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New effort to restore Lincoln Theater begins

baton rouge BATON ROUGE - A new effort to restore the Lincoln Theater in Baton Rouge kicks off with a fundraising reception tonight. The Lincoln Theater Foundation will have plans for display showing the two phases of restoration. The first phase would remove lead paint and pipes, asbestos and mold from the building. The second phase would restore the theater, which was built in 1950. ...
20 bills passed by Louisiana Legislature signed into law

BATON ROUGE, LA - Governor Bobby Jindal has signed the following bills passed by the Legislature into law. These additions make the total number of bills signed for the 2013 Regular Legislative Session to ...
Burglars take cash safe from Walker Baptist Church suspects wanted

WALKER, LA (NBC33) - Police need your help to identify the individual(s) responsible for stealing money from a local church. The Walker Police Department reports that the burglary occurred at the Walker Baptist Church (10696 Florida Blvd) late Wednesday, May 22, or early Thursday morning. They say staff members discovered the break-in after arriving at work. "Based upon our initial ...
Trial drug for children with rare genetic disorder discontinued Local family concerned

BATON ROUGE, LA (NBC33) - One young boy from Baton Rouge with a genetic disorder called Fragile X has another hardship to face. After his parents got him on a clinical trial with a drug proven to be successful; his condition was drastically starting to improve. But now, the trial is canceled. "I felt like a rug had been pulled out from underneath me. I felt like I had been punched in the ...
Herb Vincent leaving LSU for the SEC

Information from the SEC BIRMINGHAM, AL - The Southeastern Conference announced Friday that Herb Vincent has been hired as Associate Commissioner for Communications for the league. Vincent currently serves as Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Senior Associate Athletics Director at Louisiana State University. He will begin his new role with the SEC in September. "Herb ...

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Movie Review

8 1/2 [DVD]

Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 is inner turmoil externalized in a grand, rambling, fantastical succession of images. Often referred to as the greatest film ever made about filmmaking, it is a wonderfully self-indulgent meditation on creative blocks and personal crisesthe film director as tortured soul. The main character, Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni), is often read as a cinematic surrogat ... ...

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Louisiana’s Sen. Landrieu Seeks to Delay Flood Insurance Increases

Sen. Mary Landrieu filed legislation this week to delay flood insurance increases for many residents and businesses in southern Louisiana that officials fear could begin skyrocketing at the end of the year. The National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization was approved last year. Landrieu, D-La., had an amendment that was defeated that would have stalled premium increases of 20 percent or ...
Suspect in Port Allen slaying arrested in Texas

PORT ALLEN - West Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies say an Addis man accused of fatally shooting a 36-year-old Plaquemine man during an alleged drug deal was arrested Wednesday in Texas.The U.S. Marshals Service arrested 19-year-old Roosevelt D. Jones in Garland, Texas, and booked him with principal to first-degree murder in the slaying of Leon Banks. Col. Richie Johnson says Jones ...
Popular pizza truck destroyed by accused drunk driver

driver GONZALES - The fire cooking a Baton Rouge vendor's pizza is out for good after an accused drunk driver crashed into the owner's trailer Tuesday night. Bogdan Mocanu owns Dolce Vita and was driving back from an elementary school fundraiser in Gonzales when he was hit. "She lost the lane I had to move my truck so it wouldn't damage me first and but I couldn't ...
DOTD issues Memorial Day travel advisory

Baton Rouge, La - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) today advised drivers of upcoming work schedules for interstate and major road projects throughout Louisiana during the Memorial Day holiday weekend (Saturday, May 25, through Monday, May 27). DOTD Secretary Sherri H. LeBas urged drivers to use extra caution when traveling on the roadways during the upcoming ...
2013 Special Olympics Summer Games this weekend

Hammond, La - This weekend over 800 Special Olympics Louisiana athletes, hundreds of volunteers, family members and staff invite you to come out to the 2013 State Summer ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.

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Hyatt Regency Almaty, Kazakhstan

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19 injured in New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting

Gunmen fired shots during an informal Mother's Day afternoon parade in New Orleans in Louisiana state injuring 19 people, two of them children, according to police.

The wounded in Sunday afternoon's shooting in the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana, governed by Indian-American Bobby Jindal, included 10 men and seven women as well as a boy and a girl, both 10.

Local Nola.com citing police said both the 10-year-old victims had graze wounds to the body and were in good condition. A man and a woman were reported to be in surgery Sunday evening.

Immediately after the shooting on Frenchmen Street police reported seeing three suspects running from the scene.

Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said the three gunmen likely worked together, and at least two different weapons were used. One of the suspects is described as a man between 18 and 22 years old with short hair and wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, Serpas said.

Many of the victims were grazed, some by bullets that ricocheted. "At this point, there are no fatalities, and most of the wounds are not life-threatening," Nola.com cited spokesperson Remi Braden as saying in an email.

"But all medical conditions are not known at this time as victims were rushed to nearby hospitals," Braden said. ...