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June 7, 2010
GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) - Although a geyser of oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is…
June 4, 2010
KENNER, Louisiana (AP) - But the president says it's "way too early to be optimistic" about BP's latest attempt to…
June 4, 2010
OPINION - President Obama should respond to the oil gushing from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico as he…
June 4, 2010
GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (AP) - It's the latest bid to contain -- not plug -- the worst U.S. oil spill.…
June 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - BP has until July 1 to pay back what the government says is 75 percent of costs…
June 3, 2010
METAIRIE, La. (AP) - BP turned to the shears after a diamond-tipped saw became stuck in the pipe halfway through…
June 2, 2010
OPINION - "One thing that compounds a tragedy," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, "is when the victims aren't even allowed to…
May 29, 2010
ROBERT, La. (AP) - BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said the company determined the "top kill" method had failed…
May 28, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Obama arrived in the Gulf, where he stood on Fourchon Beach in his shirt-sleeves and called reporters to…
May 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The leaking oil imperils not only the environment but an abundant fishing industry, which Obama called "the…
May 2, 2010
VENICE, La. (AP) - No remedy in sight, President Obama on Sunday warned of a "massive and potentially unprecedented environmental…
April 23, 2010
VIDEO - Decades after the first chemical companies moved in, Mossville, La. residents are convinced that these plants are making…
April 15, 2010
DALLAS (AP) -- Black workers in Texas employed by a Louisiana-based oil-services company were taunted with racial slurs and nooses…
April 13, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Just days after its series premiere attracting 1.4 million viewers, new HBO drama "Treme" has been…
March 22, 2010
Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) -- the only Republican in either the House or the Senate to support health care reform…
March 11, 2010
Never let it be said that Wal-Mart doesn't know how to pander for a fast buck. The megachain acknowledged today…
November 25, 2009
VIDEO - A woman being booked into the Orleans Parish Prison in Louisiana escaped by walking out two doors after…
November 14, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Prosecutors called a former Louisiana congressman's corruption the most extensive in the history of Congress...
November 12, 2009
VIDEO - Garyville, Louisiana man calls himself the "Chocolate Santa," but he's considering a name change after some recent serious…
November 3, 2009
ATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) - A Louisiana justice of the peace who refuses to marry interracial couples resigned Tuesday, after…