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Stocks higher on housing but Europe worries linger

Posted 9:53 AM 5/16/2012 by AP

NEW YORK (AP) - Hopes that the U.S. housing market is starting to recover and the economy is on the mend sent stocks higher on Wall Street. But the gains are being constricted from continuing worries that Greece's political deadlock could fracture the European Union and roil global (More)

Social Media

Facebook investors to cash out more shares

Posted 9:50 AM 5/16/2012 by AP

NEW YORK (AP) - Insiders and early Facebook investors will be unloading more of their shares in the initial public offering, the company said Wednesday, as they take advantage of investor demand. Facebook said in a regulatory filing that 84 million shares, worth up to $3.2 billion (More)

News - National

Banking Regulations Slacken

Posted 9:49 AM 5/16/2012 by AP

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Banks have been issuing more credit cards lately, even to people with less than stellar credit. The credit reporting agency TransUnion says in the first three months of this year nearly a quarter of new credit cards were issued to high-risk borrowers. TransUnion also says fewer people are three months late or more making credit card payments.

News - State

2 New Orleans Council members skip meeting

Posted 9:42 AM 5/16/2012 by AP

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two New Orleans City Council members are staying away from the latest council meeting - effectively blocking the council from conducting business. Jon Johnson and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell had walked out of a council meeting earlier this month. With one council vacancy (More)

History

Today in History 05.16.12

Posted 9:38 AM 5/16/2012 by AP

Today is Wednesday, May 16, the 137th day of 2012. There are 229 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On May 16, 1868, the U.S. Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on the eleven articles of impeachment against (More)

News - State

Convent man arrested in fatal shooting

Posted 9:28 AM 5/16/2012 by AP

VACHERIE, La. (AP) - St. James Parish deputies have arrested a Convent man in connection with a shooting at the Magnolia Housing Complex in Vacherie that left one man dead and a woman wounded. Sheriff Willy Martin tells The Advocate 26-year-old (More)

News - State

Tangipahoa council tables proposed oil permits

Posted 9:26 AM 5/16/2012 by AP

AMITE, La. (AP) - The Tangipahoa Parish Council has declined to adopt a proposed ordinance that would have regulated and required a permit for companies to drill for oil and gas in the parish. The Advocate reports the proposal was spurred by an (More)

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Crowley Police Looking for Pharmacy Burglars

Posted 9:24 AM 5/16/2012 by Ian Auzenne

The Crowley Police Department are investigating a pharmacy burglary that took place last Friday. Officers say someone broke into Carmichaels Pharmacy at 1002 North Parkerson Avenue around 4:30 A. M. They add the suspects stole large quantities of unspecified drugs. If you have any information (More)

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Fill the Bucket with 2,000 Meals

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Posted 9:20 AM 5/16/2012 by Cecilia Stevenson

The "fill the bucket truck with 2,000 meals" food drive is going on May 16, 2012. It will start at 6am and last until 6pm at the corner of Bertrand Drive and Congress Street. Louisiana Entergy and 2nd Harvest Food Drive would like to help address the increased need for emergency food assistance during the summer months when children are out of school.

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Delta Grand Theatre On and Off Stage Summer Camp

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Posted 9:14 AM 5/16/2012 by News

This year the Delta Grand will host a summer camp featuring all the many things that go into bringing to life a theatrical performance. With this event, it is our desire to help children ages ten years and up, embrace the many talents they possess, while teaching them the importance of working (More) • Video (1)

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Air Quality Awareness

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Posted 8:42 AM 5/16/2012 by Cecilia Stevenson

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality DEQ would like to inform the public about air quality awareness month!!

for more info call: 225-219-3966

or visit: www.enviroflash.info

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Salvation Army Spring Luncheon & Style Show

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Posted 8:35 AM 5/16/2012 by Cecilia Stevenson

The Salvation Army will be hosting its Spring Luncheon & Style Show. The show will take place at the Salvation Army Thrift Store at 115 E Third street in Lafayette. The show is on Saturday, May 26, 2012, and begins at 11 am. Tickets are $25, and the money raised will go towards the Salvation Army.

For more info call: 337-235-2407

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Arrest Reports

Franklin Daily Arrest Report

Posted 8:24 AM 5/16/2012 by Cecilia Stevenson

The Franklin Police Department responded to 18 complaints over the past 24 hours and made the following arrests:

5/15/2012 @ 10:53 AM, TAJH JEON GUILBEAU, 21, of Easy Street - Franklin, LA was arrested on a warrant issued by 16th Judicial District Court, charging him with Failure To Appear (More)

News

Irregularities in testing at 2 Bienville schools

Posted 8:20 AM 5/16/2012 by AP

ARCADIA, La. (AP) - An investigation by the Bienville Parish School Board has concluded that student testing irregularities occurred at two schools. Results of the investigations at Gibsland-Coleman School in Gibsland and Crawford Elementary in Arcadia have been turned over to the (More)

News - State

Arraignment set in Monroe mall shooting

Posted 8:15 AM 5/16/2012 by AP

MONROE, La. (AP) - The two Monroe men will be arraigned on June 25 for their involvement in a weekend shooting at Pecanland Mall that sent a 17-year-old to the hospital. The News-Star reports Christopher Coleman and Nicholus Lawson, both 18, were (More)

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