VIENNA (AP) — Members of the 151-nation International Atomic Energy Agency have endorsed a post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan but the IAEA chief says it will only be as good as the will of individual...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Pro Bowl right tackle Jon Stinchcomb, who was released by the Saints during training camp, said Thursday that he is happy with life away from football and is retiring from...
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Daycare centers in Sweden have started using GPS systems and other electronic tracking devices to keep tabs on children during excursions — a practice that has raised ethical...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's annual job growth was just about unchanged in August.
The Louisiana Workforce Commission says there were 30,300 more non-farm jobs last month than in August 2010. That's...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Libya returned to Tripoli Wednesday to lead a newly reopened American Embassy in a post-Moammar Gadhafi era.
Ambassador Gene Cretz arrived in Tripoli,...
NOVATO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California raided a large marijuana farm in western Marin County after deer hunters tipped them off to the operation.
Sheriff's Lt. Doug Pittman says...
(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal is backing up his campaign endorsements with cash.
Sitting on a hefty campaign account nearing $8 million and with little chance of losing his re-election bid, Jindal has...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California appeals court has rejected a transgender inmate's attempt to force the state to pay for her sex reassignment surgery and to move her to a women's prison.
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TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon slammed into Japan Wednesday, halting trains and leaving 13 people dead or missing in south-central regions before grazing a crippled nuclear plant and heaping rain...
HOUMA (AP) — Surprise! It's a baby!
Marjorie Rodrigue, 43, of Houma, said she didn't even know she was pregnant when she called an ambulance Sunday night and went to Terrebonne General Medical...
MONROE (AP) — A 22-year-old West Monroe man has admitted to shooting a bald eagle found beheaded in Franklin Parish, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spokesman Adam Einck said...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even as federal officials laud the end of the U.S. military's ban on openly gay troops, Justice Department lawyers are trying to dissuade a federal appeals court from deciding...
