States with a lot to lose in Medicaid expansion fight
SLIDESHOW - Which states stand to lose the most if their governors say 'thanks, but no thanks,' to the Medicaid funds?...
LA ban on pajamas in public goes worldwide
Dublin Ireland is proposing a ban on wearing in pajamas that looks a lot like one that have cropped up in some U.S. cities, like Shreveport, LA...
Cleared man freed from La. prison after 30 years
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A man convicted of raping a woman in 1981 but cleared last month by DNA tests was freed from a Louisiana prison Friday after nearly 30 years behind bars...
Horrible! Funeral home cremates wrong body
VIDEO - Michelle Bias-Sullivan and her family have had quite a tragic week. Her son was gunned down in a drive-by shooting last Wednesday...
La. Senate staffer shunned over 'racist' Obama e-mail
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The e-mail includes a doctored photo of Obama with light skin, blue eyes and a different hairstyle and says, "Do you like him any better now?"...
Death penalty not sought in post-Katrina shootings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Less than a week after the 2005 storm, two people were killed and four others were wounded by police on the Danziger Bridge...
Legislator launches 'Low Pants No Chance' campaign
VIDEO - "It doesn't look well number one, and number two, I think it lessens your chances of being employable," says the councilwoman of the baggy pants look...
Fishing families turn to fast food, 'grind meats'
POINTE A LA HACHE, La. (AP) - Grow up on the water, the children of southern Louisiana learn, and you'll never go hungry. As long as you can toss a line, a net or a trap, you can eat -- and eat well...
BP assigns black executive to oversee oil spill recovery claims
"We are focused on making sure that the costs associated with this cleanup and spill in the Gulf are paid and that the people are compensated for their losses," said Willis...
Another oyster company falls victim to BP spill
VIDEO - The 125 million gallons of oil pouring into the sea ruined the oyster beds of Ameripure. Now the plant will close indefinitely...
