| House Votes To Impeach Us Judge From Louisiana District Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. with a long-standing pattern of corruption.The first of four impeachment articles was approved Thursday, 412-0. The second passed 410-0.The case goes to trial in... | |
| Top Austrian Newspaper: 2 Former Members Of Famed Vienna Boys Choir Say They Were Abused VIENNA (AP) — A top Austrian newspaper cites two former members of the famed Vienna Boys Choir as saying they were sexually abused by their supervisors. The Der Standard daily reported on its... |
| Police Official: Us Troops Open Fire On Journalist And Her Husband, Killing Them BAGHDAD (AP) — A police official says U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband. The official says the incident took place late Wednesday... |
| Obama Praises Colombian President For Honoring Court Ruling That Denies Him 3rd Term BOGOTA (AP) — President Barack Obama is applauding Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for accepting a court decision that prevents him from running for a third term. Obama says Uribe's respectful... |
| New Paris Sex-hibit Bares All: Erotic Ceramics From Ancient Peru Tell Story About Elite Power Wrinkle Face in a fish boat, part of "Sexe Mort et Sacrifice" (Sex, Death and Sacrifice) exhibition are seen Monday, March 8, 2010 in Paris. On show at Paris' Quai Branly museum is an extraordinary... |
| Two Israeli Soldiers Face Criminal Charges For Conduct In Gaza Offensive JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says two soldiers have been indicted on criminal charges for their actions during last year's military offensive in Gaza. The soldiers will be tried in... |
| Discovery Of Monotheist Pharaoh's Mummy Provides Clues About Unique Time In Ancient Egypt Tourists view the colossus of Pharaoh Akhenaten in the Egyptian Museum showing his elongated head and feminine hips that long confounded Egyptologists, at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, Egypt,... |
| Judge Stalls Motion In Gosserand Trial NEW ROADS, LA (WAFB) - The judge in the New Roads vehicular homicide trial has stalled a motion filed by the defense to have the district attorney's office in Pointe Coupee Parish removed from... |
| Ex-new Orleans Officer Pleads In Post-katrina Shooting Cover-up N EW ORLEANS — A second former New Orleans officer has pleaded guilty in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina. Jeffrey... |
| Ex-new Orleans Officer Pleads In Shooting Cover-up NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A second former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to covering up the deadly shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina, with a judge calling the plot a... |
| British Airways Employee In Court Charged With Plotting Suicide Bombings LONDON (AP) — A British Airways computer expert was charged Thursday with plotting suicide bombings — including one he allegedly planned to carry out himself. Prosecutor Colin Gibbs... |
| Kidnappers Release 2 European Aid Workers; 1st Reported Kidnappings In Months PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Kidnappers have freed two Swiss women snatched off the streets of Haiti's capital and held for five days, officials said Thursday. It is the first reported... |
| France's Sarkozy, Fallen From His Pedestal, Faces Drubbing In Regional Election French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech at the opening of the Iinternational conference on threats to major world forest basins, in Paris, Thursday March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Remy de la... |
| Rights Group Urges Us, Europe To Press Syria On Human Rights Record BEIRUT (AP) — Western nations must press Syria on its human rights record as the country emerges from international isolation, a rights group said Thursday. The United States, France and other... |
| Eu Parliament Condemns Cuba For Rights Violations, Havana Snaps Back STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The European Parliament voted Thursday to condemn Cuba for the "avoidable and cruel" death of a dissident hunger striker, earning a stinging response from Havana,... |
| Vatican, Italian Bishops Slam Rome School's Move To Install Condom-vending Machines ROME (AP) — A Rome high school has decided to install vending machines selling condoms for its students, sparking angry reaction from the Catholic Church which claims the move will only... |
| Swedish Court Oks Extradition Of Ex-neo Nazi Leader To Poland In Auschwitz Case FILE- This is a Feb.12 2110 file photo of Anders Hogstrom, left, a former neo-Nazi leader arrested in Sweden. A Swedish court ruled Thursday March 11, 2010 that he can be extradited to Poland, where... |
| Social Services Dept. Overhaul Proposed BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Department of Social Services is proposing a reorganization that would consolidate offices, eliminate nearly 200 jobs and create more ways for people to apply for... |
| La. Pension System Sues To Stop Firstenergy Deal GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System wants a federal judge in Pittsburgh to stop FirstEnergy's proposed $4.7 billion takeover of the western Pennsylvania... |
| Holliday Attorney Files Last-minute Motion BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Defense attorney Ron Johnson filed a last-minute motion Thursday morning asking for a separate jury for the penalty phase. The issue is being argued in court. Jury selection... |
| New Orleans Could Become Digital Hub Of U.s. With Google's Help Former New Orleans police officer Jeffrey Lehrmann pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of misprision of a felony for his role in the Danziger Bridge... |
| Council Considers New Orleans To Florida Line Former New Orleans police officer Jeffrey Lehrmann pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of misprision of a felony for his role in the Danziger Bridge... |
| Troopers Arrest Driver Following Deadly Crash LIVINGSTON, LA (WAFB) - A driver was arrested for vehicular homicide after a single-car crash left her passenger dead early Thursday morning. According to Louisiana State Police, a car driven by... |
| Unrestrained Occupant Killed In Livingston Crash, Driver Impairment Suspected Factor Unrestrained Occupant Killed in Livingston Crash, Driver Impairment a Factor LIVINGSTON – Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a single-vehicle fatal crash last night on LA 63 west of... |
| German Town Of Winnenden Marks 1st Anniversary Of School Shooting Spree WINNENDEN, Germany (AP) — The German town of Winnenden is marking the first anniversary of a school shooting spree in which a teenager killed 15 people. Church bells pealed in the southwestern... |
| Spain Honors Victims Of Madrid Train Bombings On 6th Anniversary Of Massacre MADRID (AP) — Parliament fell silent and Spaniards laid wreathes at memorial sites on the sixth anniversary of an Islamic terror attack that killed 191 people and wounded about 1,800.... |
| Watch Lsu Vs. Tennessee On Wafb BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The SEC Tournament begins Thursday and the LSU men's basketball team will take on Tennessee at 2:15 p.m. The game will air on WAFB, which means the Young and the... |
| Un Food Agency Ready To Cooperate In Any Independent Probe Into Its Somalia Operations ROME (AP) — A U.N. food agency said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a report found that up to half the food aid intended for the... |
| 800 People Trapped By Rising Floodwaters In Central Mozambique, Awaiting Rescue MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambican authorities say about 800 people are trapped by rising floodwaters and in need of rescue. Mozambique's National Disaster Management Institute said Wednesday... |
| Irish Court Extends Custody Of 7 Muslims Over Alleged Murder Plot Against Swedish Artist DUBLIN (AP) — Irish police have received three more days to interrogate seven Muslims over alleged links to a plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks. The seven — three Algerians, a... |
| British Journalist Paul Martin Released After Month In Hamas Lockup, Leaves Gaza GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A British journalist has been released from Hamas custody after a month's detention and is on his way out of the Gaza Strip. Paul Martin was arrested Feb. 14 in a... |
| Gates Says Iranian Support For Taliban In Afghanistan Is 'pretty Limited' A U.S. MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Iranian support for the Taliban in Afghanistan isn't much of a problem for the United States... |
| Red Cross: After Erratic Rains, Seed, Fertilizer Shortages, Zimbabwe At Brink Of Food Crisis HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An estimated 2.17 million Zimbabweans — perhaps a fourth of the country's population — are in need of food aid, the Red Cross said Thursday. In a statement,... |
