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Vatican: World not ending, despite Maya prediction
December 11, 2012 2:32 PM
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's top astronomer has some assurances to offer: The world won't be ending in about two weeks, despite predictions to the contrary. The Rev. Jose Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, wrote in Wednesday's Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano that "it's not even worth discussing" doomsday scenarios... more » -
NASA finds planet that's just about right for life
December 5, 2011 12:30 PM
WASHINGTON - NASA has found a new planet outside our solar system that's eerily similar to Earth in key aspects. Scientists say the temperature on the surface of the planet is about a comfy 72 degrees. Its star could almost be a twin of our sun. It... more »
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Zimmerman trial attorneys pick 40 potential jurors
June 18, 2013
SANFORD, Fla. - Attorneys trying to pick a jury in George Zimmerman's murder trial have selected a pool of 40 potential jurors who will go... more » -
Dead zone predictions much less spread than 2012
June 18, 2013
NEW ORLEANS - Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. In the Chesapeake Bay, a... more » -
$3500 reward in fatal poisoning of 2 bald eagles
June 18, 2013
NEW ORLEANS - Federal investigators say someone poisoned and killed two bald eagles in Thibodaux. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Louisiana Department... more » -
Judge dismisses lawsuit over Dixie Brewery building
June 18, 2013
NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Dixie Brewing Co. in an effort to stop any demolition of a... more » -
Sheriff's deputies searching for rape suspect
June 18, 2013
GONZALES - Deputies in Ascension Parish asked for the public's help finding a man wanted for raping a young girl. Chief Deputy Tony Bacala... more »
