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La. educators turn to trades to cut dropout rate

WEST MONROE, La.—Beginning next year, a lot of Louisiana high school classrooms could look like Wes Sebren's: equipped with welding gear, safety goggles and circular saws. Sebren, a teacher at West Ouachita High School near West Monroe, is at the ...

From DOUG SIMPSON, Boston Globe,  9 Nov 2009

Cao, Jindal at odds over La. rail 'stimulus' money

BATON ROUGE, La.—Gov. Bobby Jindal is at odds with a fellow Louisiana Republican over the governor's decision not to seek $300 million in federal stimulus money for a high-speed rail line between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Like other governors, ...

From DOUG SIMPSON, Boston Globe,  2 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Bobby Jindal,  U.S. Republican Party,  Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hit by hurricanes, deserted US town seeks identity

Before two hurricanes hit in three years, a collection of modest beach houses and trailers along the Gulf known as the "Cajun Riviera" drew thousands for summer weekends of crabbing, beer drinking and kids playing in the surf. Now, the few-dozen ...

From DOUG SIMPSON, Taiwan News,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Ray Miller (politician)

Hit by 2 hurricanes, deserted town seeks identity

HOLLY BEACH, La. - Before two hurricanes hit in three years, a collection of modest beach houses and trailers along the Gulf known as the "Cajun Riviera" drew thousands for summer weekends of crabbing, beer drinking and kids playing in the surf. ...

From DOUG SIMPSON, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Ray Miller (politician)

2-year-old, 3 others dead in La. murder-suicide

HOLDEN, La. - A Louisiana killing spree that left four family members dead, including a 2-year-old boy, marked the bloody culmination of an ongoing domestic dispute between the suspected gunman and his estranged wife, said the father of a woman who ...

From DOUG SIMPSON, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  7 Sep 2009
Related Topics: John Watson,  Stephen Alexander

Father: Domestic dispute led to La. murder-suicide

HOLDEN, La.—A Louisiana killing spree that left four family members dead, including a 2-year-old boy, marked the bloody culmination of an ongoing domestic dispute between the suspected gunman and his estranged wife, said the father of a woman who ...

From DOUG SIMPSON, Boston Globe,  7 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Stephen Alexander

2-year-old, 3 others dead in US murder-suicide

A man shot his estranged wife, son and 2-year-old grandson to death and critically wounded his pregnant daughter-in-law at their rural Louisiana home, then killed himself as police tried to pull over his car 20 minutes later, authorities said. ...

From DOUG SIMPSON, Taiwan News,  6 Sep 2009

Ex-Stanford adviser says SEC warned about bad CDs

A former financial adviser with R. Allen Stanford's financial company told a U.S. Senate panel on Monday that she warned the Securities and Exchange Commission about the firm's hawking of shady investments five years before it closed the firm and ...

From DOUG SIMPSON, eTaiwan News,  18 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission,  U.S. Senate,  David Vitter,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mary Schapiro

Ex-Stanford adviser says warned SEC about bad CDs

BATON ROUGE, La. - A former financial adviser with R. Allen Stanford's financial company told a U.S. . . . ...

From DOUG SIMPSON, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  17 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission,  U.S. Senate,  David Vitter,  Mary Schapiro

La. Senate approves tax break delay for higher ed

BATON ROUGE, La.—Defying fierce Louisiana House opponents, the state Senate voted 29-9 Wednesday to approve a proposal that would postpone a tax break for three years in order to collect more funds for higher education. Senate President Joel Chaisson ...

From DOUG SIMPSON, Boston Globe,  3 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Joel Chaisson,  U.S. Republican Party,  Robert Adley (politician),  Bobby Jindal

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