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NEW ORLEANSEssence Fest celebrates black music, culture
Queen Latifah dropped by the Essence Music Festival on Friday to help celebrate its 15th year of uplifting and empowering the African-American community through issues-filled seminars by day and high-powered musical performances by night.Queen Latifah, a spokeswoman for Cover Girl's Queen Collection, said she was happy to support an event that tackles concepts close to her heart but also weaves in fun.
NEW ORLEANSEssence Fest to celebrate black music in La.
The celebration of black music and culture at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans will provide comfort to artists and fans alike after a tough week following Michael Jackson's death.Singer Lionel Richie, a longtime friend of the pop superstar and festival headliner, says performing at Essence will give him and others a chance to regroup.
NEW ORLEANSTech expert: Nagin e-mails disappeared
A technology expert said Wednesday that potentially years' worth of Mayor Ray Nagin's e-mails have been deleted.Christopher Reade, a partner in a tech firm who assisted the Louisiana Technology Council in efforts to recover data for the mayor's office, said the mailbox was removed between June 2008 and May 2009. He said 22 gigabytes of data vanished from a defunct server on May 5 - the day of a conference call with the city on the work the outside technology experts would do - but he did not know if the mailbox was among that data.
FARMERVILLEFoster Farms to reduce contracted growers in La.
A California-based poultry company that recently took over a closed Louisiana processing plant with assistance from the state says it will not extend contracts to all of the plant's former growers.Foster Farms agreed to buy the shuttered Pilgrim's Pride poultry processing plant in Farmerville for $80 million, with Louisiana contributing $50 million of the purchase price and another $10 million for equipment upgrades.
NEW ORLEANS2009 Essence Fest begins Friday in New Orleans
When the Essence Music Festival kicks off in New Orleans on Friday, singer Lionel Richie says the celebration of black music and culture will provide some comfort following Michael Jackson's death.Richie, a longtime friend of the pop superstar, says going to New Orleans for Essence is a homecoming of sorts that will give him and others comfort and a chance to regroup.
NEW ORLEANSMan pleads guilty in frozen chicken scam
A man who was deported by Canada last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he duped the Egyptian government into paying more than $7 million for a shipment of frozen chicken he never intended to deliver.Alexander Legault, 59, had moved from Louisiana to Canada before a grand jury in New Orleans indicted him on fraud charges in 1986. Legault, who also has been charged with participating in scams in Texas and Florida, was ordered deported by Canada in 2002 but remained a fugitive until his arrest last year.
BATON ROUGELa firefighting crews head for Texas
Crews trained to fight wildfires from around Louisiana are heading to east Texas to help the Texas Forest Service with wildfires.Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says the five 13-person crews were to leave Wednesday with their equipment - including bulldozers for digging firelines to contain the fires.
NEW ORLEANSWhitney hit by Fitch Ratings downgrade
Fitch Ratings has cut its rating on regional banker Whitney Holding Corp. citing its nonperforming assets, much of them related to Florida real estate.The ratings house said Tuesday that Whitney's long-term issuer default rating had been dropped to BBB from BBB-plus, still considered to be investment grade.
PONCHATOULAPolice: Accused church burglar caught catching Zs
Sleeping in church is bad during the sermon, but even worse when a burglar does it on the job. Police arrested an 18-year-old man after he was found sleeping in a building belonging to the French Corner Church.Tangipahoa Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Dawn Panepinto said Tuesday that the man was booked Monday with simple burglary, resisting arrest by flight and simple criminal damage to property.
GRETNAMan nabbed 3 times in week for skipping on tab
An Arizona man who likes several drinks with his lunch has been arrested three times in the past week for refusing to pay at restaurants where he ate. Jefferson Parish sheriff's records show that a 36-year-old man was booked with defrauding an innkeeper after he ate at three restaurants, then laughed when asked to pay his bill.The man allegedly ran up bills ranging from $23 to $31 - including four beers with a lunch plate at one restaurant and four margaritas with a cheeseburger at another - then said he was homeless and couldn't pay.
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