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Leaked tapes of terrorism suspect create uproar in France

By The Associated Press
July 8, 2012

PARIS (AP) - French authorities are investigating how recorded conversations between police and a young man accused of a terrorist rampage earlier this year were leaked to the media. The broadcasting of...

Olympic medals placed at Tower for safekeeping

By The Associated Press
July 2, 2012

LONDON (AP) - There's safe, and then there's Tower of London safe. To avoid risking an ounce of precious Olympic metal, London's organizers handed over their cache of gold, silver and bronze medals to...

Miami rapper Pitbull may head to Alaska

By The Associated Press
July 2, 2012

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Miami rapper Pitbull might soon be chilling out in Alaska. In a marketing deal, Walmart will send Pitbull, aka Armando Christian Perez, to the store that gets the most "likes"...

Man arrested in Baton Rouge shooting

By The Associated Press
July 2, 2012

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police have booked the man suspected of driving the get-away car in a shooting on College Drive that killed one man and wounded another. The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/LrO6WY...

Airbus to build 1st US assembly plant in Alabama

By The Associated Press
July 2, 2012

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - In the battle to dominate the global aviation industry, European aerospace giant Airbus announced its first assembly plant in the United States on Monday, a symbolic and significant...

Russia to hold talks with Syrian opposition, Annan

By The Associated Press
July 2, 2012

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia says it will hold talks with two Syrian opposition groups, officials from President Bashar Assad's government, and with UN envoy Kofi Annan later in July. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail...

Twitter sees new record during Euro 2012 final

By The Associated Press
July 2, 2012

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Twitter says its users fired off more than 15,000 tweets per second when Spain scored its fourth goal in Sunday's European Championship final, setting a sports-related record on the...

La. Medicaid funding unexpectedly slashed by $859M

By The Associated Press
July 2, 2012

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's health department was working Monday to strip $859 million from the state's Medicaid program for the poor and uninsured, cutting 11 percent of the funding for health...

Highway bill could cut $650M in La. Medicaid funds

By The Associated Press
June 27, 2012

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Jindal administration leaders warned Wednesday that a proposal being considered by Congress in final negotiations over a massive transportation spending plan could strip more than...

Tuition increases expected at most La. colleges

By The Associated Press
June 27, 2012

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Nearly all of Louisiana's public colleges have met the performance standards they need to be allowed to raise tuition on students by 10 percent in the upcoming school year, the...

Egyptian officials: Mubarak’s health worsens

By The Associated Press
June 27, 2012

CAIRO (AP) - Medical officials say ousted President Hosni Mubarak's health condition has taken a turn for the worse. The officials at the military hospital in Cairo where Mubarak is being treated said...

Heat wave: 1,000+ records fall in US in a week

By The Associated Press
June 27, 2012

Feeling hot? It's not a mirage. Across the United States, hundreds of heat records have fallen in the past week. From the wildfire-consumed Rocky Mountains to the bacon-fried sidewalks of Oklahoma, the...