New Orleans (Louisiana)

La. businessman indicted in alleged Ponzi scheme

A Louisiana businessman was charged Friday with engaging in a Ponzi scheme to defraud about 160 investors - mostly elderly people - out of roughly $19.5 million and using some of the money to pay for cars, cruises, sports...

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Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody - Violent Deaths Are Now Following Evictions, Foreclosures and...

Friday 20 November 2009 by: Nick Turse | AlterNet Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead. In 2007,...

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Jennifer Coolidge Glad To Leave The Comedy Behind To Play Nicolas Cage's Stepmom

AMERICAN PIE star JENNIFER COOLIDGE has her adopted New Orleans, Louisiana to thank for her role as NICOLAS CAGE's stepmother in gritty new film BAD LIEUTENANT - because she fears she wouldn't have landed the part if she didn't...

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Banking woes seen by La. company as opportunity (AP)

By ALAN SAYRE, AP Business Writer Alan Sayre, Ap Business Writer – 1 hr 13 mins ago NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana banking company sees the worst rash of bank failures in two decades as fertile ground to expand well beyond the state...

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George Strait adds Lee Ann Womack to 'Twang' tour

George Strait [ tickets ] has added Lee Ann Womack to the roster of performers for his upcoming headlining tour in support of his latest album, "Twang." The trek, which also features Reba McEntire, kicks off Jan. 26 in...

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Court: Army Corp of Engineers liable for Katrina Flooding

The Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to properly maintain a shipping channel linking New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina, a federal court ruled Wednesday. Read...

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Book Review: "Perilous Place, Power Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana"

NEW ORLEANS, LA--(Marketwire - November 19, 2009) - Levees.org, a New Orleans-based non-profit formed after Hurricane Katrina with a mission of raising awareness about the nation's levee systems, released today its second in a...

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Katrina victims win flooding damages

US government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge rules against Army corps The US government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge ruled that the Army Corps of...

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INVESTOR ALERT: KSF Files Securities Class Action Against SunPower Corp. and Urges Shareholders...

NEW ORLEANS, LA--(Marketwire - Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") has filed a class action lawsuit against SunPower Corporation ("Sunpower" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ) in the United States District Court for the Northern District...

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HVAC Mechanic Journeyman Truck Team (union) at Johnson Controls (New Orleans, LA)

140,000 employees in 125 countries. For over a century, Johnson Controls has been working to find new ways to ... our employees the chance to change the world. At Johnson Controls , youll be challenged to innovate and...

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