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Pelicans to host 2013 Draft party

New Orleans, La - New Orleans Pelicans fans can join in on the excitement of the upcoming NBA Draft as the team hosts its 2013 Draft Party presented by Harrah’s and Bud Light at Manning’s (519 Fulton St.) on Thursday, June 27. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and fans can watch draft coverage starting at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN as the Pelicans make the sixth selection in the 2013 NBA ...
White Castle ferry to stop service on June 21

Baton Rouge, La - If you depend on the White Castle ferry to get across the river, and thought you still had time to make other travel plans, think again. It appears as though White Castle to Plaquemine ferry service will be ending even before the end of the month now. DOTD officials announced that it will close permanently on June 21 because they just don't have enough licensed staff ...
18-wheeler loses load shuts down lane of I-10 East

GROSSE TETE, LA (WAFB) - Louisiana State Police said one lane of I-10 East is blocked due to an incident involving an 18-wheeler. It happened near mile marker 141 in Iberville Parish shortly after 5 a.m. Troopers said the tractor trailer lost its load. They added drivers should expect delays in the area. It is unknown how long it will take to get the scene ...
Eight-year-old proves rare disease is merely a challenge to overcome

Zachary, LA (NBC33) - Mikayla Blunt knows she is not quite like everyone else. She has a bigger personality, and she is more controlling than her siblings and most of her peers. She also has a severe form of a rare disease known ...
Hearing set for one suspect in Mothers Day shooting

NEW ORLEANS, LA (AP) - One of two suspects arrested after gunfire during a neighborhood parade in New Orleans on Mother's Day left 20 people hurt is set for a court appearance. Shawn Scott, 24, is scheduled Thursday for what court records call a preliminary hearing in magistrate court. Shawn Scott and his brother, Akein Scott, 19, were arrested days after the shooting, which brought an ...

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El Topo [Blu-Ray]

As chronicled in J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaums Midnight Movies, Alejandro Jodorowskys El Topo became an almost immediate counterculture sensation after its commercial debut at midnight on December 18, 1970, at the run-down, 600-seat Elgin Theater in New York City. The film ran ... ...

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Governor Jindal signs more bills into law

Baton Rouge, La - Governor Bobby Jindal announced he has signed bills passed by the Legislature into law, bringing the total number of bills signed for the 2013 Regular Legislative Session to 399 on June ...
Tangipahoa deputies searching for suspected car burglar

Hammond, La - Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards reports that the suspect pictured in this photo has been identified as 55 year old Kenneth Lee Dunkin of Felder Lane in Hammond, LA. A warrant is currently being issued for Dunkin’s arrest. Dunkin will be charged with attempted burglary. Additional charges may be forthcoming as the investigation unfolds. Authorities in Tangipahoa ...
Man booked into EBR prison for possession distribution of child pornography

BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - A Bridge City man was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison after he admitted to downloading and distributing pornography involving juveniles. According to the arrest report, Trey Anthony Rodriguez, 37, was arrested on Tuesday, June 18 by the Louisiana Department of Justice after they executed a search warrant. Rodriguez allegedly admitted to investigators ...
Louisiana Gun Law Bobby Jindal Signs Legislation Making Publishing Gun Records A Crime

US Republican Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty ...
Trash talk creates a stench with some city officials

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Trash talk is creating quite the stench for some city officials with talks of a second landfill in north Baton Rouge. It's something Baton Rouge isn't used to: hills, but on the other side of a 250 foot tall so-called "hill," is a big pile of trash. More than 400 acres are set aside for the East Baton Rouge Parish North Landfill. Department of ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

Hassan Rouhani

Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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One dead, 77 injured in US chemical plant blast

At least one person was killed and 77 injured in an explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant in Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal's home state of Louisiana in southern US.

"This has been a tragic incident," said Republican Jindal Thursday, during a briefing near the plant in Geismar, part of a heavily industrial region known as "Cancer Alley," between capital Baton Rouge and the state's biggest city, New Orleans.

Some environmental advocates cited by the Chicago Tribune said Thursday's explosion should draw attention to hazards in a region once known as "Bhopal on the bayou."

The Bhopal disaster in December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal in India, is considered the world's worst industrial disaster. Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals.

The corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is particularly dense with refineries and petrochemical plants, the Tribune said.

The surrounding region is the most prone in the nation to toxic oil spills and releases, according to US Environmental Protection Agency records.

Last year, the EPA region including Louisiana was second in the nation in toxic accident reports. ...