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  • Teachers add to bag of tricks
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    About 600 teachers from throughout the South will arrive Sunday in Baton Rouge for advanced training in science and math instruction thanks to professional golfer Phil Mickelson. Now, in its third...

  • State fleets try to conserve gas
    The Advocate
    The rising price of gasoline hit state department budgets as hard as taxpayers’ pocketbooks, state officials say. Millions of dollars have been allocated to the state’s most mobile...

  • Felix, Gay advance to 200 dash quarterfinals
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    Eugene, Ore. — Allyson Felix still has work to do to earn her trip to Beijing. If things keep going the way they did Friday, it won’t be hard work. Felix coasted to a victory in her...

  • Area briefs for July 3, 2008
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    Louisiana State Police Troop A announced a crackdown on drunken driving this holiday that will emphasize increased patrols and a sobriety checkpoint. The enforcement effort — titled...

  • Jindal signs gun bill
    The Advocate
    Over the objections of five powerful trade associations, Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill that gives employees more freedom to take guns to work. The Legislature's Web site says the bill...

  • Tennis is in her blood
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    She grew up watching her mother play tennis. Life changed for Lauren Mira the day her mother, Theresa, put a racquet in her hands. That was nearly eight years ago and a lot more has changed since...

  • Levee costs must be fair
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    Every part of this country, it seems, has its own special type of threat from natural disaster. The Gulf and Atlantic coasts regularly are threatened by hurricanes. The West Coast is vulnerable to...

  • Jindal stops new casino
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    One of the things that Govs. Kathleen Blanco and Bobby Jindal agree upon is that gambling is not part of Louisiana’s economic future. Both governors pledged to stop the expansion of gambling...

  • Plaquemine hails freedom, its defenders
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    Plaquemine — South Louisiana natives and transplants celebrated the Fourth of July in this Iberville Parish city by remembering their heritage and the people who fought for it. Before the...



  • Early voting opens for July 19 election
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    ... excluding Sunday, at Registrar of Voters offices. Any eligible voter may cast an...

  • Police and fire briefs for July 3, 2008
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    An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for a Baton Rouge man accused of dumping a body on Madison Avenue after fatally shooting the victim. Christopher Taylor, 21, is wanted on counts of...

  • Musician, historian to lead singing service
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    ... 'The Life of Christ in Hymns — Old and New,' a hymn sing utilizing a call and response format. WHO: Paul Powell, church musician and music historian. WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: First...

  • Davis has top overall leap in triple jump prelims
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    Eugene, ORE. — Former LSU standout Walter Davis advanced to the triple jump final with the top overall leap in the preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Friday night. Davis, who is...

  • Lafayette to get funds to remove houses
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    Lafayette — Lafayette Parish has been approved for $1.6 million in federal funds to purchase flood-prone homes for removal. The money comes through a grant from the Federal Emergency...

  • Revamp of Delcambre stalls
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    Bill Russell III, left, fishes with his father, Bill Russell Jr., recently on a small dock overlooking the Delcambre Canal. The New Iberia natives were fishing with shrimp but had not caught anything...

  • Group hopes to rebuild lighthouse
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    New ORLEANS — Stephanie Bruno remembers long summer days on the lakefront, picnics, playing in the water, and the old lighthouse stacked in red-roofed layers, ending in a pert little cupola. ...

  • Iberia sheriff says deputies to help patrol Jeanerette
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    Jeanerette — Citing high crime rates and limited policing, Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal is putting two deputies in Jeanerette to help patrol the city 24-hours a day. “They are in...

  • Gonzales City Council, Division E
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    Republican John Cagnolatti, 59, is pursuing the office of City Councilman for Division E, which Alvin “Bully” Dragg is vacating. “I have lived most of my life in this great...

  • Anglers enjoy banner day
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    Port FOURCHON — Charterboat skipper Chris Moran said he knew Friday was a good day for a celebration, a Fourth of July fireworks of a celebration. “There were a lot of people and they...

  • Chris Duhon headed to Knicks
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    Chris Duhon verbally agreed to a deal with the New York Knicks on Friday, the point guard and his agent told The Sporting News. “I am just excited, I am ready to get to work for the...

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