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Senators have killed a $3.5 billion public school funding proposal submitted to lawmakers by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.more>> Senators have killed a $3.5 billion public school funding proposal submitted to lawmakers by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.more>> Jefferson Parish sheriff's detectives are seeking information about the deaths of a man found in a Harvey field and another man shot once in the chest inside his garage two miles away.more>> Jefferson Parish sheriff's detectives are seeking information about the deaths of a man found in a Harvey field and another man shot once in the chest inside his garage two miles away.more>> All the weeks of Bob Breck's radiation therapy have come down to one moment. Blood test results reveal whether the treatments worked.
more>> All the weeks of Bob Breck's radiation therapy have come down to one moment. Blood test results reveal whether the treatments worked.more>> Anti-abortion activists squared off with abortion rights supporters Monday evening at the site of a proposed Planned Parenthood facility Uptown.
more>> Anti-abortion activists squared off with abortion rights supporters Monday evening at the site of a proposed Planned Parenthood facility Uptown.
more>> New Orleans Police arrest a 36 year old man accused of setting a Gentilly church on fire.more>> New Orleans Police arrest a 36 year old man accused of setting a Gentilly church on fire.more>> The victim told investigators that she sells sweets and snacks from her residence and allowed two subjects inside her home
more>>The victim told investigators that she sells sweets and snacks from her residence and allowed two subjects inside her home
more>>Shell-shocked tornado survivors try to cope with the their loss after a deadly monstrous tornado roared through Oklahoma suburbs.
more>> Shell-shocked tornado survivors try to cope with the their loss after a deadly monstrous tornado roared through Oklahoma suburbs.more>> Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday ordered the state's conservation commissioner to review all permits issued to Texas Brine Co., the operator of a collapsed salt dome in Assumption Parish.more>> Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday ordered the state's conservation commissioner to review all permits issued to Texas Brine Co., the operator of a collapsed salt dome in Assumption Parish that authorities say caused a 15-acre sinkhole and an ongoing evacuation order for 350 people.more>> A federal judge has dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive.more>> A federal judge has dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive.more>> Terrebonne Parish schools let out for the summer this week and for some students and teachers, that could be the last time on their current campuses.
more>> Terrebonne Parish schools let out for the summer this week and for some students and teachers, that could be the last time on their current campuses. more>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, who was in charge of cleaning up BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, will be the keynote speaker at an international scientific conference about the Gulf.
His speech Monday in New Orleans kicks off hundreds of scientific presentations through Wednesday. They range from socioeconomic effects of the spill to developments in dispersant science and technology.
On Tuesday, a public forum is planned on the Gulf's ecosystems and prospects for recovery - with a chance to ask questions of spill investigators Donald Boesch and Steven Murawski.
Moderated by the National Science Foundation's David Conover, they'll cover topics including what has happened to the oil, impact on the food chain and effectiveness of the oil spill response.
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