LAKE CHARLES (AP) — Citgo Petroleum Corporation pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to oil spill violations. The oil spill, which occurred in June 2006 at Citgo's Lake Charles refinery, closed...
BATON ROUGE (AP) — More than 24,000 Louisiana homes were flooded by Hurricane Ike, according to the tally so far. The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness says they've...
By Angela Doland The Associated Press
• September 17, 2008
PARIS (AP) — It's a forgotten melody, sketched in black ink in a swift but sure hand.The single manuscript page, long hidden in a provincial French library, has been verified as the work of Mozart,...
By Alan Sayre The Associated Press
• September 17, 2008
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricanes Gustav and Ike left behind at least $8 billion in physical damage in Louisiana and the cost already could be as high as $20 billion, a state agency said Thursday.The...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least six people Wednesday, hours after the top U.S. military officer told Pakistani leaders that America respected Pakistan's...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least six people Wednesday, hours after the top U.S. military officer told Pakistani leaders that America respected Pakistan's...
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices extended their retreat Tuesday, shedding $10 a barrel in a violent, two-day slide as tumult on Wall Street dims hopes for a swift economic recovery and signals another...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisiana's state-licensed casinos won just under $218 million last month after coastal outlets lost most of the Labor Day weekend to Hurricane Gustav.State police figures...
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Two top leaders at the state Department of Social Services were forced out Tuesday amid complaints about the agency's handling of disaster food stamp aid and evacuee shelters for...
By Stevenson Jacobs The Associated Press
• September 15, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices closed below $100 a barrel for the first time in six months Monday, tumbling in another dramatic sell-off as the demise of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch...
By Robert Burns The Associated Press
• September 15, 2008
BAGHDAD (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday he foresees a shrinking U.S. combat role in Iraq in coming months, while the No. 2 U.S. commander here cautioned that it would be a mistake...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's army said Tuesday that its forces have orders to open fire if U.S. troops launch another raid across the Afghan border, raising the stakes in a dispute over...
