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 Miss. River spill idles 200 ships near New OrleansAbout 200 ships were stacked up Friday and more were expected to join them at a bottleneck along the Mississippi River caused by a massive spill of heavy fuel oil at New Orleans.
Michigan man gets life for role in murder
A Michigan man agreed to a life-sentence Tuesday after pleading guilty to principal to second-degree murder in the 2006 stabbing death of a transient man in a wooded area near Port Allen, Louisiana.  La. doctor cleared in patient deaths recalls stormTrapped in a hospital with 2,000 people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Anna Pou recalls her throat burning from the rancid smell.
Louisiana Katrina victims still awaiting cottages
Chris Cheramie isn't a Katrina victim, but he was surprised to learn he is the first person to occupy a home of a kind specifically designed to shelter Louisiana residents displaced by the storm.  Dem Party chief to head South this week for votesDemocratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is embarking on a voter registration bus tour he hopes will help push Dixie to the Democrats.  In a switch, governors now await running-mate callFor more than three decades, the National Governors' Association has assembled on presidential election years as one of its members made a bid for the White House - a Carter or a Reagan, a Dukakis, a Clinton or a Bush.
Haynesville shale fuels record Mineral Board sale
Fueled by lease sales coming from a major natural gas play in northwestern Louisiana, the Louisiana Mineral Board collected a record $48.7 million in lease payments at its July sale this week.
Census: New Orleans fastest-growing city in US
New Orleans was the fastest-growing large city in the nation last year, but its population is still about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.
Jacob to transfer from Georgia
Georgia freshman Jeremy Jacob has decided to transfer after a foot injury limited him to only six games as a freshman. |
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