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4 hrs ago | WBRZ

Three found dead in car on Byron Street

Two men and a woman were found shot to death today inside a car at 6047 Byron St., Baton Rouge police said.

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12 hrs ago | The Daily Advertiser

Defining Creole tomatoes

If you walk through the produce section of your favorite local grocery store, you may see an item labeled 'Creole tomatoes.' You may see a similar name for tomato plants at the garden center.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

TheNewOrleansChannel

Jindal Launches Statewide Tour

Gov. Bobby Jindal has kicked off a summer tour around the state. Jindal said Wednesday that he'll visit all 64 parishes within a few months, to talk about the state's economy and to hear from voters.

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WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge residents tune in to Jackson memorial

As thousands gathered at the Staples Center in Los Angeles to remember the "King of Pop", millions more tuned in via television.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

WBRZ

Teen shot and killed in Gardere area

Devon B. Corbin, 17, was shot and killed Sunday in the 8000 block of Granite Drive near Gardere Lane, an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said in a news release.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

Birmingham News Online

Ailing economy causes Southern black mayors group to postpone development conference

The recession is causing organizers to delay a three-day conference that was designed give black mayors from six southern states a chance to discuss economic development strategies and ways to tap into the federal stimulus program.

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News-Star

Legislature goes after speed traps

BATON ROUGE - A new state law seeks to curb a growing trend of small communities annexing property along interstate highways and padding their budgets by posting police cars to catch speeders.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

The Daily Advertiser

Inside Baton Rouge: Wit and wisdom on display in halls of state Legislature

'Everything starts from a beginning,' explained state Rep. Henry Burns, which might seem like an obvious statement, except for legislators who learned to take nothing for granted in the recently adjourned legislative session, which was light on substance but slippery on process.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

TheNewOrleansChannel

'Summer Of Stormy' Brings Adult Film Star To Shreveport, Monroe 13min

Apple pie. Fireworks. Stormy Daniels. It was an unusual Fourth of July mix in Shreveport and Monroe, as the adult film star brought her self-titled "listening tour" to some of the more conservative parts of Louisiana.

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BayouBuzz.com

Execution Date Pending For Baton Rouge Serial Killer Derrick Todd Lee

Dr. Lorrie Metzler Has anyone forgotten Derrick Todd Lee, the 2004 convicted Serial Killer? Lynne Marino, the outspoken mother of slain victim Pam Kenamore, certainly has not.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

WBRZ

Interim pastor held in thefts, fraud

The interim pastor of Fairview Baptist Church on Braddock Street was arrested Wednesday for allegedly opening several lines of credit using the church's name and tax identification number.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

KATC-TV Lafayette

Inmate, state settle religious access issue

The state and the ACLU Foundation of Louisiana have filed an agreement in federal court that will allow a death-row inmate at Angola to practice his Catholic faith.

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News-Star

Jindal to decide fate of Louisiana's tax credits

BATON ROUGE "'- In a year that the state is digging for money to pay bills and laying off thousands of workers, legislators sent to the governor more than $150 million in tax breaks for businesses and individuals.

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News-Star

BESE member Tammie McDaniel asked to resign, she says

BATON ROUGE -- The administration of Gov. Bobby Jindal has asked state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education member Tammie McDaniel to step down, McDaniel confirmed Wednesday morning.

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WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Three-year-old found dead in day care van

A three-year-old girl was found dead inside a day care van in Baton Rouge Wednesday afternoon.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Advocate

HHS gives $11.7M to 24 La. health centers

The federal Department of Health and Hospitals is giving Louisiana $11.7 million in Recovery Act grants to 24 community health centers around Louisiana.

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WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

Man sought in Texas arrested in BR

A man wanted in a Texas murder was arrested in East Baton Rouge Parish, a law enforcement official said today in a news release.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

NOLA,com

High court disbars Baton Rouge lawyer

The state's top court has rejected a Baton Rouge lawyer's attention deficit disorder defense in disbarring him for keeping $50,000 that should have been shared with his former law partners.

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The Shreveport Times

DOTD issues July 4 travel advisory

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's highway agency has issued its holiday weekend travel advisory.

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KSLA-TV Shreveport

3rd witness to beating death slain

A 33-year-old woman who was shot in the head and left to die in a ditch was the third slain witness to a beating and burning death in 2007, the East Baton Rouge Parish district attorney said Monday.

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