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"As part of the announcement today, NOPD announced that Commander Edwin Hosli has been reinstated to full duty following the close of local and federal investigations into the red light traffic camera detail."more>> "Today the New Orleans Police Department announced the realignment of several Police Commanders... As part of the announcement today, NOPD announced that Commander Edwin Hosli has been reinstated to full duty following the close of local and federal investigations into the red light traffic camera detail."more>> "Members of the NOPD's Homicide division issued a warrant for the arrest of 18-year-old Glen Emerson, for the role he played in the fatal wounding of 18-year-old Joseph Massenburg, an Illinois resident."more>> "Members of the NOPD's Homicide division issued a warrant for the arrest of 18-year-old Glen Emerson, for the role he played in the fatal wounding of 18-year-old Joseph Massenburg, an Illinois resident."more>> In a normally quiet River Ridge neighborhood, Jefferson Parish deputies investigate an apparent murder-suicide.
more>> In a normally quiet River Ridge neighborhood, Jefferson Parish deputies investigate an apparent murder-suicide.
more>> Meghan Lopez's parents say the 21-year-old woman took a synthetic drug called 2C-I, also known by other names including N-Bomb and C-Boom. In this case, a single drop proved fatal.
more>> Meghan Lopez's parents say the 21-year-old woman took a synthetic drug called 2C-I, also known by other names including N-Bomb and C-Boom. In this case, a single drop proved fatal.
more>> The FBI headquarters out by the lake could be out of its building, depending on whether the new owners move in a different direction.
more>> The FBI headquarters out by the lake could be out of its building, depending on whether the new owners move in a different direction.
more>> A federal judge has refused to delay implementation of an agreement calling for major reforms of the New Orleans Police Department.more>> A federal judge has refused to delay implementation of an agreement calling for major reforms of the New Orleans Police Department.more>> ![AP Photo]( "AP Photo")
AP Photo "Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu reactivated the NOLA Pay It Forward Fund for New Orleanians to contribute to recovery efforts following the deadly May 20, 2013 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma."
more>> "Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu reactivated the NOLA Pay It Forward Fund for New Orleanians to contribute to recovery efforts following the deadly May 20, 2013 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma."more>> Texas Brine says it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a 15-acre sinkhole.more>> Texas Brine says it has started extending settlement offers to Assumption Parish residents who have been under an evacuation order since August because of a 15-acre sinkhole.more>> The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating an apparent murder-suicide Friday afternoon involving a 52-year-old man and his 16-year-old son.
more>> The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating an apparent murder-suicide Friday afternoon involving a 52-year-old man and his 16-year-old son.
more>> Agents arrested 20-year-old Matthew Lipham for a number of sex crimes involving a juvenile on Friday.more>> Agents arrested 20-year-old Matthew Lipham for a number of sex crimes involving a juvenile on Friday.more>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana researcher says the "dead zone" that develops every spring and summer in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than usual this year.
Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium says the area of low-oxygen in gulf waters covers 2,889 square miles. In a news release, Rabalais says that is the fourth smallest dead zone measured since mapping of the zones began in 1985.
The dead zone forms because fertilizer and other nutrients run into the Mississippi River, which empties into the gulf. The nutrients feed huge numbers of microscopic organisms. When they die, their decomposition uses up oxygen.
The consortium says the dead zone is small this year because record drought across the country meant fewer nutrients were washed into the river.
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