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Team flag waves as 49ers arrive for Super Bowl
Jim Harbaugh stepped to the podium, smirked a bit, and greeted his first news conference as a Super Bowl coach. "We're super happy to be here," he ...
1 officer killed, 2 wounded near La. casino
Police on Saturday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer and critically wounding two sheriff's deputies after allegedly ...
In New Orleans, an unwelcome mat for Goodell
New Orleans Saints fans are celebrating the return of coach Sean Payton from his suspension following last year's "bountygate" scandal. But NFL ...
Stevie Wonder to perform Super Bowl weekend
Stevie Wonder is the latest in a parade of entertainers that will perform in New Orleans Super Bowl weekend. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer is ...
Jindal: GOP must stop being 'stupid party'
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called on the Republican Party to "stop being the stupid party" on Thursday as GOP leaders promised fundamental changes ...
Timberlake to perform at pre-Super Bowl party
Justin Timberlake will appear in his first concert in more than four years the night before the Super Bowl. Timberlake has signed on to perform during ...
Research chimps may be headed from lab to leisure
Chimpanzees who have spent their lives in U.S. research labs being prodded, poked and tested may be headed for retirement in a leafy sanctuary where ...
NIH group: most research chimps to Chimp Haven
All but about 50 of hundreds of research chimpanzees belonging to the National Institutes of Health should be retired to the national sanctuary in ...
Jim, John Harbaugh ready for rematch at Super Bowl
Jim and John Harbaugh have exchanged a handful of text messages, and plan to leave it at that. No phone conversations necessary while the season's ...
Should worst-flooded areas be left after Sandy?
Superstorm Sandy, one of the nation's costliest natural disasters, is giving new urgency to an age-old debate about whether areas repeatedly damaged ...
Ex-New Orleans mayor Nagin charged with bribery
More than a decade ago, Ray Nagin was elected mayor of New Orleans on a vow to root out corruption in a city plagued by decades of it. On Friday, the ...
AP IMPACT: Deficient levees found across America
Inspectors taking the first-ever inventory of flood control systems overseen by the federal government have found hundreds of structures at risk of ...
Obama names 8 citizens to highlight his successes
President Barack Obama is featuring eight Americans as "citizen co-chairs" of his inauguration, a new role created to highlight his first-term ...
Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac to headline Jazz Fest
Billy Joel, Maroon 5, Willie Nelson, Fleetwood Mac and Hall & Oates are among the acts headlining this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Louisiana Hayride voice Frank Page dies at age 87
The man who helped introduce Elvis Presley to worldwide audiences through the Louisiana Hayride — the state's version of the heralded Grand Ole Opry ...
AP: Bunkers needed for explosives after evacuation
Authorities say they have run out of bunkers at a Louisiana military base for some of the millions of pounds of explosives that prompted a town's ...
Child star of 'Beasts' taking Oscar nod in stride
Quvenzhane Wallis was experiencing something of an internal struggle when she found out she'd been nominated for an Academy Award early Thursday ...
Fantasia to headline Super Bowl gospel concert
Add Grammy-winning R&B singer Fantasia to the growing list of musical acts heading to New Orleans Super Bowl weekend. Sherri Shepherd, host of ABC's ...
Jill Scott, Maxwell return to re-branded Essence
The Essence Music Festival is dropping the music — from its name, that is. The festival held in New Orleans every July 4th weekend for the past 18 ...
Reid says he misspoke with disaster comparison
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that he misspoke when he suggested in a Senate speech that damage from Superstorm Sandy was worse than ...
Ex-La. gov convicted of corruption gets TV show
Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards will star on a new cable TV show with the woman he married after his release from federal prison on a corruption ...
Transocean's $1.4B oil spill deal will help Gulf
A $1.4 billion settlement between the Justice Department and Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean Ltd. will pump hundreds of millions of dollars ...
La. cemeteries sinking, washing away
As a young adult, Kathleen Cheramie visited her grandmother's grave in a tree-lined cemetery where white concrete crosses dotted a plot of lush green ...
Saints, coach Sean Payton agree to terms on deal
The New Orleans Saints and suspended coach Sean Payton will indeed be together again next season as the bounty scandal fades into history and the bid ...
Ohio whips ULM 45-14 at Independence Bowl
Things were going so well for Ohio that quarterback Tyler Tettleton was cracking jokes in the huddle by the end of the game. It was that kind of ...