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Monday, December 1, 2008
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market suffered one of its worst days since the financial meltdown Monday, slicing 680 points off the Dow Jones industrial average as Wall Street snapped out of its daydream of a rally and once again faced the harsh reality of a recession.
CHICAGO (AP) -- Barack Obama announced a national security team Monday headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush - striking choices by a president-elect who declared he wanted "strong personalities and strong opinions." There are some new developments concerning a multi-million dollar movie studio planned for Baton Rouge. Plans call for a $665 million studio to be built off O'Neal Lane, but new regulations mean less tax breaks for the project. News 2's Mike Steele has reports on how this drama is now playing out in a Baton Rouge courtroom. A French Settlement couple is thanking an alert newspaper carrier for saving not only their house, but their lives. As News 2's Todd Ross found out, the heroic story almost didn't happen. The Southern University band is under investigation after allegations of hazing. University officials are looking into an incident that left at least two band members injured. News 2's Dana Hackett has more on how students say this sheds a bad light on the university as a whole. A family in Baton Rouge has no presents to put under the tree because thieves stole their Black Friday loot last week. Someone broke into their car in a parking lot near Airline and Coursey while the family took a break from shopping to eat breakfast. News 2's Lori Steele tells us what was stolen and why the Rankin family thinks they were targeted. What's in store for your week in weather? WBRZ Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum has your forecast. GONZALES — Mayor Johnny Berthelot offered a good explanation for starting last week’s City Council meeting with a plastic ruler. “I packed up my gavel already,” he told the council members and others in attendance. Afterward, Berthelot went home and told his wife that they had to find the gavel. “I can’t use a ruler for my last meeting,” he said. Berthelot is proud that in more than 32 years in public office in Gonzales, he has never missed a meeting. WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. The NBER - a private, nonprofit research organization - said its group of academic economists who determine business cycles met and decided that the U.S. recession began last December. Monday was the 20th World AIDS Day, but never before has there been such hope for the disease. Baton Rouge ranks in the top five cities for the number AIDS/HIV cases. We discussed the fight against the disease on 2une In. CHICAGO (AP) -- Barack Obama says the U.S.-Iraq security agreement approved by Iraq's parliament puts the U.S. on a "glide path" toward reducing forces there. A new federal law is expected to make it easier for relatives to care for children taken into state custody because of abuse or neglect. The Legendary Dickens' tale, "A Christmas Carol," will be on stage at the Manship Theatre starting this week. Melanie Couvillion with Playmakers of Baton Rouge joined us on 2une In Monday morning. If you like to read, Baton Rouge has a treat for you. A digital bookmobile is coming to town this week. Emilie Smart with the East Baton Rouge Parish Library joined us with details on 2une In. Livingston Parish’s proposed 2009 budget leaves little wiggle room and a few question marks, Parish President Mike Grimmer said. PORT ALLEN — West Baton Rouge Parish officials recently evaluated their disaster recovery performance after Hurricane Gustav, which hit Louisiana on Sept. 1. Deano Moran, director of the parish’s Office of Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security, said overall parish officials and emergency responders performed well. CATAHOULA — Who better to preserve the intricacies of a culture during a certain period than one who has lived through it. Camille Blanchard, of Catahoula, is that man. Blanchard carves wooden boats and houses that represent a time when bayous served as highways and folks built what they needed. NEW ORLEANS — It’s a bizarre case in which police say a television and radio personality bought a disguise, had the alleged murder weapon checked out by a gun store and planned an alibi that included watching a football game with friends in Mississippi. At least two people died in separate incidents on Baton Rouge area roadways Sunday, authorities said. In Livingston Parish, an 84-year-old Tennessee man was killed Sunday morning when a train hit his van, Livingston Police Chief Randy Dufrene said. ALEXANDRIA — Authorities are investigating a one-vehicle crash that killed two people Saturday on U.S. 171, south of New Llano in Vernon Parish. Authorities arrested at least three people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 3 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, booking records show. WASHINGTON — Louisiana lost 41 years of congressional seniority this year but may be able to restore some political clout with new assignments for delegation members in the next Congress, political analysts and observers say. Obituary Notices for Dec. 1, 2008 NEW ORLEANS — A reserve officer for the New Orleans Police Department killed over the weekend apparently lost control of his car less than a mile after crossing the Lake Pontchartrain twin spans, authorities said. The Denham Springs Christmas tree lighting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, and not tonight as previously announced, said Bob Ingalls of the Kiwanis Club. Ingalls said he inadvertently put the wrong date in a press release. Around Baton Rouge for Dec. 1, 2008 |
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