May 2011 Archive

BP…the victim?
The British Petroleum company has filed lawsuits against all of the vendors that helped it take and endanger lives and commerce in the gulf. The oil giant says that ...
City issues reminders in advance of 2011 Jazz Fest
With the 2011 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival set to open at the New Orleans Fairgrounds on Friday, April 29, city officials issued a reminder last week regarding the ...
Colleges are cashing in on minority athletes
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — In the race to have the best team, win the most games and make the most money, college sports programs have exploited student-athletes for university gains, according ...
Community still struggles for say in oil spill recovery
By Nayita Wilson The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer One year after the disaster, nonprofit leaders representing environmental agencies that have been actively involved in the BP oil spill clean-up and recovery processes ...
Coroner’s office has been ‘dead wrong’ in series of critical autopsies
By Michael A. Radcliff The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer One of the essential building blocks to teaching young children is the development of their critical thinking skills through the use of patterns. ...
Do you walk around in grave clothes?
By Jerome LeDoux The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Columnist Among the thousands uprooted from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Horace Charles Bynum Sr. settled in Haltom City, a suburb of Fort Worth, ...
Dr. James Llorens tapped to lead Southern University-BR
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports Southern University’s Board of Supervisors selected Dr. James Llorens to be the next chancellor Friday. Southern University System President Ronald Mason said he needed ...
AKA Day at the state capitol set for May 10
The Louisiana Weekly cash loan orange Staff Reports More than 200 members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., from across Louisiana will emerge at the Louisiana State Capitol on Tuesday, ...
Applications for White House scholar due
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Reports payday loan banning ca The White House is accepting applications for this summer's D.C. Scholars Program. The program reaches Washington, D.C. public and charter high school ...
Can we get to heaven on the cheap?
By Fr. Jerome LeDoux The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer One would think that the world learned some very harsh lessons from the man-made debacle that followed Hurricane Katrina. Yes, the winds of ...

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