Posts Tagged Louisiana

New Basin bass rule effective June 20

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — New regulations for the tens of thousands of bass fishermen who take to the Atchafalaya Basin and surrounding waters will be in place later this month after Thursday’s Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted to change more than 20 years of regulations.

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Early results in Iran presidential election give reformist-backed Rowhani wide lead

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Explosion reminds La. that plants not always safe

State police man a roadblock as smoke burn off from a flare at a chemical plant fire is seen about twenty miles southeast of Baton Rouge, in Geismar, La., Thursday, June 13, 2013. The plant makes highly flammable gases that are basic building blocks in the petrochemical industry. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

By some measures, chemical plants like the sites of separate fatal explosions this week in Louisiana are among the safest manufacturing workplaces in America. That doesn’t stop residents and emergency responders from keeping wary eyes on the hundreds of facilities stretched along the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Baton Rouge.

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2nd victim dies after blast at La. chemical plant

This photo provided by Ryan Meador shows an explosion at The Williams Companies Inc. plant in the Ascension Parish town of Geismar La., Thursday, June 13, 2013. The fire broke out Thursday morning at the plant, which the company's website says puts out about 1.3 billion pounds of ethylene and 90 million pounds of polymer grade propylene a year. (AP Photo/Ryan Meador)

GONZALES, La. (AP) — Authorities say a second victim has died after an explosion and fire at a south Louisiana chemical plant.

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Md. man sold fake BCS, Super Bowl tickets

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Maryland man pleaded guilty Thursday to selling more than $8,000 worth of counterfeit tickets to the 2012 Allstate BCS National Championship game and Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.

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