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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
Heavy rains pounded the already-soggy South on Tuesday, flooding roads and homes and forcing school closures in parts of Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia.
The New Orleans district attorney has requested an autopsy on a terminally ill patient whose doctor acknowledged increasing the drugs the patient received in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the city's coroner said Tuesday.
A New Orleans businessman convicted in a City Hall corruption case is accused of transferring assets to his wife to shield them from a $1 million restitution order.
A lawyer for a Louisiana businessman charged with defrauding investors out of nearly $20 million in an alleged Ponzi scheme has asked to withdraw from the case.
Van the Man and The Queen of Soul are headlining next year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Raymond Taylor scored 20 points and Florida Atlantic defeated New Orleans 66-48 on Monday night.
New Orleans plans to hold its first bond sale in two years this week after three agencies affirmed investment-grade ratings for the city.
Some Southern lawmakers are seeking billions of dollars in emergency aid for farmers after recent natural disaster declarations in at least 20 states.
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