.WS ('dot website') domain names are rapidly growing in popularity and may become a serious rival to the .com TLD. read more »
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will have a meeting today over the 9th ward. They will be discussing plans for protecting the Industrial Canal from hurricane surges entering from Lake Borgne. read more »
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Byron Scott, head coach of The New Orleans Hornets agreed to extend his contract. read more »
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A suspected child molester was arrested in Slidell after a long standoff. Josue Arron Castro Izaguirrez was arrested after being subdued by a taser after the stand off. He was accused of molesting a 7 year old girl from Slidell. read more »
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An armed was was shot to death by police after they failed to get him out of a barricaded home. The ordeal started after the 49 year old Lakeview man thretened to FEMA workers who had tried to take his trailer. read more »
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said that Senator Barack Obama's success as the Democratic presidential nominee is "pretty cool," also, he said he would support Sen. Hillary Clinton as vice president. read more »
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A human skeleton was discovered in an occupied Metairie home. Detectives think the decayed body was the homeowners father. The neighbors described Adams, the previous homeowner, as a fairly reclusive man, who was never seen much. read more »
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A public hearing on Kenner Mayor Ed Muniz's proposed 2008-09 budget scheduled for this evening has been canceled.

The City Council completed its initial review of the budget during 10 hours of hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday, making a third hearing unnecessary, city officials said. read more »
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The St. Tammany Parish Council plans to light the fuse in the coming weeks on what could be a hot issue: outlawing fireworks in the parish's unincorporated areas.

Councilman Henry Billiot of Mandeville is proposing that the council ban the use and sale of all fireworks, except those used by professional pyrotechnics who receive a parish permit. read more »
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As family, friends and customers mourned the death of Elizabeth McDaniel, authorities boosted by a large cash reward for information in the case ramped up an investigation into the killing of the popular owner of Betsy's Pancake House.

McDaniel, 72, died Wednesday evening at West Jefferson Medical Center after she was severely beaten earlier this week in her Marrero home. She was placed on life support Tuesday when she suffered a brain hemorrhage. read more »
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Not far from the French Quarter, flanking Canal Street on Claiborne Avenue, the homeless have taken up residence inside a long corridor formed not of walls and a roof but of the thick stench of human waste and sweat tinged with alcohol.

The inhabitants are natives like Ronald Gardner, 54, an H.I.V.-positive man who said he had never before slept on the streets until Katrina... read more »
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Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR) today announced that it has signed an agreement to manage the 292-room Crowne Plaza New Orleans Airport hotel in Kenner, La. The former Holiday Inn Select Kenner, which has been closed since Hurricane Katrina, has been undergoing a major, $26 million renovation, and is scheduled to reopen this October as the Crowne Plaza New Orleans Airport.

"New Orleans continues to show encouraging signs of recovery, and we are optimistic about the area's continued economic renaissance," said Thomas F. Hewitt, CEO. read more »
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