AP News in Brief

01/28/10 Democratic senator says health care bill 'on life support' after Obama fails to break logjam WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama's health care appeal failed to break the congressional gridlock Thursday, dimming hopes for millions of uninsured Americans.... Barack Obama - Health care - Democratic - President of the United States - Associated Press

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Hurt knee of not, Shockey intends to play

01/28/10 Published: Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 6:54 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 6:54 p.m. METAIRIE, La. - Jeremy Shockey is headed back to Miami, where the flamboyant tattooed bachelor with long blond locks is no stranger to the South Beach social scene.

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Shockey prepared for pain, if that's what it takes to play in this Super Bowl

01/28/10 METAIRIE, La. - Jeremy Shockey is headed back to Miami, where the flamboyant tattooed bachelor with long blond locks is no stranger to the South Beach social scene.

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'Get the football"

01/22/10 METAIRIE -- Gregg Williams arrived in New Orleans with a sophisticated reputation for defense as the Saints' new defensive coordinator after the 2008 season.

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Saints' defense could be key

01/22/10 The unit is healthy now as it braces to face the Favre-led Minnesota attack.

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Joe Biden brings good news for local governments' financial recovery from Hurricane Katrina

01/15/10 John McCusker/The Times-Picayune Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaks during a visit Friday to the St. Bernard Recreation Center in New Orleans. Huddling at right are Gov. Bobby Jindal and Sen. Mary Landrieu.

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Joe Biden in New Orleans: Some communities won't have to repay Katrina loans

01/15/10 NEW ORLEANS -- Dozens of Gulf Coast communities that borrowed more than $1.2 billion in federal funds after the 2005 hurricanes will be allowed to apply for "forgiveness" so they don't have to repay all the money, Vice President Joe Biden announced today.

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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: John Ellis and Double-Wide to Release "Puppet Mischief" on Obliqsound

01/09/10 JOHN ELLIS and DOUBLE-WIDE Make PUPPET MISCHIEF - Second Album From NEW ORLEANS-Inspired Band To Be Released FEBRUARY 23 On OBLIQSOUND Brooklyn, NY -- Brooklyn saxophonist John Ellis is gearing up for a busy 2010. On February 23, ObliqSound will release Puppet Mischief, the second album with his New Orleans-based band Double-Wide, which in addition to Ellis features Brian Coogan on organ, Matt ...

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Inmates study to be men of God

01/09/10 ANGOLA, La. -- Jerome Derricks says he heard God's call early. He only wishes he'd answered sooner. By the time he did, he was serving a life sentence for murder in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola."I ran from my calling all ...

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Sarah Palin Speech To GOP In New Orleans: Let Presidential Election Begin

01/09/10 Clearly, voters made a huge mistake in 2008 and elected a man who has set this country on a dangerous liberal course. The American people are disappointed and angry and will make corrections in the mid-term elections of November 2010.

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Palin to speak in New Orleans

01/09/10 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has announced that she will address the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans in April. Palin, the 2008 vice presidential nominee, quit her job as governor last summer and wrote a best-selling biography. She is among several influential Republicans who've been invited to speak to GOP activists at the April 8-11 meeting ...

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Louisiana prison offers ministry degree to inmates

01/09/10 ANGOLA, La. -- Jerome Derricks says he heard God's call early. He only wishes he'd answered sooner

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Winery scam; Martini Madness sold out and other food and wine events; Disappeared restaurants updates; nibs and sips

01/07/10 Martini Madness sold out ... As some of you may have, I received an e-mail purportedly from one "Anna Maldonado" who identifies herself as "an American" and whose e-mail address appears to be an Italian hosting site called Katamail.com . She says she lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand, and that "when I was around last time I got a bottle of one of your wines from a friend as a gift and I love ...

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Vietnamese community continues landfill battle

01/04/10 Like many elderly Vietnamese American people in the close-knit Versailles neighborhood on New Orleans' east side, Tran grows his own vegetables to eat and share with friends and neighbors.

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A 2009 year-end review of the New Orleans music scene

01/04/10 The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is, in part, also responsible for the autumn music boom.

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Saints to host divisional game Jan. 16

01/04/10 The Saints will play their National Football Conference divisional playoff game at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 16 in the Louisiana Superdome. New Orleans (13-3) is the top seed in the NFC. The Saints will play either Arizona, Green Bay or Philadelphia.

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TRUSTEES: NOBTS adds Korean D.Min.

01/04/10 NEW ORLEANS (BP)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's trustee executive committee has approved a Korean-language doctor of ministry program and named new apartments in honor of Florida and Mississippi Baptists.

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2009 REVIEW: Hope, change & more of the same

01/04/10 -- The deaths of political icon Ted Kennedy and pop superstar Michael Jackson elicited heartfelt tributes as well as harsh critiques. -- Likewise, the country's collective conscience was disturbed to learn about Tiger Woods' adultery.

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Women's College Basketball Schedule

12/11/09 All Times EST Monday, Dec. 14 SOUTH S. Carolina St. at Presbyterian, 11:30 a.m. North Florida at Wake Forest, 11:30 a.m. Tougaloo at Southern U., 3 p.m. Nicholls St. at Bethune-Cookman, 5 p.m. Kentucky Christian at Morehead St., 7 p.m. Alabama at UCF, 7 p.m. Samford at Mississippi St., 8 p.m. Cent. Michigan at UAB, 8 p.m. MIDWEST Lake Erie at Akron, 7 p.m. Michigan at Xavier, 7 p.m. SOUTHWEST ...

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College Basketball Schedule

12/11/09 Monday, Dec. 14 SOUTH Carver Bible at Bethune-Cookman, 7 p.m. Georgia Tech at Chattanooga, 7 p.m. Virginia-Wise at Longwood, 7 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast at S.C.-Upstate, 7 p.m. Campbell at UNC Wilmington, 7 p.m. Mobile at Nicholls St., 7:30 p.m. SE Louisiana at LSU, 8 p.m. Florida Atlantic at New Orleans, 8 p.m. SOUTHWEST Troy at Houston, 8 p.m. Santa Clara at Houston Baptist, 8:35 p.m. Tuesday ...

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