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...bodies in question belongs to the recently deceased Dr. Michael Gerber, chairman of the pathology department at the Louisiana institution. The doctor was alive and nervous in September as agents from the IRS's criminal-investigation division began questioning members of his department about its finances. Gerber's associates recall his behaving erratically and constantly phoning for legal advice. Then on Oct. 12, in Tennessee, his daughter Elisa, 21, walked away from the wreck of a car she had driven into two trees. She said she had been tired. Apparently she had fallen asleep at the wheel. There were...
...Louisiana susceptible enough to natural disasters? Now, 18 months after Katrina, it turns out that some of the state's coastal cypress forests, which help protect against storm surges by absorbing excess wind and water, are being clear-cut to make mulch, the soil stabilizer found in many gardens. Removing these trees could aggravate the impact of the next big storm. "People who garden should be disturbed that critical forests are being shredded just to end up in their flower beds," says Sierra Club's Orli Cotel. Chuck Corbitt, CEO of Corbitt Manufacturing, a top mulch supplier, told TIME that...
...typical style, Lucinda Williams uses her latest album, “West,” to delve even further into her career-long self-exploration of one of the strongest human emotions—pain. The Louisiana-born country/folk/rock/blues/alternative singer-songwriter (critics can never seem to decide on a label for her) translates her findings into 13 tracks chock-full of honesty about her recent loss and heartbreak. In certain songs she sings with an especially raw and almost abrasive quality. And while the album is far from uplifting, it’s this honesty that brings power and weight...
...Even worse, last year about 3,000 suspects, mostly drug offenders, were released from jail or bond obligations under what's come to be known as "701," shorthand for the Louisiana statute that prevents suspects from being held more than 60 days without formal charges being brought against them. And in January alone, the number of 701 releases soared to 580. Prosecutors say they aren't getting police reports in time to bring charges, or that the reports are incomplete and unable to withstand the rigors of a trial. For their part, police counter that the D.A.'s office...
...might do business with such regimes. The state of Missouri has gotten its multibillion-dollar Missouri State Employees Retirement System screened to remove what it regards as terror-related investments, with counsel from State Street Global Advisors as well as the Washington, D.C.-based Conflict Securities Advisory Group. The Louisiana sheriffs public pension fund has adopted a similar approach, with advice from T. Rowe Price...