06/20/11 In appearance to hype his new memoir, Nagin touches on Hurricane Katrina evaucation, rift withh former Gov. Kathleen Blanco, why he self-published his book
06/16/11 Peter D. Dugas has joined the Washington DC office of Clark Hill PLC as Director of Government Affairs in the firm's Government & Public Affairs group. ? Peter is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Legislative Affairs for the U.S.
06/16/11 Madeline Adams (from left), 14, Paige Dubois, 14, Barbara Pierce Bush, Harper Golsby, 15, and Jolie Cantrell speak Wednesday on the Nicholls State University campus during the ending program of the Louisiana Girls Leadership Academy.
06/16/11 Clements High School graduate Brandon Wood started all three games in left field as the Texas A&M baseball team defeated Florida State in a best-of-three NCAA Super Regional to qualify for the Col
06/16/11 From D.C. to Baltimore to Easton, tomorrow night will be a busy one. Check in on D.I.Y. dude Pat McGee as he works double time tomorrow night for his CD release shows at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis (two shows, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.). Australia's Architecture in Helsinki visits the Black Cat in Washington, D.C., tomorrow night (9 p.m.). The "Chinese Irishman" John Lee plays an eclectic array of ...
06/16/11 Texas Gov. Rick Perry seemed to be positioning himself to be a vice-presidential running mate on a presidential ticket.
06/09/11 The 10th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, successfully concluded in Singapore on June 5. The attendees had in-depth discussions on bilateral and multilateral defense cooperation during the three-day summit.
06/09/11 Way out on the edge of Forward Operating Base Hammer, where I lived for much of my year in Iraq as a Provincial Reconstruction Team leader for the United States Department of State, there were several small hills, lumps of raised dirt on the otherwise frying-pan-flat desert.
06/09/11 As USC continues to find itself in the unwelcome spotlight of NCAA rulings, the program is also facing uncertainty regarding players and how the depth chart shakes out for fall. To bridge the gap between spring and late summer camp, quarterback Matt Barkley has been directing players-only workouts, which has seen an admirable number of players attending and working hard. Joining Barkley and the ...
06/09/11 The MLB draft that began Monday is said to be one of the deeper ones in recent years. Time, after the initial hyperbole fades, will tell. Bryan Bullington (2002) and Matt Bush (2004) once were drafted first overall. Only one of the first 42 pitchers picked in 2001 ever turned out to be an All-Star (Mark Prior). The first round of the 2003 draft produced zero position players who made an All-Star ...
06/08/11 The NTSB chief complains that the utility took nearly nine months to report there had been a 1988 leak in the same pipeline. PG&E says staffers are combing through millions of historical documents. Reporting from San Francisco -- The head of the federal agency investigating a deadly pipeline explosion scolded Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Wednesday for taking nearly nine months to report that ...
06/08/11 572, Pittsburgh, Mike Nunez, RHP, Salmen HS, Slidell, La. 573, Seattle, Luke Guarnaccia, C, Palm Beach State College. 574, Arizona, J. Pulfer, 2B, Oregon.
06/01/11 Georgina Bloomberg joins a line of authors who have found high-powered politics to be irresistible subject matter.
06/01/11 Brittany Lastrapes was cited as a first-team NFCA All-America while Kenzie Fowler and Brigette Del Ponte were placed on the second team
06/01/11 FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Several members of the House of Representatives are accusing President Barack Obama of violating the war powers act by continuing to allow U.S. participation in allied attacks on Libya. Rep. Dan Burton, R-Indiana, accused the president of playing "king." While Rep. Brad Sherman, D-California, said this whole ordeal is "shredding the [...]
06/01/11 Michelle Casteel, who lives across the highway from Five Lakes Campground in Bush, was home from work early due to illness Thursday and called the Daily News at 4:37 p.m. She said she had just lost electrical power and asked if anybody had heard anything about a tornado being spotted in her vicinity. Casteel could almost have simply stuck her head outside and listened. But that would not have ...
05/25/11 A Bogalusa woman allegedly awaiting the latest in a series of shipments from outside the United States recently received more than she was expecting.
05/25/11 becomes law. Rep. Nickie Monica, R-LaPlace, told the House and Governmental Affairs Committee that by switching from the current way the Electoral College works, "every vote would count" in electing the President and candidates would have to pay attention to Louisiana.
05/25/11 CFT: The NCAA denies USC's appeal of NCAA sanctions in the Reggie Bush case, meaning the school loses 30 scholarships over three years and can't play in the inaugural Pac-12 Championship Game.
05/25/11 Baptist Press Stories for May. 25 2011 --------------------------------------- Joplin church just 'helping people like Jesus would' http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35380 Netanyahu: Israel needs America http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=35381 'Urgency': 26 new IMB missionaries tell of need to take Gospel to the world http ... | 
