Ark-La-Tex News

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Pointe Coupee Car Crash Kills Man

By Associated Press January 5, 2013

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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Category: Ark-La-Tex News Tags: accident

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Crews Back at Work at Camp Minden

By Erin McCarty January 4, 2013

It looks as though an end is in sight to the moving of roughly six million pounds of explosive propellant at Camp Minden in Webster Parish.

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Category: Ark-La-Tex News, Public Safety, Shreveport/Bossier City News Tags: Camp Minden, Explo Systems

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Louisiana State Representatives Disagree Over ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Legislation

By Associated Press January 2, 2013

Louisiana's delegation was divided as Congress agreed to a compromise to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" of middle-class tax increases and spending cuts.

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Category: Ark-La-Tex News, Financial, Political News Tags: david vitter, fiscal cliff, Mary Landrieu

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Arkansas Residents Still Without Power Following Christmas Snowstorm

By Associated Press December 31, 2012

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — About 11,000 homes and businesses remain without power several days after a snowstorm blasted Arkansas on Christmas Day.

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Category: Ark-La-Tex News, Public Safety, Weather Tags: arkansas, snow

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Chalmette Man Killed in New Orleans Shooting

By Associated Press December 31, 2012

New Orleans police say a 42-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday night.

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Category: Ark-La-Tex News, Crime News Tags: New Orleans

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President Bush Moved to Intensive Care Unit

By Chris Chaberski December 27, 2012

Former President George H.W. Bush has been moved to the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital in Houston, due to a fever that is not responding to treatment.

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Category: Ark-La-Tex News, Health, National News Tags: george bush, President Bush

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George H.W. Bush Recovers from Christmastime Fever, Remains in Hospital

By Associated Press December 26, 2012

A spokesman says the fever that kept former President George H.W. Bush in the hospital over Christmas is gone.

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Category: Ark-La-Tex News, Health Tags: george bush

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Texas State Troopers in Hot Water for Roadside Cavity Search [VIDEO]

By Puff December 20, 2012

Imagine this: You're going down the road smoking a cigarette and listening to the radio. You toss said cigarette out the window. Then, out of nowhere, a cop pulls you over for littering and gives you a full body cavity search.

Seem a bit excessive and a complete violation of your rights as a person? Yup. And this is exactly what happened just outside of Dallas in July this year.

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Category: Ark-La-Tex News, Law Enforcement, Videos, Weird News Tags: police, texas