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• Deputies searching for man who robbed Metro PCS at gunpoint

  23-04-2016 21:20 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE – Deputies are looking for a man who they say robbed a Metro PCS on Coursey Blvd at gunpoint Saturday.According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office, the man entered the business with a silver pistol concealed in his pocket. He then brandished the weapon and instructed the clerk to give him all the money in the register.Deputies say the clerk handed the man the money and he fled on foot.EBRSO described the suspect as a white male, between 5’10
  
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• Trump top suggestion to replace Robert E. Lee school name

  23-04-2016 20:16 via wbrz.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas - A YU-U-U-GE name is the most popular suggested replacement name for a Texas elementary school named after the top hero of the Confederacy.Donald J. Trump Elementary was the most popular suggestion with 45 submissions out of 240 received, according to Austin Independent School District officials.The second-most popular suggestion was 34 submissions to keep the present name. Other popular namesakes included author Harper Lee and artists Russell Lee and Elizabet Ney. Among those als
  
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• No Soup For You: Man upset after restaurant runs out of soup

  23-04-2016 20:14 via wbrz.com
  
  MANSFIELD, Texas - A Texas lawyer upset that he wasn't provided a cup of soup during a recent meal has notified a restaurant owner that he'll sue if not reimbursed the $2.25 for the soup.Dwain Downing also is seeking $250 in attorney fees for the time spent drafting a letter sent to Benji Arslanovski, who operates Our Place Restaurant in the Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield.Downing says the soup was listed on the menu as part of a Saturday special. He says the restaurant offered no discount or sub
  
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• North Korea ready to halt nuke tests if US stops exercises

  23-04-2016 20:12 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW YORK - North Korea's foreign minister says in an interview with The Associated Press that his country is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea.He also defended the country's right to maintain a nuclear deterrent and warned that North Korea won't be cowed by international sanctions.Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong, in his first interview with a Western news organization, held firm Saturday to Pyongyang's longstanding position t
  
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• Boat and iPhone of teens lost at sea discovered months later

  23-04-2016 20:09 via wbrz.com
  
  TEQUESTA, Fla. - The parents of one of two teenagers lost at sea last summer say their boat and an iPhone has been found.The Palm Beach Post reported Saturday that the parents of Perry Cohen said the 19-foot long boat was spotted 100 miles off the coast of Bermuda. The phone still had some personal items in it including an iPhone belonging to Austin Stephanos.Last July, Stephanos and Cohen - both 14 - left Jupiter Inlet in the boat and never returned. Lengthy searches by the Coast Guard and priv
  
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• Body of young woman found in Whiskey Bay

  23-04-2016 16:35 via wbrz.com
  
  WHISKEY BAY - An unidentified body was found in Whiskey Bay Saturday afternoon, according to the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office.Sheriff Brett Stassi confirmed deputies recovered the body of a younger woman that was dumped in the area recently. Investigators are currently treating the investigation as a homicide. Deputies say a local fisherman found the body Saturday afternoon and notified the Iberville Sheriff's Office. The case is under investigation and Stassi said investi
  
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• Florida school board votes to restrict transgender bathroom choices

  23-04-2016 14:45 via wbrz.com
  
  OCALA, Fla. - A school board in north Florida plans to restrict access to school bathrooms based on a person's biological gender.The Ocala Star-Banner reports that the Marion County School Board reached a consensus on Thursday on a resolution to ban transgender students from using bathrooms for the gender with which they identify. The board plans to take a final vote in the coming days.The resolution states that "transgender people are not a protected class under federal or state law or under Ma
  
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• Judge: Building owner can charge rent based on gold prices

  23-04-2016 14:40 via wbrz.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio  - A federal judge says a group of property owners in Ohio's capital city can collect rent based on the price of gold as part of a century-old agreement.The judge's ruling means rent paid by the company that leases the Commerce Building in downtown Columbus could jump from $6,000 annually to nearly $350,000.At issue is the original 1919 lease, which included a so-called "gold clause," a provision common at the time that linked rent to the price of gold to account for infl
  
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• NYC primary voter complaints draw investigations, suspension

  23-04-2016 14:38 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW YORK - Even before the polls closed in New York's primary, the city's election board dismissed hundreds of complaints as groundless, with many from people in Bernie Sanders' hometown borough of Brooklyn who said they were unable to vote.It wasn't until days later, after both the state and city launched separate investigations, that New York City's Board of Elections began to appear to take the accusations seriously.It suspended its chief clerk in Brooklyn without pay amid questions into whet
  
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• Questions swirl about Prince's health with unexplained death

  23-04-2016 14:36 via wbrz.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS - Prince talked dirty in song but had a reputation for clean living. He also had an ability to put on shows that were electrifying in their athleticism.But after his death at age 57 questions are swirling over whether the music superstar had been hiding serious health problems from his fans.Prince's death followed a series of canceled shows and a reported emergency plane landing for medical treatment.An autopsy was conducted Friday. Authorities said it could be weeks before the cause
  
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• Solar plane's Pacific crossing going smoothly

  23-04-2016 14:34 via wbrz.com
  
  A solar-powered airplane on an around-the-world journey has traveled 80 percent of the way from Hawaii to California.The project's website says the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft is 48 hours into a three-day flight over the Pacific.The aircraft's destination on this leg of the journey is Mountain View, California, at the southern end of San Francisco Bay.The aircraft's wings are covered with solar cells to take energy from the sun to power the motors turning its propellers. During darkness it relies o
  
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• Perfect weather greets Jazz Fest goers on Day 2

  23-04-2016 14:33 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Perfect weather - sunshine, temperatures in the high 70s, blue skies and a cool breeze - greeted music lovers attending the second day of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.Beer, lemonade and frozen drinks flowed Saturday as fans settled in for a day of music, including early performances by Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne and one of New Orleans' premiere brass/funk bands, Big Sam's Funky Nation.Later, headliners Pearl Jam was scheduled to close the festival's largest stage, whi
  
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• Body of 1 of 2 missing fishermen found in Mississippi River

  23-04-2016 14:29 via wbrz.com
  
  ST. FRANCISVILLE - Authorities say the body of a Mississippi fisherman who had been missing for more than a month has been found in the Mississippi River in Louisiana.James Lee, the coroner in Mississippi's Adams County Coroner, says the body of 26-year-old Joshua Wilson was recovered Friday. Authorities were still searching for Wilson's brother, Darryl, who also went missing during a March 9 fishing trip on the Mississippi River.Multiple media outlets report that someone on a barge near St. Fra
  
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• Oil company to pay fines over 3 Atchafalaya oil spills

  23-04-2016 14:27 via wbrz.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS - Federal prosecutors say a Lafayette-based oil company has agreed to pay more than $700,000 in fines in connection with three crude oil spills in the Atchafalaya River basin.The U.S. Justice Department announced Friday it had entered a consent decree with ORB Exploration LLC.The company is accused of violating the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws when crude oil spilled from its facilities in Frog Lake and Crocodile Bayou.Prosecutors say the spills spewed more than 42,000
  
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• Police identify alleged kidnapper who killed himself at hospital

  23-04-2016 13:49 via wbrz.com
  
  BATON ROUGE - Police identified the man who shot himself inside of a hospital after being questioned about abducting a pregnant woman from New Orleans.Investigators said a 28-year-old woman arrived at the Baton Rouge General Hospital on Bluebonnet early Saturday morning after complaining of complications from her current pregnancy.Baton Rouge Police said the woman stated 29-year-old Gary Zarders kidnapped her at gunpoint from the New Orleans area and traveled to Baton Rouge. Wh
  
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