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Bryant eclipses 30,000, Lakers beat Hornets 103-87
Kobe Bryant grinned and uttered the word "irony" as he considered the fact that the team that drafted him nearly 17 years ago was his opponent on the ...
Bryant becomes youngest to reach 30,000 points
Kobe Bryant has become the youngest player in NBA history to eclipse 30,000 career points and only the fifth overall to hit that mark. Bryant entered ...
Chain blast feared before clean-up at La. site
Authorities are slowly moving some of the 6 million pounds of explosives improperly stored at a munitions recycling facility because they feared a ...
Vilma's testimony ends latest bounty hearings
The latest round of appeal hearings in the NFL's bounty investigation concluded Monday evening following witness appearances by former Minnesota ...
Explosives plant cleanup disrupts Louisiana town
The cleanup of 3,000 tons of explosives haphazardly stored at a munitions plant has frayed the nerves of residents who evacuated, closed the high ...
La Tech, 9-3, not going to a bowl game
Louisiana Tech, with a 9-3 record and the highest scoring team in the country, isn't going to a bowl game. La Tech athletic director Bruce Van De ...
Child star of 'Beasts' back in bayou
She was just nominated for a Spirit Award for her leading role in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," and there's buzz that Golden Globe and Oscar nods ...
3 BP employees arraigned on Gulf oil spill charges
Two BP rig supervisors and a former BP executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig ...
Tulane, ECU to join Big East in '14, leaving C-USA
The Big East moved quickly to replace Rutgers and braced for more possible departures, getting Tulane and East Carolina to agree to join the ...
Big bill for levee upkeep comes to New Orleans
In the busy and under-staffed offices of New Orleans' flood-control leaders, there's an uneasy feeling about what lies ahead. By the time the next ...
49ers use Kaepernick, defense to top Saints 31-21
Dashon Goldson turned Marques Colston upside down just as the receiver leaped for a pass over the middle. As Colston landed on his head and lay ...
Dog bite sidelines 'Dirty Dozen' trumpeter Towns
Dirty Dozen Brass Band trumpeter Efrem Towns is recovering at home in New Orleans from a vicious attack by a Rottweiler at an Atlanta motel. He missed ...
Tagliabue expects to rule on bounties by December
Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue plans to complete all hearings in the NFL's bounty probe of the Saints by Dec. 4 and make a ruling shortly ...
Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others
Select box set reviews from The Associated Press: Johnny Cash, "The Complete Columbia Album Collection" (Columbia/Legacy) If you're under 40, you ...
Violent dolphin deaths a mystery for scientists
Over the past several months, dolphins have washed ashore along the northern Gulf Coast with bullet wounds, missing jaws and hacked off fins, and ...
Co. looks for worker after oil rig fire in Gulf
The owner of an oil platform that caught fire after an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last week said Sunday that it has expanded its search for a ...
Correction: Gulf Rig Fire story
In a story Nov. 17 about an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico, The Associated Press erroneously described the Bureau of Safety and Environmental ...
Notre Dame stays unbeaten, then get more good news
No. 3 Notre Dame stayed undefeated with an uncharacteristically easy victory at home and then had the rest of the night to watch as the teams in front ...
No. 8 LSU outlasts Ole Miss, 41-35
In a joyous, raving, almost delirious rant, Les Miles gushed over his team's inexorable determination and urged LSU fans to put their arms around his ...
Utah State beats No. 19 La. Tech, 48-41 in OT
Utah State had lost its offense, its 24-point lead and any semblance of momentum. Kerwynn Williams and the Aggies' defense made sure they didn't lose ...
Coast Guard searches for 2 after oil platform fire
Two oil workers remained lost at sea Saturday, a day after a torch being used to cut an oil pipe ignited a blaze that severely burned four others ...
2 missing, 4 badly burned in Gulf platform fire
The Coast Guard was searching late Friday for two workers missing after a fire erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, sending an ominous ...
Fire out at Gulf oil rig; 4 hurt, 2 may be missing
An oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana sent four people to hospital Friday and two others were believed to be missing, Coast Guard officials ...
Defense lawyers say BP rig workers are scapegoats
While BP has resolved a sweeping criminal probe of its role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, two company employees charged in the ...
BP agrees to pay $4.5B; 3 employees charged
A day of reckoning arrived for BP on Thursday as the oil giant agreed to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the deadly Gulf of Mexico spill and pay ...