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  • Authorities in Louisiana say they tracked a man accused of stealing drugs from a pharmacy because he left behind a pickax he used to break in - and forgot to remove the price tag.
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  • Gunshots and then screams erupted in a French Quarter crowd celebrating the countdown to Mardi Gras.
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  • As a truck parade drives by and revelers walk past, New Orleans police officers stand guard at a crime scene where five people were shot and two suspects were taken into custody in a shooting incident that happened along the Mardi Gras parade route in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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  • As a truck parade drives by and revelers walk past, New Orleans police officers stand guard at a crime scene where five people were shot and two suspects were taken into custody in a shooting incident that happened along the Mardi Gras parade route in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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  • Power went out at the Superdome early in the third quarter of the Super Bowl, leading to a 35-minute delay.
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  • Police on Saturday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer and critically wounding two sheriff's deputies.
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  • Teen brawls, stampede close Louisiana mall
  • Large groups of brawling teenagers sparked a stampede at a Louisiana mall that led police to evacuate the shopping center and shut it down early.
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  • A truck tries to navigate down a street littered and partially blocked with downed tree limbs and other debris after tornado touched down Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012 in the Midtown area of Mobile, Ala. A Christmas Day twister outbreak left damage across the Deep South while holiday travelers in the nations much colder midsection battled sometimes treacherous driving conditions from freezing rain and blizzard conditions. (AP Photo/G.M. Andrews)
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  • The storms were blamed for two deaths, several injuries, and left homes from Louisiana to Alabama damaged.
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  • Hurricane Isaac
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  • Gulf Oil Spill
  • Over the past several months, dolphins have washed ashore along the northern Gulf Coast with bullet wounds, missing jaws and hacked off fins, and federal officials said they are looking into the mysterious deaths.
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  • The eruption of a fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico left two workers missing and four others badly burned.
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  • An explosion and fire ripped through a Gulf oil platform Friday as workers used a cutting torch, sending four people to a hospital with burns and leaving two missing in waters off Louisiana.
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  • This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil  rig Deepwater Horizon Wednesday April 21, 2010. The Coast Guard by sea and air planned to search overnight for 11 workers missing since a thunderous explosion rocked an oil  drilling platform that continued to burn late Wednesday.
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  • Two men who worked for BP during the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster have been charged with manslaughter and a third with lying to federal investigators.
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  • See photos from the 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon and the resulting oil spill.
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  • Madonna drew boos and triggered a walkout by several concertgoers after she touted President Barack Obama on her "MDNA Tour" in New Orleans.
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  • Action News
  • A 20-year-old black woman said she was set on fire by three men who wrote the initials KKK and a racial slur on her car in northeastern Louisiana, police said Monday.
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  • Action News
  • Thousands of students, professors and workers were evacuated from Louisiana State University's main campus Monday following a bomb threat, school officials said.
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  • Lost your stash?
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  • Misery in La. as Isaac flooding leaves power out
  • Authorities say the bodies of a man and a woman have been found in a home in the flood-ravaged Louisiana community of Braithwaite.
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  • Isaac hovered over Louisiana for a third day Thursday, shedding more than a foot of additional rain that forced authorities to hurriedly evacuate areas ahead of the storm and rescue hundreds of people
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  • A man crosses Canal Street in the wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New Orleans.
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  • A man crosses Canal Street in the wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New Orleans.
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  • See photos of damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaac as it hits the Gulf Coast.
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  • A man crosses Canal Street in the wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New Orleans.
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  • A man crosses Canal Street in the wind and rain from Hurricane Isaac Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, in New Orleans.
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  • Hurricane Isaac is beginning to move inland in southeast Louisiana and remains a Category 1 storm with top sustained winds of 80 miles per hour.
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  • Hurricane Isaac spun into the southern Louisiana coast late Tuesday, sending floodwaters surging and unleashing fierce winds.
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  • Hurricane Isaac
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  • A passenger officials described as "distraught" when he shoved past crewmembers Wednesday and locked himself in a cockpit surrendered to authorities who cut the power so he couldn't start the empty airplane.
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  • It was pot versus perp in Louisiana -- and the pot won.
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  • Two sheriff's deputies in Louisiana have been shot to death and two other deputies were wounded in an early morning shootout in St. John the Baptist Parish, west of New Orleans.
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  • Teen Pregnancy
  • A Louisiana charter school is changing a policy that kicked pregnant students out of class.
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  • A 27-year-old police officer in Louisiana has resigned after authorities say he stole an iPhone from the scene of a drunken-driving crash.
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  • A 27-year-old police officer in Louisiana has resigned after authorities say he stole an iPhone from the scene of a drunken-driving crash.
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  • The first of four nights spotlighting R&B music kicked off Thursday with performances at the Essence Music Festival by industry newcomers, including the Disney Channel's Coco Jones and rapper Diggy Simmons.
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  • Rihanna performs in Casablanca, Morocco
  • Two Los Angeles police officers won't face criminal charges alleging they leaked a photo of pop star Rihanna's bruised and beaten face.
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  • Parts of Florida and Alabama were under a tropical storm warning Sunday as Debby churned off the Gulf Coast.
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  • This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, June 23, 2012, shows shower and thunderstorm activity developing around an area of low pressure spinning in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Storm Debby has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and forecasters say it will bring rain to the Gulf coast from southern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle. (AP Photo/NOAA)
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  • Parts of Florida and Alabama were under a tropical storm warning Sunday as Debby churned off the Gulf Coast, leaving wary residents to closely watch a storm system already inundating some areas with rain.
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  • Tropical Storm Debby is leaving her mark on the home of Phillies spring training.
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  • E. Coli bacteria
  • A mysterious and scattered outbreak of the E. coli bacteria is linked to 14 illnesses and one death, health officials say.
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  • Still looking for vacation ideas?
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  • A fire gutted a Louisiana Tech University fraternity house on Saturday, resulting in minor injuries to three firefighters but none to students.
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  • The bad dog of the neighborhood has received a life prison sentence.
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  • Exxon Mobil Corp. says it is cleaning up about 80,000 gallons of oil that spilled from a pipeline in rural Louisiana.
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  • Authorities in Louisiana say a 6-foot alligator showed up at the front door of a Super 8 Motel outside Baton Rouge and bit a guest.
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  • The NFL Players Association told players involved in the New Orleans Saints' bounty case that there is a chance they could face criminal charges and it hired outside counsel to represent them if needed.
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