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• AG removed himself from decision to subpoena AP

  May 14, 2013 12:46 PM

  WASHINGTON - The Justice Department says Attorney General Eric Holder removed himself from a decision to subpoena phone records of The Associated Press. A Justice Department statement Tuesday says that Holder stepped aside - a procedure known as recusal. The statement says Holder stepped aside because he had been interviewed... more »

• DOJ obtains wide set of AP phone records

  May 13, 2013 5:09 PM

  WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists for The Associated Press in what AP's top executive says is an "unprecedented intrusion" into newsgathering. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers of individual... more »

• Records in LSU presidential search not released

  May 11, 2013 2:08 PM

  BATON ROUGE, La. - Two Louisiana news organizations are asking a judge to punish LSU's Board of Supervisors for not releasing documents related the university's presidential search. Lori Mince is an attorney representing The Times-Picayune/NOLA Media Group and The Advocate newspaper. She filed a motion Friday asking Judge Janice Clark... more »

• News 2 Investigates: Altered records, misspent money Play Video

  March 6, 2013 4:24 PM

  WALKER - A winding country road in Livingston Parish is at the heart of controversy. Parish council members discussed evaluating work for Duff Road near Walker. Then, official records were altered and tens of thousands of dollars unknowingly spent on design and a route survey, all without council approval. Tonight,... more »

• LSU rebuffs public records request from newspaper

  February 14, 2013 8:54 AM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU will continue to keep secret the names and qualifications of candidates in the running to become the university's next president after rejecting a public records request from The Advocate. The Advocate formally requested access last week to the applications, background materials and other information related to... more »

• Live action: Twitter grabs Super Bowl spotlight

  February 5, 2013 6:24 AM

  NEW YORK - Twitter is reporting record numbers from the Super Bowl. Beyonce's splashy show, the power outage and a captivating game combined to generate a record 24.1 million posts. That's up from 13.7 million last year -- and that doesn't even include the chatter surrounding the ads. Twitter said... more »

• School records may relate to alleged Colo. gunman

  December 5, 2012 2:51 PM

  DENVER- The University of Colorado at Denver has released thousands of documents that may relate to the man accused in the Colorado theater shootings, but much of the material appears to be heavily redacted. More than 2,000 records were released Wednesday after news organizations, including The Associated Press, requested them... more »

• Officer fired from force after fake ticket arrests

  November 9, 2012 9:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A police officer has been fired after two arrests for writing fake tickets. Derek Burns has been accused of injuring public records, forgery and malfeasance in office. The two arrests stem from four false summonses. According to court documents, Burns forged the victims' signatures on the... more »

• BR officer arrested for falsifying records

  October 31, 2012 1:54 PM

  Baton Rouge- A police officer in Baton Rouge accused of falsifying records, has been arrested. This is the second time in less than two months that Derek Burns has been accused of injuring public records, forgery and malfeasance in office. Burns was arrested and booked back in September... more »

• High-flying Louisiana Tech leads NCAA in scoring

  October 25, 2012 1:38 PM

  RUSTON - Three years into his North Louisiana venture, Louisiana Tech head coach Sonny Dykes is making the production of Bulldogs legends Terry Bradshaw and Tim Rattay look rather pedestrian. No. 24 Louisiana Tech (6-1, 1-0 WAC) is smashing offensive records and opponents. The Bulldogs lead the NCAA in scoring... more »

• La. education dept. withholding voucher records

  August 8, 2012 11:23 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's education chief is refusing to provide records from the deliberations over how schools were chosen to participate in Gov. Bobby Jindal's new statewide voucher program, which is using tax dollars to send students to private and parochial schools. The Department of Education isn't claiming an exemption... more »

• Jindal budget office refuses to provide records

  July 17, 2012 12:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal's budget office won't provide most of its records tied to the state's alternative fuel vehicle tax credit program and a controversial ruling about qualifying vehicles that was rescinded by the governor. A lawyer for the Division of Administration said records requested by The Associated... more »

• Faulty background checks hurting job hunters

  April 11, 2012 6:14 PM

  WASHINGTON - Consumer advocates say thousands of U.S. job hunters are losing out because employers use faulty background-check data drawn from shoddy records. They want the government to make sure people know what information prospective employers see so errors can be corrected and abusive companies can be held responsible. The... more »

• Missing medals? Contact the Natl. Personnel Records Ctr.

