BATON ROUGE- Doctors at Baton Rouge General are some of a select few trained in a new procedure to unblock arteries in the leg.
They are using the Ocelot Catheter, a device approved by the FDA just six weeks ago. It has a camera built into the catheter which... more »
BANGOR - A New York congressman says a US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina diverted to Maine because a French passenger passed a note mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device. Rep. Peter King was briefed on the investigation and said the passenger was a French... more »
MARION - An elderly Ohio woman says a hidden medical alert device saved her from a violent home break-in.
Police say two teens broke into 93-year-old Ruby Snyder's Marion home early this morning.
They reportedly tied her up and threatened to kill her.
Snyder had a medical... more »
BATON ROUGE - Police gave the all-clear after a suspicious item found in the Baton Rouge Metro Airport's parking garage this morning was determined to be a fake bomb.
Cpl. L'Jean McKneely told News 2 crews on the scene that the device was a group of wooden sticks painted... more »
BATON ROUGE - A Baton Rouge woman was arrested Thursday after police said she used a stolen credit card at two ATMs in the area and withdrew $504. Authorities said they arrested 32-year-old Sakita McCray, a Louisiana Department of Revenue employee, following a month-long investigation into the incident. The investigation... more »
A new device aimed at doing a better job of cleaning Gulf coast beaches of oil and tar has been unveiled by BP.
It is called the Sand Shark.
BP demonstrated the device at Orange Beach, Alabama, which has been the site of regular cleanup work, due the... more »
A listening device found in the West Feliciana Parish Police Jury Complex is the center of an investigation by Louisiana State Police.
Parish Manager Ambrose Sims claims the device was planted in his office.
Robert Reinhardt, IT Director for West Feliciana Parish, said he found the FM transmitter... more »
BATON ROUGE - The American Medical Association is classifying obesity as a disease, and doctors around the capital city are backing the move.
Tuesday,... more »
WASHINGTON- The head of the Associated Press claims the Department of Justice violated its own rules when it secretly seized records for thousands of phone... more »
LOS ANGELES- James Gandolfini, the actor famous for his role in "The Sopranos," died in Italy Wednesday.
The 51-year-old was vacationing in Rome, HBO... more »