Word: louisiana
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...heard a British journalist ask, "Where are you from?" Hamdi, who appeared upbeat even after six days in that besieged sewer, chirped up immediately. "Baton Rouge," he said. Just hearing a response surprised Neil Syson, a reporter for the Sun, a London tabloid. But the actual words floored him. "Louisiana?" someone asked incredulously. "Do you know it?" replied Hamdi...
...judge to strike down a 1997 state law banning local minimum wages. Last week the judge ruled that ban unconstitutional (five other states have similar laws), so New Orleans will be free to force higher wages May 3, pending an expected review this week by the Louisiana Supreme Court...
...when the Boston Globe exposed the predations of John Geoghan and the habit the diocese had of systematically concealing them. But the U.S. church has known all about it--how deep sexual misconduct ran, how widespread, how frequent--at least since the first big abuse scandal broke at a Louisiana trial in 1985, when the Rev. Gilbert Gauthe was sentenced to 20 years for molesting dozens of children, who were awarded a combined $18 million in damages...
These peeks combined with the strong returning contingent and additions from the recruiting class and Louisiana Tech transfer Bev Moore reveal promise that next season could bring a Harvard team that struts, and then backs...
...DIED. CALVIN CARRIERE, 80, renowned fiddler and zydeco music pioneer, regarded by many as one of the last links to French-Creole musical traditions; in Opelousas, Louisiana. Carriere's most recent recording was Les miseres dans le coeur (The Misery Direct from the Heart) in 2000. He was scheduled to perform in the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival this April...