Word: louisiana
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Just hours before the hearing began, sources tell TIME, Stewart's lawyers requested that committee chairman Representative Billy Tauzin, a Louisiana Republican, enter the letter into the committee record and issue a statement exonerating Stewart. "We were stunned," says Tauzin spokesman Ken Johnson. "We couldn't believe what they were asking us to do." Tauzin refused...
...first U.S. appearance, in New York, it has spread to 33 other states. This year, after being largely confined to a thick band of East Coast states, the virus has swept rapidly west, reaching as far as South Dakota and Texas. Last week it struck with a vengeance in Louisiana, infecting at least 58 residents and killing four--prompting Governor Mike Foster to declare a statewide emergency...
...name is Jerry Lee Lewis from a-Louisiana I'm gonna do ya'a little boogie on this here piana Do it mighty fine, gonna make you shake it I'll make ya do it and make ya do it until till ya break It's called the Lewis boogie in the Lewis way Oh Lord I do my little boogie-woogie every day. -recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis, early...
...been documented in Africa, but never North America), the virus has been contained to the eastern U.S. This year, however, marks a southward shift from New York City's suburbs, where many previous infections had occurred: all five of the summer's fatal cases have been recorded in Louisiana. Many of the bugs appear to have headed south for the summer, in search of the water they crave and the moist, warm temperatures required for efficient breeding...
...also waging war, showering pesticides and larvacides onto vulnerable areas and distributing informative pamphlets door-to-door. Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced the government was providing $10 million to study and fight the spread of West Nile virus, and scientists and researchers have descended on Louisiana, hoping to capture a few of the virulent bugs and root out more specifics on the disease...