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Monday, July 6, 2009
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Shot twice in the head and two more times in the chest, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was the victim of a homicide, police say.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The bribery trial of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson has been like a segment of the old television show “This Is Your Life.” Friends and former associates have to walk around the defense table where the man they knew simply as “Jeff” sits during the proceedings. They go to the witness box and must turn, look and identify their former colleague, who has pleaded innocent to bribery, conspiracy, racketeering and money laundering.
A mass of concrete and floodgates near the head of the Atchafalaya River acts as a faucet of sorts to control how much water flows out of the Mississippi River into the vast Atchafalaya Basin swamp. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has kept a careful hand on that faucet for fear the larger Mississippi River might change course down the Atchafalaya.
Theresa Plaisance’s recruitment began at birth. She received her first college questionnaire when her mother opened a letter from the late Sue Gunter, who’d written to congratulate the new mom.
A lawsuit filed by about 5,700 Baton Rouge residents against ExxonMobil Corp. over a 1993 fire crawled through federal court for almost 15 years and has finally come to an end — the residents lost, lawyers said. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on June 24, in New Orleans, affirmed a District Court judge’s 2008 decision in favor of ExxonMobil.
Paul Mainieri’s restless nights, the tossing and turning, might be over for good.
Halfway through his junior season in 2008, LSU pitcher Louis Coleman was languishing deep in the bullpen when he went to his second-year coach in search of answers. Coleman got one from Paul Mainieri, although not exactly what he was looking for.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Steve McNair earned the respect of his fellow NFL players for shaking off defenders and injuries. That same blue-collar playing style won the love of fans amazed at how the quarterback kept showing up for work — and winning.
GEISMAR — Trenda Thompson stood in her brand-new classroom in Building A of Spanish Lake Primary School, directing her husband, Reginald, on where to move boxes. Thompson, who will be teaching second grade at the new school, was delighted to be there unpacking last week, “though he probably doesn’t feel the same way,” she said, nodding toward her husband, who smiled and shook his head.
1. LSU 11, TEXAS 4
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