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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any Haitian hospitals that it finds are charging patients.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National Weather Service says north and central Louisiana could get 2 to 4 inches of snow Thursday night and Friday morning, with snow possible as far south as Slidell and Baton Rouge. A 13-year-old sixth-grade student at Westdale Middle School on Claycut Road faces charges for allegedly bringing a gun to school on Monday, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sherriff’s Office. Ivor van Heerden, the former deputy director of the LSU Hurricane Center, has scheduled a news conference to discuss a lawsuit he plans to file Wednesday against LSU and school officials alleging wrongful termination after he criticized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for levee failures after Hurricane Katrina. LSU AgCenter scientists are conducting research on wood liquefaction, a process in which treated wood is ground and liquefied in a solvent to separate chemicals originally used in the preservative from non-toxic liquefied wood that can be used for resins, molded wood products, foams and plastics. Oak Lodge Reception & Conference Center has opened a new venue, Parc 73 in Prairieville, on La. 73 less than a mile from Interstate 10. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has awarded $3.25 million to Iberville Parish Water System through the state’s Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund Program. LSU’s Women in Business program will hold a brown bag lunch seminar on “Understanding and Developing Your Core Competencies” from 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Ione Burden Conference Center at 4560 Essen Lane. Monroe-based CenturyTel Inc. is one of four companies highlighted in a Wall Street Journal story about dividend strategies becoming a hot topic. The Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence appointed Beth Meeks as its new Executive Director today. LAFAYETTE — Ben Berthelot, who has served for six years as assistant to Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel, was named Tuesday as the new head of the city’s Department of Community Development. WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama acknowledged the deep partisan divisions gripping Congress, but he urged Republican and Democratic leaders Tuesday to cooperate on legislation that creates jobs. TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Dave Nussbaum gives us the details on the chilly weather and the possible wintry mix on Thursday. Residents weigh in on a survey naming Louisiana the happiest state. State Representative Eddie Lambert, (R) Gonzales, says students are in danger because of a bad road in Ascension Parish. He is asking the state for money to widen LA 930 which runs in front of Prairieville Middle School. Saints fans started their exodus from Miami today. Saints quarterback Drew Brees got a head start on parade season. Mardi Gras krewes spent Monday night putting the finishing touches on floats for the "Parade of Champions." The Saints arrived back in New Orleans on Monday, less than 24 hours after securing the franchise's first championship. Granted freedom through the action of Edwin Edwards 15 years ago, a former Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate wants the same consideration shown to the former governor. Authorities are advising residents to call them if they encounter people peddling magazines for Syn Inc., a police spokesman said Monday. KENNER — Saints head coach Sean Payton proved Monday afternoon that he’s not only a multitasker on the football field, but behind the wheel as well. Driving his car near the end of a procession at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Payton kept one hand on his steering wheel and the other clutching the Vince Lombardi Trophy high outside his sunroof for Saints fans to see. PORT ALLEN — Before the confetti rained down on Saints fans after Sunday night’s Super Bowl victory, tears were flowing in the stands at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium. DENHAM SPRINGS — Glue sticks and scissors placed on tables by a land-use consultant for the proposed Baton Rouge Loop project went largely unused Monday night. Top legislative leaders said Monday they have too many questions about a proposed LSU-Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center deal for it to proceed to final approval at this time. A vote had been scheduled for Friday. Cox Sports Television (cable Channel 37) will have live coverage of today’s parade honoring the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints. The parade is scheduled to roll at 5 p.m. from the Louisiana Superdome and take the Uptown Carnival route ending on Convention Center Boulevard. CST’s coverage will start at 6 p.m. with live shots along the route and interviews with Saints players and personnel as they make their way through the streets. Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu plans to stay on the job until May despite his weekend win in the New Orleans mayor’s race. Meanwhile, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday he is just getting started on picking a temporary replacement for when Landrieu does leave his statejob. WASHINGTON — Having a sister that serves as the chairwoman of the U.S. Senate disaster recovery subcommittee can’t be too bad for a guy who will soon become mayor of a city still reeling from a disastrous hurricane nearly five years ago. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. David Vitter has gained strength in his bid for re-election in November, according to campaign fund-raising figures, a new poll and analysis from two Washington political reports that track Senate races. ST. AMANT — Ascension Parish sheriff’s deputies said Monday they are seeking the public’s help in finding a man missing for more than two years. LABADIEVILLE — A Labadieville man died after he was thrown from his pickup early Monday in a single-vehicle crash on La. 1010 in Assumption Parish, Louisiana State Police reported. GONZALES — The City Council agreed Monday to allow the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office to install antennas enabling deputies to keep an eye on traffic via video cameras. Ascension Parish sheriff’s deputies are looking for a Darrow man in the beating and robbery of another man at the C’est Bon Motel on Airline Highway last year. Three members of the Louisiana House of Representatives are jockeying for the No. 2 leadership position. The current House Speaker Pro Tempore, Karen Peterson, was elected to the state Senate in Saturday’s election in New Orleans. Louisiana Medicaid director Jerry Phillips will become undersecretary of the state Department of Health and Hospitals with Charles Castille’s retirement this month. LAFAYETTE — In a few weeks, 500 cypress trees will be planted on Avery Island to help restore black bear habitats there. Later in the spring, nearly 1,000 black mangroves will help reforest FiFi Island, just off Grand Isle. LAFAYETTE — A local nonprofit organization is awaiting word whether or not its charter school application will be reconsidered by the Lafayette Parish School Board. LAFAYETTE — The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments in the Lafayette Parish School Board’s challenge of an appellate court decision that the school district is partly liable for a student’s 2004 rape. VILLE PLATTE — The Evangeline Parish Police Jury grappled Monday with the thorny issue of rising health insurance costs. A law at the center of a controversy over a widening project on Interstate 10 needs improvement before it is used again, Louisiana’s new transportation secretary said Monday. Louisiana’s top school board is broken and its meetings are so politically charged that “you can hardly breathe,” a member of the board said Monday. “It does not work,” said Chas Roemer, a member of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Today's funeral notices. The New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl win may have long-lasting, positive effects on the region’s Hurricane Katrina-damaged psyche, rebuilding residents’ self-confidence and self-esteem, and making them more productive at work, according to at least one expert. Eight state environmental groups sent a letter to Gov. Bobby Jindal last week asking the state stop acting “in an obstructionist manner on climate change.” A loaded gun was found Monday inside a gym bag underneath some bleachers at Mayfair Middle School, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said. A Pennsylvania-based investment company will remain a defendant in a lawsuit that dozens of mostly south Louisiana residents also filed against Louisiana financial regulators and Stanford Trust Co., a judge ruled Monday. Bobby Bowden, the second-winningest coach in the history of major college football, will headline this year’s LSU Football Coaches Clinic, which will be held March 18-20 on the school campus. |
