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TROPICAL storm Ida bore down on the US Gulf coast Tuesday, with weakened force after cutting a swath of destruction that left 136 dead in Central America.

Political pollster says just a few months of falling statistics is not enough to calm people about city's crime rate Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Most violent crime in New Orleans was down through the third quarter of the year, falling 14.36 percent overall compared to the same time a year ago.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 2:08 p.m. NEW ORLEANS - The only Republican in the House to vote for a Democrat-backed health care bill says he has had two fundraisers canceled since Saturday's vote and some campaign contributors have asked for their money back.

Nickelodeon has cut ties with Southern Star Amusement, the theme park operator it had agreed to allow to use its name to redevelop the former Six Flags theme park in eastern New Orleans.

A 7-year-old killed by a stray bullet that ripped through the wall of a suburban New Orleans apartment complex was the daughter of a Louisiana Army National Guard sergeant serving in the Middle East.

BULLETIN HURRICANE IDA ADVISORY NUMBER 21 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112009 900 PM CST SUN NOV 08 2009 ...IDA HEADING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD....HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST... AT 900 PM CST...0300 UTC...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI ...

Tropical Storm Ida nicked the toe of the boot of Louisiana as it moved toward landfall Monday near the Alabama-Florida border.

Former Rep. William Jefferson , D-New Orleans, should get a prison term of less than 10 years when he faces sentencing Friday in his federal bribery convictions, his attorneys said in a 95-page filing today.

Tropical Storm Ida has prompted energy companies to evacuate platforms and rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Bobby Jindal is not a natural politician,or choice for President everyone knows that by now given his pathetic performance when he gave the official Republican response speech a year or so ago, but we are in a recession, what's that mean? That's when International bankers like Jewish banking family the Rothschilds take center stage and come out from hiding with their big ...

RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT schools and the central office will be closed. Operations and security personnel will report the the district's Welcome School at 2239 Poydras Ave.

Singer Britney Spears performs onstage during the opening night of 'The Circus Starring Britney Spears' tour at the New Orleans Arena on March 3, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Once a year, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao gives the Washington establishment a little jolt.

NEWS RELEASE U.S. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ************************* CENTER OF IDA MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO.

Members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the shooting death of an unidentified male shortly after 9 p.m., near the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Dodt Street.

A hurricane watch was issued Sunday for the U.S. Gulf Coast as Hurricane Ida moved through the Yucatan Channel heading into Gulf waters, the National Hurricane Center said.

Dr. Ralph Bourgeois knew that he had been nominated to receive a French Legion of Honor medal, but he died not knowing that he had been selected.

Below is the agenda for the New Orleans City Council meeting for November 5, 2009: NOLA City Council Meets in Regular Session Thursday, November 5th at 10 a.m. Agenda Highlights Listed Below What: Among the Agenda items scheduled to be addressed at tomorrow's City Council Meeting: Ordinance to promote a spay and neuter program for dogs and to ...

After a new round of inspections, a dozen day care centers in Louisiana have had their licenses revoked, and two of them are in the New Orleans area.

Rapper B.G. is currently in the custody of the Orleans Parish Criminal Sherriffa TMs Office after being arrested in his hometown on Tuesday night , the night before he was scheduled to host an exclusive listening session for his latest project.