FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) - Airbus has scooped up the only firm order so far on Wednesday at the Farnborough Airshow, south of London. The European aircraft manufacturer revealed that CIT Group's aerospace division has ordered 10 A330 aircraft, in a deal that has a list value of $2.3 billion. Airbus... more »
ST. MARTAINVILLE, La. (AP) - A more than 30-year-old court-ordered consent decree on the hiring and promotion of black and female employees within the St. Martinville Police Department may soon be lifted. City Attorney Allan Durand tells The Advocate an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama signed an executive order Tuesday intended to boost Hispanic education achievement, a priority for a key voting bloc two weeks ahead of critical midterm elections.
The measure is intended to widen the scope of a long-standing White House initiative on Latino education by... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has temporarily blocked a state court order requiring tobacco companies to pay $270 million for a smoking cessation program in Louisiana. Scalia granted a request from the companies on Tuesday, but said he would reconsider his order later this month after hearing... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Owners of the iPhone will be able to break electronic locks on their devices in order to download applications that have not been approved by Apple. The government is making that legal under new rules announced Monday. The decision to allow the practice commonly known as "jailbreaking"... more »
VENICE, La. (AP) - A marine toxicologist who was a veteran of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and Louisiana fishermen have called for President Barack Obama to order BP PLC to quit using a chemical dispersant in the Gulf of Mexico. Riki Ott, whose livelihood in the fishing industry was... more »
NEW YORK (AP) - The venerable court-police drama "Law & Order" has been axed. NBC announced Friday that the show would end its historic 20-year run on May 24. The show starred an ensemble cast of S. Epatha Merkerson, Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, Linus Roache, Alana De La Garza and... more »
KROTZ SPRING, La. (AP) - A Krotz Springs firefighter who was fatally shot had filed for a temporary restraining order in late March seeking to stop his ex-wife from moving his children out of state. The new husband of Michael Hall's ex-wife, Jason Rolls, is accused of manslaughter in Hall's... more »