LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Just under a month after getting state approval to take over the project, Ameristar Casinos Inc. of Las Vegas brought in a bulldozer to break ground for a $500 million resort in Lake Charles. The American Press reports that Ameristar CEO Gordon Kanofsky told spectators,... more »
NEW YORK (AP) - Twelve blocks north of ground zero, a stable that once held police horses has become a staging area for a World Trade Center site security force. The New York Police Department relocated the horses to house more than 200 police officers who are in charge of... more »
Ground Beef Cheese Dip
1 pound ground beef (meat group) 1 medium onion, chopped (vegetable group) ½ teaspoon seasoned salt 1 can cream of mushroom soup (milk group) 1 can diced tomatoes & green chilies (vegetable group) 1 pound Velveeta cheese (milk group) Tortilla chips
In a skillet,... more »
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump is offering to buy out one of the major investors in the real estate partnership that controls the site near ground zero where a Muslim group wants to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque. In a letter released Thursday by Trump's publicist, the... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less. "As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country," Obama said,... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - House leaders are trying to gain ground in their dispute with the Senate over the state's "rainy day" fund by undoing the statute at the center of the complaint. Rep. Jim Fannin quietly slipped language into a Senate bill Wednesday that would repeal the part... more »
Officials at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT) broke ground on a $9.28 million cargo apron expansion project designed to allow the airport to handle the increasing amount of cargo arriving at and departing from Lafayette. "The tremendous growth in cargo operations at the airport has necessitated that we move forward with... more »
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - The National Weather Service says north Louisiana did get snow, but most of it melted as soon as it hit the ground. Meteorologist Nick Fillo in Shreveport says there were widespread reports of snow Tuesday night in northwest Louisiana. But overnight temperatures were generally in the... more »