  December 14, 2011 5:09 PM

  If you feel that you or a loved one who served in the U. S. armed forces didn't receive all the medals they were due, you can request a records check from the National Personnel Record Center. Click on the link below to get started. National Personnel Record... more »

• State moves to revoke BR daycare's license

  November 29, 2011 12:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE - State regulators have moved to revoke the child care license of a Baton Rouge facility because of alleged falsified attendance records and inadequate supervision. Ruth Johnson, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, says the department issued the revocation notice last week against... more »

• Auditor: Jindal administration refusing records

  May 2, 2011 3:45 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera says Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration has refused to hand over some information about a proposal to hire a private company to run a state worker health insurance program. Purpera says without the information, his auditors can't determine whether the privatization would be... more »

• New Orleans records its 1st slaying of 2011

  January 2, 2011 11:32 AM

  NEW ORLEANS- New Orleans has recorded its first slaying of 2011. Police say a 21-year-old man was shot to death Sunday, shortly after midnight. The victim's name was being withheld pending notification of family. Officers found him lying in the doorway of a residence. He'd been shot... more »

• Aruba: Jawbone not that of Natalee Holloway

  November 23, 2010 11:21 AM

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The prosecutor's office in Aruba says a jawbone with a tooth recently found on a beach does not belong to missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway. The agency says that an analysis based on dental records rules out that the bone fragment came from her. It... more »

• Baker judge files suit in records request dispute

  November 12, 2010 12:15 PM

  BAKER – Kirk Williams, the city court judge who made headlines after recording a scuffle with another city official, has filed suit against the city of Baker demanding that they allow him to view public records he had asked to see in September. Mayor Harold Rideau and the city are... more »

• LSP investigating officials fighting over records request

  October 14, 2010 1:06 PM

  The Louisiana State Police have taken over an investigation into a scuffle between two officials in Baker, according to the city’s police chief. Chief Mike Knaps with the Baker Police Department said shortly after the incident last month his department asked LSP to investigate the complaint by Judge Kirk Williams.... more »

• State Workers Fired for Snooping on Idol Star

  September 9, 2010 7:40 PM

  Two Ohio public employees were fired for snooping into the records of homegrown "Americn Idol" runner-up Crystal Bowersox of Columbus. One faces a felony charge. The State Highway Patrol says the agency did an audit in May and found files on Bowersox were improperly accessed eight times. The audit was... more »

• Jailed psychiatrist pleads guilty

  August 20, 2010 5:22 AM

  A psychiatrist involved in two clinical trials evaluating the drug Paxil's safety and effectiveness in children and adolescents has pleaded guilty to 15 federal counts of failing to prepare and maintain records, with intent to defraud and mislead, in connection with those clinical trials. Dr. Maria Carmen Palazzo was a... more »

• Public business, private e-mail in Ouachita

  July 26, 2010 4:58 AM

  Many elected officials in Ouachita Parish use private e-mail accounts for public business. Attorneys for the Monroe City Council, Ouachita Parish Police Jury and West Monroe Board of Aldermen say that exempts many of their e-mails from state public records laws. The issue arose when The News-Star asked about e-mails... more »

• Addis continues murder investigation

  July 12, 2010 4:31 PM

  A man shot to death in his Addis home was hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. Police are trying to determine if that was a factor in 40-year-old Corey Kitts' death. Kitts was found shot to death Friday. An autopsy revealed he was shot three times in his... more »

• Ex-company officer charged with boosting books

  May 28, 2010 5:29 AM

  A former officer for a chain of orthodontic clinics has been charged with falsifying corporate records and lying to auditors. Bart Palmisano Jr. was chief financial officer of Orthodontic Centers of America Inc., which was once headquartered in Metairie. Prosecutors accuse him of artificially increasing the company's revenue and assets.... more »

• Bill opening up govenor's records heads to Senate

  May 26, 2010 3:04 PM

  A bill that would open more of the governor's records to the public, is headed to the Senate floor for debate. It would allow budget documents to be disclosed immediately rather than six months. It was also require the governor's records be saved and publicly archived after ten... more »

• Computers, records seized at ACORN offices

  November 6, 2009 1:27 PM

  State investigators are searching the New Orleans offices of the activist group ACORN in connection with embezzlement and tax fraud allegations. Assistant Attorney General David Caldwell said a warrant was obtained to seize computers, hard drives and other documents after ACORN attorneys said two unidentified former employees took computers and... more »

• Investigation Involves OLOL Patient Records

  August 27, 2009 5:01 PM

  A spokesperson for Our Lady of the Lake hospital says they're waiting on detectives to give them more information about a fraud investigation involving patient names. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office deputies say they found illegal credit cards and debit cards when they arrested Damian Raby. Raby worked... more »