New Orleans native Lil Wayne From ABC News: President Barack Obama urged blacks to take greater responsibility for their lives and move away from reliance on government aid in a speech to the NAACP. From The Telegraph: Youngsters should dream of being "scientists and engineers, doctors and teachers" rather than the next "LeBron James and Lil Wayne," he said, referring to the basketball star and rapper respectively.
Police say a Westwego infant's body was covered with appeared to be more than 100 small animal bites, perhaps some from rats, when she was found dead in her crib. The Westwego couple has relocated, according to The Times-Picayune. WRNO's Michael Castner interviewed the child's father. An emotional Robby Hill said he believes his infant daughter was attacked after she died from natural causes.
Aymondlaw posted a video from a recent WBRZ news report on the "Thuggin' It and Lovin' It" DVD controversy in Baton Rouge. WBRZ followed up with another report today on the matter, this time speaking with a man featured in the video. The man claimed he was taken into custody and questioned. WBRZ also reported that the FBI is aware of the DVD.
As WWL reports, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is on the trail of his tour around all 64 parishes in the state. He made stops today in Kenner and Ponchatoula.
WBRZ's Chris Nakamoto and WAFB's David Spunt both recently investigated a DVD called "Thuggin' It and Lovin' It" that purports to capture life on the streets of Baton Rouge. The video shows people firing guns into the air and using profanity. "It's sick. It's really sick," Baton Rouge Mayor "Kip" Holden told WAFB. Prosecutors and Baton Rouge Police are investigating. WBRZ reports the DVD, which sells for $18, has been flying off of store shelves.
From Nola.com: Microsoft founder Gates and a dozen other scientists and engineers have a patent pending for deploying such vessels, which they say would collect water through waves breaking over the walls of the tub.
From ABC26 Political Analyst Jeff Crouere: Inquiring minds want to know what happened to New Orleans Police Chief Warren Riley. As The Times-Picayune reports, a state audit blasted the NOPD evidence room, and noted police leaders may have broken state law. Riley reportedly is in Australia.
As WWL reports, police arrested 37-year-old James Crockett Jr. in Huntsville, Alabama late Monday. He allegedly used a stun gun to rape several students living near three separate colleges in Mississippi and Louisiana, according to the report.
From KATC: The Department of Social Services published its "Most Wanted," a list of non-custodial parents who have not paid child support in at least six months and who owe at least $10,000.
As The Huffington Post reports, 38-year-old Audra Shay has won the post of chairman of the Young Republicans, despite accusations that she seemingly endorsed racism on Facebook. The Daily Beast claims to have "obtained more troubling details about her online musings—despite clear attempts by Shay to scrub her social-networking pages clean." Salon also tackles the subject with "The Young Republicans elect a real joker." Shay is an Army veteran, mother and event planner from Louisiana who has been endorsed by her governor, Bobby Jindal, according to a previous post on The Daily Beast.
From WWL: President Barack Obama will name Xavier University alum Dr. Regina Benjamin as the nation's new surgeon general, according to an administration source. As CNN reports, she is a 52-year-old family practice doctor who has spent most of her career tending to the needs of poor patients in a Gulf Coast clinic in Alabama.
From The Associated Press: A temporary restraining order has been filed against Grambling Mayor Martha Andrus. The restraining order, filed Friday, would bar Andrus from entering City Hall and acting as mayor. As The Ruston Leader reports, the 69-year-old Andrus was arrested by Louisiana State Police and booked in Lincoln Parish for two counts of unauthorized use of a movable and two counts of malfeasance in office. According to The Monroe News-Star, Gov. Bobby Jindal said elected officials are "not entitled" to their positions. "I think people in elected positions have to be held to a higher standard, especially when it comes to alleged crimes that involve the office," Jindal responded to Andrus' refusal to resign.
In the above video posted by 713wesley on YouTube, a student curses at another student prior to "a fight that almost happpened" in Bell City. The YouTube user wrote, "wish the teacher didn't break it up..." Other students are visible in the background during the incident and a female voice, apparently the teacher in charge of the class, is heard toward the end. The classroom cursing video is similar to a video Louisiana Now discovered in April of students cursing, dancing and using racial slurs apparently while at a Baton Rouge school
At no point in the video, which is two minutes and 24 seconds, does it appear that students are working or being instructed. A female voice at one point is heard saying, "F--- the Lakers, n----- I ought to punch you." Later a girl is seen giving "the bird" and a boy is heard exclaiming "b----". "That n---- is stupid," a girl is heard saying as the boy runs away.
Eli, Archie, and Peyton Manning From Houma Today: Peyton, Eli and Archie Manning are working with high-school football players at the 14th annual Manning Passing Academy held at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.
From The Times-Picayune: Easily a thousand participants swarmed the French Quarter Saturday for the 3rd annual San Fermin in Nueva Orleans, or the Running of the Bulls in New Orleans. The event replicates and pays homage to the world famous Encierro of Pamplona, Spain.
Anna Paquin, one of the stars of "True Blood," has been filming the show in Clinton. Parts of Louisiana are looking more like Hollywood lately, as WAFB reports. "True Blood," a new HBO show about vampires living in a fictional Louisiana town, has been shooting in Clinton.
