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St. Bernard Parish Government Cuts
WGNO NewsGovernment cuts in St. Bernard Parish have been announced to help balance the budget. 44 employee positions have been cut, but the cuts may not solve all of the Parish's financial problems. "I think he's doing what he has to do," neighbor Mike Hearty...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Job Layoffs, Finance, Employees
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Third Generation Of Sid-Mar's Owner Talks About Reviving The Seafood Institution
ABC26 NewsJustin Burgess stood on the levee in Bucktown and pointed beyond the chain-link fence surrounding the Corps of Engineers' new, beefed up pumping station. "Right around that tree. It was right over there," he said, trying to indicate the location where...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Seafood
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80% Of Something You Are Entitled To 100% Of Is Not A Bargain
A few months back I threw out the idea that this fuddy duddy little document here, the U.S. Constitution, gave the State Courts near exclusive power over any cases concerning foreign countries and a state. I was told that the Constitution didn’t...
Tags: Science and Technology, Jules Verne
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Sid-Mar's Closes
ABC26 NewsAn institution in the New Orleans area for fresh seafood closed its doors. The family who owned Sid-Mar's says it simply wasn't financially possible to keep the restaurant's doors open. While the BP oil disaster brought its own set of problems, the... -
Oil Issues Remain Two Years After BP Disaster
ABC26 NewsMotivatit Seafood in Houma is dealing with a 15% decrease in production over the past 12 months. During the first yearast year of the BP disaster, production at the supplier was down 50%. Company executives say there are a few reasons for the more...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Seafood
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Justice Department makes first arrest in BP Deepwater Horizon oil well disaster investigation
WGNO NewsCriminal charges have been filed by the Justice Department against a former BP employee in the investigation of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Associated Press reports that 50-year-old Kurt Mix from Katy, Texas is charged with intentionally...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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BP statement on Kurt Mix arrest
BP released the following statement Tuesday after the arrest of one of their former employees, Kurt Mix, who is charged with tampering with evidence: BP is cooperating with the Department of Justice and other official investigations into the Deepwater...
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Federal Judge Reveals When BP Settlement Could Get Final Approval
ABC26 NewsFederal Judge Carl Barbier said he will likely give preliminary approval of the $7.8 billion BP Oil settlement. The settlement will resolve the economic, property, and medical claims of more than 100,000 people. Barbier says November could be the...Tags: Judges, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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LA Votes To "Restore" The Good Ol' Boy Network
Well those high fallutin', English-accented louts at BP are learning that if you want to do business in the United States you have to do business with her politicians; and while much of the Gulf South, Louisiana included, is doing joyous cartwheels down...
Tags: Mary L Landrieu, Organized Crime, David Vitter, Blackmail and Extortion
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EPA says Louisiana is horrible
The Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency says Louisiana's water and air are dirty. As a matter of fact, the EPA report says Louisiana has not only dirty air and water, but we do a terrible job of enforcing the existing laws and...Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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"The Louisiana Seafood Arena" is a brilliant use of BP money
The Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Boards' job is to obviously promote and market Louisiana seafood. They are the industry's number one friend when it comes to letting the rest of the world know about the best seafood anywhere.
Recently the...Tags: Food Industry, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Southeastern Conference, Aquaculture, Consumer Goods Industries
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US oks BP's return to deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
ReutersBP passed its final hurdle to returning to the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, receiving its first permit to drill a new well since its role in the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental...Tags: Oil Spills, Petroleum Industry, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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