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In this photo provided by the University of Tulsa, Tulane's Devon Walker, bottom right, and Julius Warmsley (92) tackle Tulsa's Kenny Welcome, bottom left, during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. On this play, Walker was seriously hurt. (AP Photo/University of Tulsa, John Lew)

Doctor: Unclear if spinal injury will leave Tulane safety Walker paralyzed

By The Associated Press September 9, 2012

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — It’s too soon to tell if Tulane safety Devon Walker will be paralyzed as the result of a spinal fracture he suffered while making a tackle, and the full extent of his injury...

Jockey Goncalves and Bourbon Courage ride to Super Derby victory

By The Associated Press
September 8, 2012

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Bourbon Courage stormed back from as far back as eighth and distanced the field down the stretch to win Saturday's $500,000 Super Derby by five lengths. Ridden by jockey Leandro...

Levees in two Northeast parishes to be raised for flooding protection

By The Associated Press
September 8, 2012

LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) - Existing levees will be raised in two northeast Louisiana parishes starting in the next few weeks, to provide better protection from the Mississippi River. The levees held during...

Palestinian truck drivers protest high cost of living with street blockade

By The Associated Press
September 8, 2012

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Dozens of Palestinian truck drivers have blocked the main streets of the West Bank city of Ramallah to protest rising prices. Nearby, about two dozen quarry workers also held...

Shell begins petroleum drilling off of the northwest coast of Alaska

By The Associated Press
September 8, 2012

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea, a company vessel on Sunday morning sent a drill...

Doctor: Unclear if spinal injury will leave Tulane safety Walker paralyzed

By The Associated Press
September 8, 2012

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - It's too soon to tell if Tulane safety Devon Walker will be paralyzed as the result of a spinal fracture he suffered while making a tackle, and the full extent of his injury may not...

Twin earthquakes’ survivors in China await essential supplies, assistance

By The Associated Press
September 8, 2012

BEIJING (AP) - Survivors of a series of earthquakes that killed 81 people and injured more than 800 in a mountainous area of southwestern China were desperately waiting for more aid to arrive Sunday as...

Stranding coordinator Suzanne Smith feeds a 2-and-a-half-year-old male dolphin Sept. 6 at the Audubon Aquatic Center in New Orleans.

Deaf dolphin rescued in La. to move to Miss. marine mammal facility mammal

By The Associated Press
September 8, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A deaf dolphin found stranded in March off the Louisiana coast is being taken to live among other dolphins at a facility in Mississippi. The 6-foot-6-inch dolphin will leave Tuesday...

Ebola outbreak in Haut-Uélé claims 15, officials urge disease education

By The Associated Press
September 8, 2012

GOMA, Congo (AP) - An outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed 15 people in northeastern Congo and the local communities are quickly learning how frighteningly deadly the disease is, and how to prevent its...

Dead nutria and other creatures wash ashore in Hurricane Isaac’s wake

By The Associated Press
September 6, 2012

MANDEVILLE (AP) - The Mississippi Gulf Coast isn't the only place dead nutria washed ashore after Hurricane Isaac. Mandeville Mayor tells The Times-Picayune those included dead fish, a dead alligator and...

Jury convicts Drew Peterson of 3rd wife Kathleen Savio’s death

By The Associated Press
September 6, 2012

Peterson, 58, sat stoically looking straight ahead and did not react as the judge announced jurors had found him guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Her relatives...

Police in legal minefield take action on Arizona immigration law

By The Associated Press
September 6, 2012

  PHOENIX (AP) - The most contentious part of Arizona's immigration law has approval to move forward, surviving a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. But the practical effect of what critics call the "show...