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Some 375 community leaders and friends gathered Nov. 14, at the Baton Rouge Marriott as noted philanthropist Frank D. McArthur II received the 82nd annual Golden Deeds Award for Outstanding

WASHINGTON – Dan Borné, the Tiger Stadium announcer for nearly four decades, gave the morning prayer that opened Thursday’s session of the U.S. House.

WASHINGTON – Dan Borné, the Tiger Stadium announcer for nearly four decades, gave the morning prayer that opened Thursday’s session of the U.S. House.

GREENSBURG – Tree County Players presents the revue “A Night of Stars” at the TCP Playhouse at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20, with a cash bar

Nearly every neighborhood reporting an increase in the homicides, robberies and sexual assault cases. police havent given a reason for the spike. a sudden thank you send thaw big chunks of ice on dan knew river. they are trying to salvage anything they can. oscar-winning actress, dame judi dench says she is losing her eyesight. 77-year-old is diagnosed with macular degeneration and hoping that further treatment keeps the disease at bay. bill: 36 minutes before the hour. some call it "taxageddo...

Now sounds more like president bush. >> we need to take action now to expand domestic oil production. >> american oil production is the highest that its been in eight years. >> critics say the president is taking credit he doesnt deserve, since new oil wells take 5-15 years to come on line, and most u.s. production gains have come off private, not federal, land. >> thats really why youre seeing an increase in production. it doesnt have anything to do with government. >> democrat dan born says th...

>> critics say the president is taking credit he doesnt deserve. oil wells take five to 15 years to come on line and most gains are on private, not federal land. >> thats why youre seeing an increase in production that doesnt have anything to do with government. >> democrat dan born says the rhetoric is not reflected in policy. >> over the last three years weve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration. >> but also closed millions of acres. in 2009 and 2010 the u.s. issued the few...

House just introduced a bill to push our nations transportation sector, a lot of those big rigs that haul all our product, away from gasoline and convert their engines to run on compressed natural gas. they argue america has enough natural gas to meet our energy needs for the next 100 years. and it could potentially create more than half a million american jobs. congressman john larssen of connecticut introduced this bill. its good to see you, good morning. >> good to see you again. >> it sounds...

Vehicles instead of oil. they were even joined by t. boone pickens, a businessman who made his fortune on oil. but who is out there making the simple point that we cant simply drill our way out of our energy problems. >> how close are we to a real conversation with the natural gas legislation thats proposed this week, with the presidents speech this week directly referencing you, and how close do you feel you are in the scope of what youve been through the past three years? >> were close. but th...

No problems there but one of the things we were waiting to see, how many democrats would cross over and vote for the full repeal. in the end, just three of them did and here they are. oklahomas dan born, north carolinas mike mcentire and mike ross of arkansas. but 10 house democrats who voted against the original bill would not sign on for this repeal and that shows it could be pretty tough for republicans in the senate to win over just a handful of democrats they would need to get something pas...