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By Leslie Williams, The Times-Picayune January 16, 2010, 12:25AM A 47-year-old New Orleans resident has been charged by a federal grand jury with threatening to kill President Barack Obama. A four-count indictment was issued

By The Times-Picayune January 14, 2010, 6:40PM Hubert Ellzey Jr. secretly bilked clients out of $777,000 before Hurricane Katrina put an end to his scheme. When the storm hit Aug. 29, 2005, all real estate closings in the New

Cybill Shepherd’s son was detained at Philadelphia International Airport early Tuesday morning after being accused of stealing from the carry-on luggage of two passengers, police said. A witness told authorities they...

By The Times-Picayune January 17, 2010, 9:21AM The New Orleans Police Department is investigating the apparent shooting death of an unidentified man Saturday night. The offense occurred around 11:45 p.m. in the 7800 block of

By Dave Walker, The Times-Picayune January 16, 2010, 5:00AM Hollywood — The Arizona Cardinals had made it a runaway against the Green Bay Packers, so there was plenty of down time for chat on the Fox-lot studio set of...

By Jarvis Deberry January 16, 2010, 5:55AM The movement to discredit Warren Riley continues. Wednesday, on just the 13th day of 2010, New Orleans recorded its 10th homicide. On Thursday, two New Orleans police officers were...

By Laura Maggi, The Times-Picayune January 15, 2010, 4:00PM 11wbshepherd4Susan Poag / The Times-PicayuneAs his attorney John Reed, his mother Margie H. Richardson and father Eddie Shepherd stand by his side,State Sen. Derrick

By Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune January 15, 2010, 3:19PM Jefferson Parish authorities arrested a two men and a woman for allegedly running a pair of Metairie motels as “houses of ill repute.” Manhesh...

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 The Sturgis woman who prosecutors say was arrested with a blood-alcohol level almost nine times the legal driving limit, has pleaded not guilty in Sturgis to driving under the influence. Marguerite

By Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune January 10, 2010, 8:00AM warren_riley.JPGMatthew Hinton / The Times-PicayuneNew Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley made the allegation against City Councilwoman Stacy Head in an

By Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune January 09, 2010, 1:04PM Prosecutors have dropped a criminal case against an investigator for the Orleans Parish Public Defenders Office, months after a dramatic court hearing in which she...

by: Nora Gasparian Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen was arrested on Christmas Day after cops in Aspen, Colorado received a phone call from his wife Brooke Mueller claiming that he had allegedly hit her. When police officers...

By Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune January 08, 2010, 10:07PM Three people, including a brother and sister, were fatally shot and another woman critically wounded late Thursday night in a home invasion in the St. Roch...

Raping boy brings 38-year sentence for Marrero man By Times-Picayune Staff January 08, 2010, 3:00AM A Marrero man, acquitted last year of raping a girl and convicted in another case of sexually abusing an 8-year-old boy, was

Three people dead, one wounded in overnight New Orleans shooting By The Times-Picayune January 08, 2010, 6:00AM nopd-badge.jpg An overnight shooting left two young women and one young man dead, according to the New Orleans...

New Orleans mayoral candidates tackle crime at debate By Brendan McCarthy, The Times-Picayune January 08, 2010, 7:44AM mayoral-forum-january.JPGTed Jackson / The Times-PicayuneNew Orleans mayoral candidates, from left, Rob...

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By The Associated Press January 07, 2010, 6:50AM Louisiana will conduct its first execution since 2002 when convicted killer Gerald Bordelon is put to death today by injection for murdering his 12-year-old stepdaughter. State