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No deal in sight as deadline for fiscal deal nears
December 27, 2012 6:33 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers are engaged in a playground game of "who goes first," daring each political party to let the year end without resolving a Jan. 1 confluence of higher taxes and deep spending cuts that could rattle a recovering, but-still-fragile economy. President Barack Obama returns from Hawaii Thursday... more » -
APNewsBreak: FEMA trailer litigation nears end
May 29, 2012 5:54 AM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A deal has been reached to resolve nearly all of the remaining court claims from allegations that government-issued trailers exposed Gulf Coast residents to hazardous fumes after Hurricane Katrina. Lead plaintiffs' attorney Gerald Meunier told The Associated Press on Monday that a class-action settlement agreement has... more » -
Sheriffs' pay raise bill nears final passage
May 17, 2012 7:06 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A proposal that would give Louisiana's sheriffs a pay raise opportunity is near final legislative passage. New Orleans Sen. J.P. Morrell's bill would create an "executive management institute" for sheriffs, to teach them management skills and require annual follow-up training. When a sheriff has completed... more » -
Louisiana matters more this time as primary nears
March 23, 2012 6:27 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Twenty delegates are up for grabs in Saturday's Republican presidential preference primary, but state party chairman Roger Villere says something else is also at stake: "Perception of momentum." With Mitt Romney not yet able to lay claim to the GOP nomination, Newt Gingrich and Rick... more » -
SUNO nears pre-Katrina enrollment
January 26, 2012 9:34 AM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Southern University at New Orleans officials say the spring enrollment will bring the university close to its pre-Katrina student population. In a news release Wednesday, the university cited preliminary figures indicating spring enrollment will be 3,597. That would be a 9 percent increase from spring of... more » -
Final Plug Nears After Crews Cement Oil Well's Top
August 6, 2010 8:45 AM
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) - Crews moved closer to a final seal on BP's blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico after pumping fresh cement into the top of the well to hold down mud that is stopping the seafloor gusher. Engineers poured in cement Thursday to... more » -
22-Mile Oil Plume Under Gulf Nears Rich Waters
May 28, 2010 10:42 AM
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A thick, 22-mile plume of oil discovered by researchers off the BP spill site was nearing an underwater canyon, where it could poison the foodchain for sealife in the waters off Florida. The discovery by researchers on the University of South Florida College of Marine Science's... more »
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