Official say Annie's Bar caught fire after a shed behind the bar ignited into flames.The fire has since been put out and there were no injuries. We'll have more on this story on GMA. more »
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - major manufacturer in the nuclear industry is reporting a potential "substantial safety hazard" with control rods at Vermont Yankee and more than two dozen other reactors around the country, according to a report made public Wednesday by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy... more »
UPDATE-LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso says four people were killed in a mobile home in a trailer park near Lake Charles. He says the bodies were found Monday morning, after a woman who hadn't been able to get in touch with her daughter went to... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Government and industry leaders are exploring a new way to capture oil gushing from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Tuesday they're looking into whether pipelines could be extended from the leaking well to several... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The governor's top financial adviser says the House budget panel balanced next year's budget with economic development dollars already obligated to business projects and with a possible miscalculation in the federal Medicaid money available to the state. Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis outlined her analysis... more »
WASHINGTON (AP) - California Sen. Barbara Boxer and other Democrats on the Senate environment committee are calling for the Department of Justice to open a criminal and civil investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Boxer, who chairs the environment panel, said that operators of the Deepwater... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Law clinics at universities across Louisiana fear a state senator's proposal could force them to close, leaving their impoverished clients without free legal services in cases ranging from child support to water pollution. Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton, said he's heard those concerns and plans to... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The seat's not vacant yet, but that hasn't stopped jockeying among politicians to fill the lieutenant governor's post - if Mitch Landrieu wins the mayor's race in New Orleans. Polls show Landrieu with a sizable lead in the New Orleans race, leading to expectations the... more »