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Most Peaceful State: Maine

Polly Davis Doig — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:57:14 CDT

Apparently the moose-on-moose violence is next to nil, because Maine has scored the title of most peaceful state in the union, according to a new survey by the Institute for Economics & Peace. It finds the nation as a whole at its most peaceful point in two decades. Louisiana, meanwhile,...

Small Plane Sinks into Gulf; No Sign of Pilot

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:26:01 CDT

Coast Guard crews saw no signs today that the pilot of a small plane survived when it went down in the Gulf of Mexico about three hours after two F-15 fighter jets tried to make contact with him. The plane landed right-side up on the ocean surface and had been...

Eyeless Shrimp? Report Raises Concerns in Gulf

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:47:08 CDT

Shrimp missing their eyeballs (and even eye sockets), fish covered in lesions, deformed crabs, and other mutated sea creatures are showing up in unsettling numbers in the Gulf of Mexico two years after the giant BP oil spill, according to an investigation by Al Jazeera English . "The fishermen have never...

Santorum Wins in Louisiana

John Johnson — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:07:18 CDT

Rick Santorum won the Louisiana primary as expected to keep alive his faint hopes for the GOP nomination, reports AP . Santorum easily bested Mitt Romney to rebound from last week's loss in Illinois. But given that only 20 delegates were at stake, tonight's results won't do much to change his...

Santorum Banking On Louisiana Victory

John Johnson — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:56:22 CDT

Rick Santorum is looking to Louisiana for a much-needed rebound as Republican voters go to the polls today in the state's GOP primary. The former Pennsylvania senator is expected to do well in the contest, just a handful of days after a decisive loss to Mitt Romney in Illinois. A...

Louisiana Not Looking Good for Romney

Rob Quinn — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:42:00 CDT

Louisiana holds its Republican primary tomorrow, and the state probably won't snap Mitt Romney's Southern losing streak, analysts say. Romney hasn't spent much time or money there, and its high proportion of conservative voters and relatively low household income make it fertile ground for Rick Santorum, the Wall Street Journal...

Tornado Blasts Texas

Kevin Spak — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:38:01 CDT

A tornado touched down near San Antonio yesterday, damaging roughly 50 homes and sweeping others away entirely, the National Weather Service has confirmed. The twister touched down about 25 miles southwest of the city and moved toward it, but never reached it, instead damaging mostly rural property, Reuters reports. The...

Jindal Cakewalks to 2nd Term in Louisiana

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:28:44 CDT

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal easily coasted to a second term today, winning in a landslide election after failing to attract any well-known or deep-pocketed opposition. The 40-year-old Republican overwhelmed nine competitors in the open primary, where a candidate wins the race outright if he or she receives more than 50%...

Agriculture Candidate: Let's Grow Poppy Plants at Prison

John Johnson — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:30:05 CDT

Who says a political race for agriculture commissioner needs to be dull? A Democratic candidate in Louisiana has livened things up with a novel proposal to grow poppy plants on 7,000 acres outside a state prison, reports the New Orleans Times-Picayune . The plants would be used for legal medical...