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Feds hope to overturn Katrina flood ruling

November 9, 2011 6:41 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The federal government is seeking to overturn a 2009 ruling that found the Army Corps of Engineers responsible for massive flooding after Hurricane Katrina because it failed to properly maintain a navigation channel. A landmark ruling by U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval is scheduled to be... more »
Judge Rule by Wednesday: Overturn Moratorium

June 21, 2010 2:08 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Companies that ferry people and supplies to offshore oil rigs are asking a judge to overturn a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman heard two hours of arguments Monday in a lawsuit filed by Hornbeck Offshore, a Covington, La.-based... more »
State Police Confirm Tornado North Of Jennings

October 22, 2009 1:48 PM

JENNINGS, La. (AP) - A tornado wreaked havoc in the southwest Louisiana town of Jennings, uprooting trees, blowing down power lines and overturning at least one tractor-trailer traveling on Interstate 10. The National Weather Service in Lake Charles says the twister touched down about 1 p.m. Thursday and crossed the... more »