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Monks Challenge The State In Federal Court
WGNO NewsThey're a group known for their simplistic, peaceful lifestyle, yet today they were at federal court taking on the state. WGNO's Vanessa Bolano has been following this one for months. The fate of the St Joseph Abbey Woodworks now lies in the hands of a...Tags: Lawyers, WGNO, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Louisiana
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Governor Jindal Announces Budget Flexibility Legislation to Help Protect Higher Education and Health Care
Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced three bills the administration will pursue in the legislative session to provide greater flexibility in the state’s budget process and help protect critical services including higher education and health care...Tags: Bobby Jindal, Human Interest, Politics, Laws, Health
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Former NOPD Officers Sentenced in Katrina Murder Case
WGNO NewsDavid Warren and Gregory McRae, two former New Orleans Police officers, will be spending long stretches in federal prison after juries found them guilty of killing and burning Henry Glover in the days after Hurricane Katrina. Judge Lance Africk ...Tags: Crimes, Politics, Justice System, Murder, Prisons
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DOJ: NOPD Violates Rights of Citizens
WGNO NewsA federal investigation of the New Orleans Police Department says officers routinely violate the constitutional rights of citizens. The Department of Justice released the findings of a 10-month investigation, saying police were too quick to use...Tags: WGNO, Politics
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La. AG slams judge's appointment of Ala. AG
WGNO NewsLouisiana Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell plans to challenge a federal judge's decision Thursday to appoint Alabama's newly elected attorney general to coordinate all states' interests in the litigation spawned by the massive Gulf oil spill. ...Tags: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Politics, Louisiana, Justice System, Elections
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JPSO 911 Operator Arrested
ABC26 NewsSheriff Newell Normand announces the arrest of JPSO 911 Operator Jay'da Jackson, B/F, 23, of 1500 Lorene Avenue in Harvey. During the afternoon hours of August 11, 2010, Jay'da Jackson was captured on a video surveillance camera shoplifting from a...Tags: Crimes, Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Manhattan (New York City)
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Katrina Bridge Blockade Claims Thrown Out
ABC26 NewsA federal judge has thrown out the remaining claims in a lawsuit that said police violated people's constitutional rights by firing warning shots to stop them from crossing a bridge to escape flooding from Hurricane Katrina. Having dismissed about 90...Tags: Floods, Politics, Justice System, Prosecution, Trials
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The Edwin Edwards Cult of Personality
Jeff CrouereAfter eight years in prison, Edwin Edwards has finally been released. He started his prison sentence in October 2002 in Fort Worth Texas and was later moved to a federal facility in Oakdale, Louisiana. On Thursday, he reported to a halfway house in...Tags: Organized Crime, Entertainment, Bribery, Government, PBS (tv network)
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Low Pants, No Chance
ABC26 NewsA Baton Rouge Metro Council member wants to gain support for a public awareness campaign against men who wear their pants so low that their boxer shorts show. Councilwoman C. Denise Marcelle has a slogan for the campaign: "Low pants, no chance." "I hate...Tags: Politics, Eyewear, MC Hammer
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Good Riddance to Rove and the RINO's
The election results on Tuesday night might prove to be the final nail in the political coffin of that insidious group, the RINO's ( Republicans in name only). Despite a media onslaught against her, Tea Party candidate Christine O'Donnell easily defeated...Tags: Republican Party, Entertainment, Democratic Party, Lifestyle and Leisure, Parties and Movements
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Judge Rules No Rights Violation In Katrina Bridge Blockade
ABC26 NewsA judge has ruled in favor of the police in the last of four federal lawsuits alleging law enforcement officials in Jefferson Parish violated some people's constitutional rights by blocking them from crossing a bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane...Tags: Orleans Parish, Civil Laws, Crimes, Politics, Justice System
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Jury Hears Katrina Jail Suit
ABC26 NewsTwo tourists from Ohio claim they were trapped in "hell on earth" after they were arrested on public drunkeness charges in New Orleans' French Quarter two days before Hurricane Katrina's landfall and remained stuck behind bars for more than a month. Now...Tags: Trials, WGNO, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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