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• Wrestler Rich Swann arrested, charged with battery of wife

  10-12-2017 21:48
  GAINESVILLE, FL- Wrestler Rich Swann is being held without bail in a Florida jail after he was arrested and charged with battery and false imprisonment.Swann, who is 26 and a former WWE Cruiserweight Champion, was arrested Saturday.According to Gainesville Police, Swann was arguing with his wife, who is also a wrestler. His wife - whose name is Vannarah Riggs but goes by Su Yung - had wrestled earlier. A police report said Swann criticized her performance and the pair began arguing. A
  
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• Pioneering black journalist Simeon Booker dies at age 99

  10-12-2017 21:00
  WASHINGTON- Simeon Booker, a trail-blazing journalist and the first full-time African-American reporter at The Washington Post, has died at the age of 99.Booker died Sunday in Solomons, Maryland, according to a Post obituary, citing his wife Carol.Booker served for decades as the Washington bureau chief for the African-American publications Jet weekly and Ebony monthly. He is credited with bringing to national prominence the death of Emmett Till, the 14-year old African-American boy whose bruta
  
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• Power being restored to hundreds of homes that experienced snow-related outages

  10-12-2017 20:27
  TANGIPAHOA PARISH- The lights are coming back on for hundreds of homes that lost power during the snowfall on Friday.Crews worked through the weekend to restore power to residences that lost electricity from snow-related causes. Only a couple hundred homes in Baton Rouge are still waiting on restoration.But more than a thousand Tangipahoa Parish homes, however, are still in the dark.Crews from Texas will continue to work to help the remaining customers without power for at lea
  
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• WATCH: Playful zoo panda is delighted by snow

  10-12-2017 19:10
  WASHINGTON- The National Zoo captured adorable footage of one of their pandas rolling around in the snow.The Smithsonian's National Zoo posted a video to their Facebook page Saturday. The video shows a giant panda named Mei Xiang rolling around, playing, and enjoying the flurries.Check out the video to see Mei's adorable snow day!Permalink| Comments
  
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• Springfield couple's weather pictures go viral

  10-12-2017 18:27
  SPRINGFIELD - Those who call Louisiana home are used to the unpredictable weather. One day wearing shorts, the next day needing a winter coat. One man, James Verbois, captured the extremes from his patio perch."Periodically you get bit in Louisiana," Verbois said. "Whether it be a hurricane or a flood, or in this case, snow."The picture of Verbois up to his waist in water was taken during the August 2016 flood. The second, snapped this past Friday during South Louisiana's snow
  
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• Trump rails against news media after reporting corrections

  10-12-2017 16:49
  WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump is again railing against the news media, calling them a "stain on America."In a tweet Sunday, Trump blasts the lack of attention over what he describes as "false and defamatory stories" by the "Fake News Media.""They are out of control - correct reporting means nothing to them. Major lies written, then forced to be withdrawn after they are exposed...a stain on America!" Trump writes.Over the past two weeks, ABC News and CNN have had to issue corrections and cl
  
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• WATCH: Thief takes off with Salvation Army kettle

  10-12-2017 16:21
  GLADSTONE, Mo.- Surveillance video captured a thief helping himself to a Salvation Army kettle.The Gladstone Police Department posted the video this week, asking the community to help identify the sticky-handed suspect. The footage shows a man walking up to a Salvation Army kettle outside of a store in Gladstone, Missouri and stealing it.Anyone with information regarding this crime is urged to contact the Gladstone Police Department at (816) 436-3550.Permalink| Comments
  
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• Middle school crossing guard gives away coats to children in need

  10-12-2017 14:51
  WILMINGTON, N.C.- One woman's good deed is warming more than just hearts this Christmas season.Minnie Galloway, a well-known crossing guard at Trask Middle School in North Carolina, has been helping children safely cross the street for 19 years. This year, she's is being hailed an inspiration for her selfless act of kindness that has quickly gone viral.Galloway took it upon herself to give away coats to schoolchildren in need, ensuring that they stay warm this winter.According
  
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• WATCH: Firefighters rescue deer stuck on frozen pond

  10-12-2017 14:11
  SUNRIVER, OR- Firefighters came to the rescue of a deer who was trapped on a slippery, frozen water hazard at a golf course.The L4262 Sunriver Professional Firefighters in Oregon posted the video to their Facebook page this week. The footage shows a firefighter coming to the aid of a deer who continuously tries to get off of the frozen pond, but struggles to succeed.The rescuer slowly approaches the animal on the ice and pushes it to safety.Check out the video to see the incre
  
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• Update: Man arrested Sunday after hit-and-run crash claims life of a Lafayette woman

  10-12-2017 13:44
  ST. MARTIN PARISH - Louisiana State Police have arrested a man that struck and killed a 51-year-old woman walking alone Sunday morning.34-year-old Michael John of Breaux Bridge was arrested Sunday, troopers say.According to LSP, troopers were notified shortly before 6:00 a.m. of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on LA 92-1 near Fontelieu Road near Cade, La.The crash claimed the life of Dorine Johnnie, 51, of Lafayette.Through the initial investigation, State Police determined that a
  
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• LSP looking for vehicle that killed Lafayette woman in hit-and-run crash

  10-12-2017 13:44
  ST. MARTIN PARISH - Louisiana State Police are asking for the public's assistance in finding the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a 51-year-old woman walking alone Sunday morning.According to LSP, Troopers were notified, shortly before 6:00 a.m., of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on LA 92-1 near Fontelieu Road near Cade, La.The crash claimed the life of Dorine Johnnie, 51, of Lafayette.Through the initial investigation, State Police determined that an unknown vehicle was traveli
  
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• Driver in one-vehicle crash jumps off interstate to avoid oncoming vehicle

  10-12-2017 13:33
  BATON ROUGE - A driver that was involved in a one-vehicle crash jumped from an interstate overpass to avoid being hit by an oncoming vehicle.According to Baton Rouge Police, officers responded to a single-vehicle crash on I-10 West at the I-10/I-110 split Saturday afternoon.After getting out of his vehicle to assess the damage, the driver "jumped off the overpass to avoid being hit by another vehicle," according to BRPD.The extent of the man's injuries is unknown at this time. Check back for up
  
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• FEMA homes to stay in Louisiana longer, but rent required

  10-12-2017 12:49
  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana residents displaced by the August 2016 flooding and living in mobile homes provided by the federal government can stay in them until May.  But they'll have to start paying rent in March for the manufactured housing units.  Louisiana's homeland security office says the Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed to the state's request to extend the temporary housing program - but refused to continue waiving rent for the mobile homes.&
  
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• Officials: Whales, after deadly year, could become extinct

  10-12-2017 12:47
  PORTLAND, Maine - Science officials with the federal government say it's time to consider the possibility that endangered right whales could become extinct unless new steps are taken to protect them.  North Atlantic right whales are among the rarest marine mammals in the world, and they have endured a deadly year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there are only about 450 of the whales left and 17 of them have died so far in 2017.  The
  
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