NEW YORK (AP) - The parents of late singer Amy Winehouse officially launched the U.S. branch of a foundation named for their daughter at New York's Joe's Pub, where the embattled pop star made her American debut five years ago. The Amy Winehouse Foundation - aimed at assisting disadvantaged youth... more »
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - High water is forcing closure of the Red River public boat launching ramps operated by the Red River Waterway Commission in Rapides, Red River, Natchitoches, Winn, Grant, Rapides and Avoyelles parishes. The closures are taking effect Friday. The public boat ramps were closed in Caddo and... more »
CUT OFF, La. (AP) - Disagreement over lease terms has cut off the public boat launch at Cut Off. It's the only public boat launch from Lafourche Parish to Little Lake, south of Lake Salvador. Without the launch, parish residents must drive 80 miles to Lafitte to get into the... more »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's latest moonshot has been delayed again. A pair of spacecraft intended to orbit the moon and measure its gravity will not lift off until Saturday. NASA says it needs time to analyze data for the rocket's propulsion system. Concerns arose following Thursday's failed launch... more »
VIENNA (AP) - Amid tight security and applause, an Austrian kidnap victim presented a book about her 8 1/2 year ordeal Thursday, saying she wrote it to start a new life. Natascha Kampusch was abducted as a 10-year-old schoolgirl and held in an underground cell in a Vienna suburb until... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter launched his TV re-election campaign Thursday casting likely Democratic nominee Charlie Melancon as a congressional spendthrift who favors millionaires and illegal immigrants at the expense of working people. Melancon, who aired an ad earlier this week, previewed on Thursday his latest,... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans organization has launced an effort to have two spots where levees failed during Hurricane Katrina placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Levees.org announced the effort at a news conference Wednesday in the Lower 9th Ward, where many of Katrina's more than... more »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Discovery and seven astronauts
rocketed into orbit Monday on one of NASA's final stockpiling
missions to the International Space Station, its takeoff flames
bringing an early dawn to the coast with this last scheduled
shuttle launch in darkness.
The... more »
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - These bugs have the right stuff. Three monarch caterpillars are about to become insect astronauts. University of Kansas prof Chip Taylor is providing the caterpillars for a space shuttle launch planned for Monday. The Wichita Eagle reports the bugs will ride the shuttle Atlantis to the... more »
NEW IBERIA, Louisiana (October 15, 2009). The City of New Iberia is proud to announce the launch of its new website: www.cityofnewiberia.com. The City partnered with Firefly Digital of Lafayette to design the site and to integrate a feature called "The Website Gadget." The Gadget enables City staff to manage... more »