In the above video posted by We Saw That, WBRZ's Michael Marsh gets answers from Louisiana State Police about a commander's e-mail concerning Redflex and Livingston Parish. According to Livingston Sheriff Willie Graves, the e-mail wasn't meant for the public to digest and understand.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was on the first international flight out of the city since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area in last August 2005. The news was the lead-in story for Fox News' "Across America" segment.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he will visit all 64 parishes in the state over a few months to talk about the economy and to hear from voters, as WDSU reports.
From The Advocate: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he's not wondering what the resignation of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin means for the presidential aspirations of the many frequently named possible GOP candidates.
As The Washington Times reports, prosecutors played video recordings Tuesday morning that they say show former Rep. William J. Jefferson taking a $100,000 bribe from a Virginia businesswoman.
Beyonce performs during a past Essence Festival. As WWL reports, the crowds turned out for the Essence Festival in New Orleans over the weekend, but vendors say visitors were spending little.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was the 2008 running mate to GOP presidential candidate John McCain, may have her eyes set on a 2012 campaign. As reports roll in, like the one from The Washington Post, Palin will step down later this month from her governor seat. Palin's name has been mentioned along with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as possible running mates for the 2012 campaign.
As WWL reports, porn actress and possible politician Stormy Daniels to qualify to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana, she must live in the state at least a year before qualifying. That means the Florida resident needs to set up residency by Tuesday. As The Advertiser and KATC report, the Baton Rouge native made a stop in Lafayette Thursday.
The New Orleans Levee has an article that takes a look into the possibilities of actor Brad Pitt becoming mayor of the Crescent City. George Clooney as Chief of Staff? Nicholas Cage as Chief of Police? How about John Goodman as Health Inspector? Or how about Tulane graduate Jerry Springer as Sanitation Director? And, of course, Angelina Jolie would be the first lady.
From The Examiner's New Orleans Indie Movie Examiner: "It seemed that The Yellow Handkerchief, director Udayan Prasad's indie road flick set and shot throughout the Louisiana countryside, was dead in the water." It appears that actress Kristen Stewart and her newfound stardom has finally made the indie film marketable. Read more: The Yellow Handkerchief at IMDB
As The Wall Street Journal reports, Dow Chemical Co. is shutting three Louisiana plants that make basic chemicals in an effort to cut costs and to focus on higher-margin products. According to The Times-Picayune, Dow will shut down two units at its Hahnville complex, but the shutdown will result in fewer than 10 layoffs. The company also announced the shutdown of units at its Plaquemine operation by the third quarter of 2011. The move will affect about 45 employees, some of whom might move into other positions.
From Roseann
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*Well it has been a wild week. I went to dialysis Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri and
I'm feeling a little better now. On Tues I was transfused with 2 pints of
blood. ...
Today in History – July 18
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64 AD – Great fire of Rome: a fire begins to burn in the merchant area of
Rome and soon burns completely out of control. Nero didn’t fiddle. the
violin was...
New Orleans Sports Scuttlebutt 7-17-09
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By Clay A. Smith - - Photograph by Jonathan Bachman Monday I predicted that
the Saints would start the ‘09 season 3-1 -winning against the Lions, Bills,
an...
Happy Anniversary, Sinning Senator
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[image: Goal Thermometer] Dear Sinning Senator David Vitter:
It's the two year anniversary of that day you dragged your wife to the press
conference where ...
Also from Blayne Weaver, Brandon Barrera
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Have you checked out Secret Identity Production's "Losing Lois Lane" (2006)?
Part one is above. Secret Identity is the company of Weaver and Barrera. And ...
SOTOMAYOR DOES NOT PASS THE FAIRNESS TEST
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
SOTOMAYOR DOES NOT
PASS THE FAIRNESS TEST
“Elections have consequences.” These were the words of South C...
Landrieu should not count on early Jindal departure
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One presumed motive of Democrat Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu’s decision not to
run for mayor of New Orleans is that he could succeed to the governorship of
the ...
Is Sotomayor the Best Pick for Supreme Court?
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There is all this new lingo in national politics. Remember “Getting
Borked” and of course the “Hanging chads?” We won’t forget “Lipstick on a
pit bull.”...
On the road again…
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Last weekend I was in the French Quarter with hubby and this week I travel
to DC on Soldiers’ Angels business. I will be sitting with some great people
at ...
Straighten them up so you can fly right.
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If you're going to fly, you better have wings. That means you better have
your feathers on those wings all line up and pruned well.
It may look like these...
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*Commentary: America Can't Learn Some Basic Lessons*
*by Link Savoie*
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt
should b...
Dear America, Have a Happy Birthday!
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Well Darlin’s this day makes Year 233 A.R. (After Revolution). We all
should be proud of the fact that somehow the strange collection of folks
that have l...
Protecting a Business during a Flood
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A press release from Timothy M. Young, timothymyoung@hotmail.com:
A proposal entitled “Protecting a Business during a Flood”, has been
developed that may ...
New Orleans City Government Overthrown
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–URGENT—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE– the Chairwoman CITY HALL –Chief
Administrative Officer Dr. Brenda Hatfield staged a coup d’état that wrested
control of the ...
tennessee man makes octo-mom look sane
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My friend Heather sends this link: http://a11news.com/1985/desmond-hatchett/
21 kids at age 29. “It just happened,” he says. Forget Jon and Kate, THIS
woul...
Snarlin' Arlen Goes Home
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The year was 1992. President George H.W. Bush was making a poor effort in a
two-front contest for a second term while Republicans in Congress attempted
to ...