy Mick told ABC News. "He came home with bumps and bruises. He said he wanted to end his life and I stepped up as parent and t
  
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• Two more homes condemned as huge Florida sinkhole grows

  05-08-2017 14:58
  LAND O'LAKES, Fla. - Officials in Florida say a sinkhole that swallowed two homes last month is growing.  Pasco County officials said in a news release Saturday that a large chunk of the hole's edge has collapsed. Two more homes in Land O'Lakes, a Tampa suburb, have been condemned.  The sinkhole, which opened up July 14, is now about 260 feet (79 meters) wide at its widest point.  Crews have brought in earth to stabilize the banks. Once the
  
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• US Marine aircraft crashes, leaving 3 missing

  05-08-2017 14:54
  SYDNEY - Search and rescue operations are underway for three U.S. Marines who are missing after their Osprey aircraft crashed into the sea off the east coast of Australia while trying to land.  The Marine base Camp Butler in Japan said that 23 of 26 personnel aboard the aircraft have been rescued after Saturday's crash.  The MV-22 Osprey involved in the mishap was conducting regularly scheduled operations when it crashed into the water. The ship's small boats
  
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• US in rare bull's-eye for total solar eclipse on Aug. 21

  05-08-2017 14:53
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The U.S. is in a rare bulls-eye for the total solar eclipse coming up in two weeks.  It will be the first full solar eclipse in nearly a century to stretch coast to coast. It will also be the first in the Lower 48 states in 38 years.  The sun, moon and Earth will line up perfectly that Monday, turning day into night for a few minutes from Oregon to South Carolina. A partial eclipse will extend up through Canada and down to the top of So
  
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• 6-year-old killed, teen brother arrested

  05-08-2017 13:44
  GULFPORT, Miss. - The teen-aged brother of a 6-year-old boy has been arrested for manslaughter after the child died from a gunshot injury.  Gulfport Police say the 16-year-old fired a single round Friday night striking Zaylan Sparkman who was taken to Memorial Hospital in critical condition but died shortly after. Police did not provide details surrounding the shooting.  WLOX-TV reports the teenager is being held in Harrison County Adult Detention Facility in
  
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• Argument leads to stabbing of victim inside home, suspect arrested

  05-08-2017 13:34
  BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge man was arrested after he allegedly stabbed a victim following a verbal argument inside the victim's home.According to arrest records, the stabbing reportedly took place on July 13 before 4 a.m., when detectives with the East Baton Rouge Homicide Division were called to the 9700 block of Summers Glen Drive.Detectives initially learned that a 36-year-old man, who is the homeowner, was transported to a local hospital with severe life-threatening injuries.The stabbing r
  
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• Venezuela assembly votes to oust top prosecutor

  05-08-2017 13:08
  CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's newly installed constitutional assembly has voted unanimously to remove chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega and replaced her with a government loyalist.  As the vote was taking place, pro-government delegates shouted "traitor" and "justice has arrived!"  She will be replaced by Tarek William Saab, a staunch government supporter who currently serves as the nation's ombudsman.  Saturday's vote came after security for
  
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• Louisiana billboard company buys Philadelphia company

  05-08-2017 12:50
  BATON ROUGE - A Louisiana billboard company says it has bought one based in Philadelphia.  Lamar Advertising Co., of Baton Rouge, says it paid an undisclosed amount of cash for Steen Outdoor Advertising.  Lamar said in a news release Friday that the purchase adds more than 460 billboard faces, 23 of them digital, to its inventory.  It says Steen is the largest independent provider of outdoor advertising in the Philadelphia region and one of
  
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• Woman saves piglet from traffic, raises cash for its surgery

  05-08-2017 12:45
  LANCASTER, Pa. - A Pennsylvania woman who rescued a piglet that was darting in and out of rush-hour traffic is getting help from local businesses to fund a surgery it needs to survive.  Francesca McAndrews tells LNP she was driving to work when she saw the tiny swine dodging cars in Lancaster last month. She slammed on her brakes and caught the little pig. She says she's had some practice catching pigs at fair.  She thinks the piglet fell off a livestock truc
  
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• Mississippi tax collections improve for start of budget year

  05-08-2017 12:38
  JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi tax collections looked better than expected for the first month of the budget year.  The state took in more money this July than during the same month a year ago.  State Revenue Commissioner Herb Frierson says the numbers look good, but one month does not make a trend.  Republican Gov. Phil Bryant had to make multiple rounds of budget cuts in the past year because revenue fell short of expectations. &
  
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• New crime force kept busy overnight

  05-08-2017 12:06
  BATON ROUGE – The first night of a crime crackdown kept officers busy on the streets of Baton Rouge, dealing with a double shooting, drugs and a group of women attacking each other.Jail records show Baton Rouge Police booked about six people into jail around the time the new task force was working Friday night and early Saturday morning. WBRZ has requested specific information from the department about the task force's activity, it's not clear as of this post if all arrests made Frida
  
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