Posts Tagged New Orleans

Pelicans get No. 6 pick in NBA draft lottery

NBA basketball players, from left, Detroit Pistons' Andre Drummond, Portland Trailblazers' Damian Lillard and New Orleans Pelicans' Anthony Davis mingle onstage before the NBA basketball draft lottery, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans have received the sixth overall pick in Tuesday night’s NBA draft lottery, dropping a spot after finishing with the fifth-worst record in the league this past season.

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High water could impact speckled trout fishing

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Recent heavy rains across Central Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana have raised the level of the Pearl River to some really impressive heights, and that could have impacts on speckled trout fishing in Lake Pontchartrain.

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Arrests in New Orleans parade shootings cheered

Shawn Scott, 24, a suspect in the Mother's Day parade shooting  is led out of the New Orleans 5th District Police Station, Thursday, May 16, 2013 in New Orleans. Shawn and Akein Scott. two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder in a shooting spree that brought a sudden bloody end to a neighborhood Mother's Day parade. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother’s Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again.

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Agent for deceased Saints player faces wire fraud

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The sports agent of late New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Frank Warren has been charged with one-count bill of information with wire fraud.

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Police: Suspect arrested in La. parade shooting

Shawn Scott, who with his younger brother Akien is accused of the Mother's Day second-line shooting which injured 20 people, is taken from the 5th District Police Station to Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans on Thursday, May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Michael DeMocker)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder in a shooting spree that brought a sudden bloody end to a Mother’s Day parade in a New Orleans neighborhood.

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