Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) — At least one key NFL executive thinks play improved at the Pro Bowl this year: Commissioner Roger Goodell.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana education officials say the overall rate at which teachers are leaving public schools in the state has been steady, despite a recent sharp increase in retirements reported by the state's teacher retirement system.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has postponed an arraignment for former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on charges he accepted bribes and gratuities from city contractors in exchange for helping them secure millions of dollars in work for the city.

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Thousands of gun advocates have gathered peacefully at state capitals across the U.S. to rally against stricter limits on firearms.

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MONROE, La. (AP) — Monroe City School Board member Rodney McFarland, who serves as the district's superintendent search committee chairman, says he is pleased with the number and quality of applications received.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With the war in Afghanistan winding down after 11 years, President Barack Obama says the time is right for U.S. forces to let Afghans do their own fighting.

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President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign has been fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for reporting violations related to a set of donations received during the final days of the campaign.

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NEW YORK (AP) — About 12 hours after discussions ended, a federal mediator is back at work in the middle of NHL labor talks that hit a snag earlier this week.

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NEW ROADS, La. (AP) — A 45-year-old Krotz Springs man has been killed in a traffic accident in Pointe Coupee Parish.

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More than 400 students who escaped a gunman's rampage that killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary have returned to school.

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