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Education board backs return plan for RSD schools

A complex plan that will allow some state-run schools in New Orleans to return...

Local gun shop to appear on Discovery Channel show

A Discovery Channel program premiering next month will spotlight Red Jacket Firearms, a Baton...

Busy hurricane season predicted for 2011

The 2011 Atlantic hurricane forecast calls for 17 tropical storms, with nine becoming hurricanes....

Poll: Are you spending more in restaurants?

A new study found that prices at casual dining restaurants have risen over the...

U.S. jobless claims drop

The Labor Department reported today that first-time claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week...

Ellington ‘95% sure’ he’ll switch to GOP

State Rep. Noble Ellington of Winnsboro, a prominent Democrat for more than 20 years...
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New BP debate over size of spill could affect fine

BP is mounting a new challenge to the U.S. government's estimate of how much...

1 in 3 Americans already got a flu shot this year

As the flu season gets under way, about one in three Americans have already...

RV industry rebounding

American families appear ready to hitch up their trailers and tow the RV industry...

Local students ‘band’ together, make album

Various bands made up of teens and preteens from Baton Rouge Music Studios have...