Ark-La-Tex News

For the first time, women in the armed forces will be moved into combat roles. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta will make the official announcement Thursday.

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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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Update 5:30 p.m. (Eastern): Three people in total were taken to the hospital, including one in critical condition.

Update 2:55: One shooting victim's name is Jody Neal, according to his uncle and sister, who were interviewed at the scene.

Update 2:50: "The police believe the danger has been mitigated," according to a spokesman for the college. "The school is under control but still being evacuated."

A small college in Houston is on lockdown following what appears to have been a shooting on campus on Tuesday. One suspect has been detained, and a second is possibly on the loose, according to local authorities.

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Cameras in the bathroom. Cameras on his shoes. Church deacon Paul Holmes of Haughton and his wife are being sued by the parents of three teenage girls after it was discovered he had placed cameras in his bathroom to record them during church-related sleepovers at his home.

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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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An enormous and explosive mass of electrically charged solar plasma – known as a coronal mass ejection, or CME – exploded from the sun’s atmosphere a few days ago and is moving closer and closer to Earth.

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Louisiana's unemployment rate fell to 5.5% in December 2012 from 5.8% in November, but there were 11,400 fewer jobs.  In Texas, the jobless rate dropped for the fourth consecutive month to 6.1% from 6

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Are they really just now getting to this? Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was charged today with using his office for personal gain, accepting pay offs and more as New Orleans struggled to recover from Hurricane Katrina.

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The man accused of killing 12-year-old Justin Bloxom of Keithville is headed to trial this summer. It's taken more than 2 years to move the case to trial.

The trial of Brian Horn is now scheduled to begin on June 24th. The jury is to be selected in Lafayette and then the panel will be

It seems 23-year-old Richard Boudreaux was quite prepared to burglarize his old place of employment...except for one important piece of gear -- a mask. He realized a little late that security cameras in Kenney's Seafood in Slidell would capture his face

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