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New Orleans, La. - The sound is so much a part of New Orleans and on a steamy spring night, the Hot 8 Brass Band surrounded Tipitina's with their music. Dozens then gathered inside for a night of entertainment,more>> A benefit raises money for 20 people injured in a shooting on Mother's Day.more>> Louisiana emergency managers say there's a mobile app for getting up-to-the-minute information from the state in an emergency.
more>> Louisiana emergency managers say there's a mobile app for getting up-to-the-minute information from the state in an emergency.more>> When people die in New Orleans, many are laid to rest at the foot of Canal St. The intersection at City Park Avenue is a sort of neighborhood of cemeteries.
more>> When people die in New Orleans, many are laid to rest at the foot of Canal St. The intersection at City Park Avenue is a sort of neighborhood of cemeteries.
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more>> Within the next several weeks, at the mouth of Bayou St. John, a contractor will dredge a small channel to better connect the bayou with Lake Pontchartrain.
more>> A federal judge has refused to let the city of New Orleans out of a potentially expensive agreement to reform its troubled police department.more>> A federal judge has refused to let the city of New Orleans out of a potentially expensive agreement to reform its troubled police department.more>> Harahan police and members of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office are going out weekly to hunt for the animals, which pose a danger to the community.
more>> Harahan police and members of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office are going out weekly to hunt for the animals, which pose a danger to the community.
more>> For the first time in 65 years, the building which houses Brennan's restaurant will no longer be owned by one of the city's premiere restaurant families. It was sold at auction this afternoon, in spitemore>> For the first time in 65 years, the building which houses Brennan's restaurant will no longer be owned by one of the city's premiere restaurant families. It was sold at auction this afternoon, in spitemore>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal prosecutor has withdrawn from the case against a landfill executive charged with plotting to defraud a construction management company.
A lawyer for River Birch executive Dominick Fazzio had asked a judge to recuse Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Kennedy from the case, claiming Kennedy failed to disclose that he knew another prosecutor had been anonymously posting comments on a newspaper's website.
In a court filing Tuesday, Justice Department attorneys say Kennedy hasn't engaged in any misconduct but is voluntarily withdrawing from the case to avoid further distractions.
Former U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office recused itself from Fazzio's case in April following the resignation of veteran prosecutor Sal Perricone, who admitted he had been anonymously posting comments about judges, politicians and cases. Kennedy was allowed to remain on the case.
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