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Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Father at Standing On My Head has a post that might be of interest to Louisiana Catholic readers and others. David and Anne Trufant had a dream of running a camp. David had a photography business in their native New Orleans. Anne had a music ministry to the Catholic community. On a trip to North Carolina David heard about two camps that were for sale. They didn't have the money, but a local banker...
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Concurring Opinions (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Many thanks to Concurring Opinions and Dan Solove for inviting me to guest blog and to Dan for the kind introduction. I look forward to the visit and am excited to be part of C.O.’s talented and diverse group of bloggers. As the Supreme Court’s term has just ended, I could not help but comment briefly on some of the Court’s pronouncements on criminal procedure. Because of my interest...
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
After more than two years of protesting, writing phone calls and thousands of people descending on Jena, Louisiana, to protest this outrageous retro Jim Crow case, the Jena 6, Jesse Ray Beard, Carwin Jones, Robert Bailey, Theo Shaw, Bryant Purvis and Mychal Bell are all free to move ahead with their lives. The five remaining Jena 6 cases were brought to a conclusion last Friday when Beard, Jones,...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Prosecutors are playing audiotapes of former Louisiana congressman William Jefferson talking with a woman about business deals he is accused of brokering in exchange for bribes.
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Legal Profession Blog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
In a lengthy and interesting decision, the Louisiana Supreme Court suspended three law firm partners for six months with three months stayed. The firm had represented the complainant in complex commercial matters since 1985. In 1996, the firm and client...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
A California-based poultry company that recently took over a closed Louisiana processing plant with assistance from the state says it will not extend contracts to all of the plant's former growers.
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F.R.I.D.A. (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Sex crime reports Jackonsville, North Carolina, June 1, 2009 - JD News reports that 48-year-old Timothy Mark Gray was charged on Wednesday with raping a physically disabled woman on June 15, 2009. According to a Sheriff's Department press release, the woman, who is paralysed on the right side of her body from multiple strokes as the result of an automobile accident, stayed with Gray during May and...
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PawPaw's House (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Two stories in this morning's news give me pause for thought. More Slippery Slopes. The first, from Drudge , talks about the Feds going house-to-house in Houston, TX. In front of a run-down shack in north Houston, federal agents step from a government sedan into 102-degree heat and face a critical question: How can the woman living here buy four high-end handguns in one day? The better question becomes:...
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Loving True Blood in Dallas (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
From Your Tango The vampire series is more than just sex and blood—it also reveals the human side of love. We all know that vampires , and the people who love them, continue to be one of the hottest trends in entertainment . The undead have left their (fang) marks on TV, books and movies, proving that blood sells. Especially when it's mixed in with a whole lot of sex . The second season of True...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Louisiana resident John M. McHugh, 47, was found guilty of second-degree felony "terroristic threat" stemming from a March 27, 2008 bomb scare that forced the evacuation of 4,200 students from Wasatch County schools.
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Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
A couple in New Orleans has filed a new challenge in federal court in Louisiana to the ban on same-sex marriage. Link to the The Times-Picayune article: http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/new_orleans_samesex_couple_sue.html And here is the suit on Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/15274555/Bonilla-v-Hurst Notable quote: "It's a slap in the face to the 10th amendment protecting the states...
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Critical Mass (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
So many of the debates about higher ed reform are so incredibly stale, and so profoundly stuck. The debate about the rise of non-tenure-track faculty is one of the stalest and stuckest. But there's a new book out that offers an intriguing new way to think about the issue--and that has the potential to un-stick the debate. Maurice Black and I have co-authored a review of John Cross and Edie Goldenberg's...
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Earlier this quarter, Olin Corporation (NYSE: OLN) (Clayton, Missouri) completed construction of a major technology conversion project that eliminated mercury-cell technology from its Saint Gabriel, Louisiana, chlorine manufacturing plant. The completion of this project is consistent with the efforts of PPG...
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Facing South (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
TUES 6/30 | The case of the Jena Six in Louisiana ended quietly on Friday as the remaining defendants accepted a plea deal. Activists say the case shone a light on the miscarriages of justice that black youth face all across the country.
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
The provision in Louisiana puts the state in the center of a national debate about where to set the bar for high school graduation.
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launchsniper | 03/01/2009
Mortgages Through Farm Credit Systems For Rural Development There are mortgage loans to fit everyone’s needs today. There are FHA loans for the first time homebuyer, VA loans for Veterans and Reverse Mortgages for Senior Citizens. There are also...
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ensure365 | 02/27/2009
In Louisiana, Jindal is the darling of evangelical and charismatic churches, where he often tells his conversion story. One Louisiana Republican official has commented, "People think of Bobby Jindal as one of us." Consider that a moment.
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gotube | 02/25/2009
Gov. Jindal refuses stimulus money!Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana announced that he will refuse the Unemployment portion of the stimulus that was allocated to Louisiana, on grounds that it would be costly for businesses in the l...
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