MANDEVILLE (AP) — Mandeville’s iconic gazebo was in ruins after Hurricane Isaac.
But The Times-Picayune reports repairs by city work crews have it back in shape in time for the annual Winter...
CHICAGO (AP) — The now familiar term “Asperger’s disorder” is being dropped. And abnormally bad and frequent temper tantrums will be given a scientific-sounding diagnosis called...
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore blogger wanted on a court-issued warrant surrendered without incident to authorities late Saturday after broadcasting on Internet radio his negotiations with police who...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and nuclear programs.
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FONTAINEBLEAU, France (AP) — A secret code letter sent by French emperor Napoleon boasting that his multinational forces would blow up Moscow’s Kremlin has sold at auction Sunday for $243,500...
(AP) — Owners of a failed brine storage cavern say they’re work-
ing as fast as possible on a state
order for work at the Assumption Parish sinkhole.
Spokesman Sonny Cranch says Texas...
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Cadet Chapel, the landmark Gothic church that is a center for spiritual life at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, hosted its first same-sex wedding Saturday.
Penelope...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands attended an anti-Nazi rally Sunday in Hungary organized by Jewish and civic groups to protest a far-right lawmaker’s call to screen Jews for national security...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former New Orleans city councilman was sentenced Thursday to six months in prison for plotting to misuse federal money intended to help a nonprofit organization after Hurricane...
(AP) One of the three remaining fugitives in a string of high-profile fires across the West that focused national attention on a group of environmental radicals surrendered to authorities Thursday.
The...
(AP) — Testimony in a Baton Rouge trial challenging Gov. Bobby Jindal’s statewide voucher program has ended.
The last witness in the case was Valerie Evans, whose 11-year-old son has been in...
DEARBORN, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Lottery officials on Thursday verified one of two tickets that matched all six numbers to split a record $588 million Powerball jackpot, but that ticket holder —...
