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Borders files for bankruptcy, Plans to close both New Orleans area stores
WGNO NewsBorders Group Inc filed for bankruptcy protection and said it would close about one-third of its bookstores - including both in the New Orleans area - after years of shriveling sales that made it impossible to manage its crushing debt load. The long-...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Pearson Plc, Barnes & Noble, Inc., General Electric Company, Morningstar Incorporated
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UPDATE: Nucor Moves Ahead With Louisiana Project
ABC26 NewsWith a stale national economy as a backdrop, a decision by steelmaker Nucor Corp. to move ahead with a $3.4 billion project in Louisiana is a major score for the state. The first phase was unveiled last week: a $750 million plant in St. James Parish that...Tags: Louisiana, Barack Obama, Economy, Business and Finance, Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters
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Senate Panel Wraps Up Impeachment Hearings
ABC26 NewsA Senate impeachment panel wrapped up hearings today on corruption charges facing a Louisiana judge who could become just the eighth federal judge to be removed from the bench. Sen. Claire McCaskill, the chairman of the committee, said she expects to...Tags: Louisiana, Trials, Idaho, Trips and Vacations, Bill Clinton
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Flight-school Owner Sought For Theft
ABC26 NewsA man who allegedly owes more than $250,000 from a helicopter-flight school he operated at the Houma airport is on the run. Saturday's Courier reported that a Terrebonne Parish grand jury in August concluded there was not enough evidence to try Clyde...Tags: WGNO, Organized Crime, Crimes, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Porteous' Fate Expected Wednesday
ABC26 NewsThe attorney for an impeached federal judge on trial before the Senate argued that Congress is pursuing unconstitutional charges against his client and would be breaking with two centuries of precedent by removing him from office. Defense attorney...Tags: Louisiana, WGNO, Elections, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Treasurer asks for BP bankruptcy plan
ABC26 NewsState Treasurer John Kennedy is urging Louisiana officials to prepare for the possibility oil giant BP could file for bankruptcy because of the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Kennedy sent Gov. Bobby Jindal a letter this week pushing him to...Tags: Louisiana, Environmental Cleanup, Government, Environmental Pollution, Companies and Corporations
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Coast Guard to BP: Speed it up, stop the spill
ABC26 NewsThe Coast Guard has demanded that BP step up its efforts to contain the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the weekend, telling the British oil giant that its slow pace in stopping the spill is becoming increasingly alarming as the disaster...Tags: Mississippi, Louisiana, Barack Obama, Employees, Government
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BP exec gives pep talk amid US tensions over spill
ABC26 NewsA top BP executive acknowledged the growing tensions between the oil giant and the federal government but also gave workers at a command center a much-needed pep talk, reminding them of the huge challenge they faced as they try to stop a massive oil...Tags: Mississippi, Louisiana, Barack Obama, Employees, Government
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Sensors deployed to better track oil spill in Gulf
ABC26 NewsUndersea sensors were deployed to a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday in an effort to better track the amount of oil gushing into the sea as pressure mounted on BP to create special accounts that would set aside billions of dollars to pay...Tags: Mississippi, Louisiana, Barack Obama, Government, Environmental Pollution
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BP says it's sorry - and guarantees $20B for Gulf
ABC26 NewsPresident Barack Obama wrested a $20 billion compensation guarantee and an apology to the nation from British oil giant BP Wednesday, announcing the company would set up a major claims fund for shrimpers, restaurateurs and others whose lives and...Tags: Barack Obama, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Environmental Pollution, Companies and Corporations
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Nickelodeon, Southern Star Amusements Split Ways on Reviving Former Jazzland
ABC26 NewsThe Nickelodeon cable television network says it has ended its relationship with a new Louisiana company it partnered with in August to redevelop the abandoned Six Flags amusement park in New Orleans. Nickelodeon said it ended its licensing agreement...Tags: Louisiana, New Orleans, Amusement and Theme Parks, Six Flags Inc., Television Networks
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City Now Owns Six Flags
ABC26 NewsSix Flags is finally turning over it's shuttered theme park to the city of New Orleans, along with millions of dollars…that's according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. It's sat vacant for years, but now, according to the Wall Street Journal, a...Tags: Theme Park Vacations, Lobbying, Eric Williams, Amusement and Theme Parks, Travel
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