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• Gunmen kill brother of Syrian parliament speaker

  November 6, 2012 4:07 AM

  BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's state-run TV reports that gunmen have assassinated the brother of the parliament speaker. The report on Tuesday said Mohammed Osama Laham was killed in the Damascus neighborhood of Midan. It did not say when it happened, but a Syrian official said Laham was killed Monday night.... more »

• Afghan Officer Kills Three Americans

  July 22, 2012 2:21 PM

  An Afghan police officer opened fire at a training center in western Afghanistan on today, killing three Americans, a police official told CNN. The Afghan official, who declined to be named, said the three victims were most probably trainers at the West Zone Police Training Center in Herat province. The... more »

• Biloxi police kill man suspected in La death

  January 23, 2012 9:37 AM

  BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - An armed robbery suspect shot in Biloxi by police was a person of interest in a Louisiana murder. Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove identified the man as 56-year-old Carl L. Wise, of Scottsdale, Ariz. Hargrove told WLOX-TV that Wise died in surgery from a gunshot wound... more »

• Storms Kill 77 Around South, Including 61 in Alabama

  April 28, 2011 7:40 AM

  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - A wave of tornado-spawning storms strafed the South on Wednesday, splintering buildings across hard-hit Alabama and killing at least 77 people in four states. Some 61 people died in Alabama alone, including 15 in Tuscaloosa when a massive tornado barreled through the area. Sections of the... more »

• Massive Fish Kill in Plaquemines Parish

  September 13, 2010 6:10 PM

  POINTE-A-LA-HACHE, La. (AP) - A weekend fish kill in Plaquemines Parish has prompted officials to ask state wildlife experts to investigate. Dead fish were found floating atop the water at Bayou Chaland on the west side of the Mississippi River late Friday. The dead fish included pogies, redfish, drum, crabs,... more »

• Crews Hope Kill Attempt will do the Trick

  August 3, 2010 9:46 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be the method of attack that finally snuffs the spill. Engineers planned to... more »

• Testing for gulf spill kill effort is delayed

  August 2, 2010 8:28 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP says engineers have delayed until Tuesday a test on whether it can begin pumping mud into the blown-out Gulf of Mexico well in hopes of choking it for good. The company said in a statement Monday the test was pushed back a day after a... more »

• Top Kill Fails

  May 29, 2010 11:12 PM

  ROBERT, La. (AP) - The most ambitious bid yet to stop the worst oil spill in U.S. history ended in failure Saturday after BP was unable to overwhelm the gusher of crude with heavy fluids and junk. President Obama called the setback "as enraging as it is heartbreaking." The oil... more »

• Coast Guard, BP Say Gulf Top Kill Effort Continues

  May 27, 2010 10:37 AM

  COVINGTON, La. (AP) - The Coast Guard says BP is having some success slowing the Gulf of Mexico oil leak by injecting mud but the fix isn't done yet. Coast Guard Lt. Commander Tony Russell said Thursday reports that Admiral Thad Allen, who is overseeing the operation, had called the... more »

• Live Feed of "Top Kill" Procedure

  May 26, 2010 2:41 PM

  'Click this story to see LIVE video of the "Top Kill" procedure more »

• Christian Militia Charged With Conspiring To Kill Police

  March 29, 2010 3:58 PM

  DETROIT (AP) - Nine suspects tied to a Midwest Christian militia that was preparing for the Antichrist were charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then attack a funeral using homemade bombs in the hopes of killing more law enforcement personnel, federal prosecutors said Monday. The Michigan-based group, called Hutaree,... more »

• Man Arrested After Allegedly Trying To Kill His Ex-Girlfriend

  March 11, 2010 3:38 PM

  On March 10, 2010 The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office responded to an aggravated battery complaint at the 900 block of Hebu Lane, New Iberia. Deputies spoke to the initial caller who advised that a Harrison Jones, her boyfriend, had placed gunpowder in a light bulb and screwed it into a... more »

• Eunice Woman Accused Of Hiring A Hit Man To Kill Her Husband

  March 5, 2010 2:59 PM

  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) - The bond for a 45-year-old Eunice woman accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband and his new girlfriend has been increased to $500,000. State District Judge Alonzo Harris this week agreed to the prosecution's request to increase the bond for... more »

• Man Arrested for Several DWI's

  November 17, 2009 11:45 PM

  A Vermilion Parish man charged in a January accident that killed three people was in court Tuesday, but this trial for Todd Vincent is a completely different case. Vincent is facing his second offense driving while under the influence. Court records show this is his third DWI charge in three... more »

• Teen Charged with killing 9-year-old

  November 2, 2009 2:24 PM

  Tweets, Video Paint Picture of Teen Murder Suspect more »

• Eunice Murder for Hire

  October 30, 2009 12:01 PM

  On October 28, 2009, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff Department received information concerning a possible murder for hire. The information stemmed from an ongoing divorce battle involving a Eunice couple. According to Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz, Detectives received information that a Eunice woman wanted to hire a hit man... more »

• Reward upped in investigation of 8 women's deaths

  October 28, 2009 2:49 PM

  JENNINGS, La. (AP) - Authorities have boosted the reward from $35,000 to $85,000 for information about whoever dumped the bodies of eight women in rural Jefferson Davis Parish since 2005. Sheriff Ricky Edwards said Wednesday the FBI, his office, and the parish district attorney's office are offering the reward. He... more »