NOLA.com - Sat Nov 28
Commercial images of joyful children opening gifts get nowhere near reality, said Times-Picayune Doll and Toy Fund Chairman Ronald McDonald, who started helping with the annual toy giveaway as a Boy Scout in the 1940s, handing out toys to children at the old Pelican Stadium on Tulane Avenue.
SPCA halting services in New Orleans in budget dispute with cityNOLA.com - Sat Nov 28
Kittens available for adoption peer out from a cage at an event sponsored by the Louisiana SPCA in 2008.
La. interstate crash kills 5; critically hurts 10Herald-Bulletin - Sat Nov 28
NEW ORLEANS, La. - A minivan packed with children blew a tire, clipped a delivery truck and rolled on a Louisiana interstate Saturday, killing five people and critically injuring another 10, state police said.
It's beginning to look a lot like ChristmasNOLA.com - Fri Nov 27
Joseph Parrozzo, 7, of Slidell, says he's not afraid of alligators unless they're real.
Education salaries grow $8 million under Paul PastorekTimes-Picayune - Fri Nov 27
Salary costs have jumped in Louisiana's education department, even as the number of full-time employees dropped, and the number of people drawing six-figure paychecks has more than doubled in the two years since Paul Pastorek took charge of the agency.
Budget-process restructuring ideas face substantial hurdles in New OrleansNOLA.com - Fri Nov 27
Near the end of his address to the New Orleans City Council a month ago detailing his budget proposals for 2010, Mayor Ray Nagin offered a "pledge" not to leave the city in as bad financial shape for his successor as he said he found it in when he took office in 2002, with only two days' cash reserve in the bank.
Your Daily Construction News SourceDaily Journal of Commerce - Thu Nov 26
A crane towers over the construction site for the Louisiana Cancer Research Center at Tulane and South Claiborne avenues in New Orleans.
NOPD Investigating Thanksgiving Eve Murder in AlgiersWGNO - Thu Nov 26
Members of the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the apparent shooting death of a 24-year-old local male and a 21-year-old local female whose names are being withheld pending notification of family members.
85-year-old New Orleans business closesThe Macon Telegraph - Thu Nov 26
Blumenthal Print Works Inc., a New Orleans textile company founded in 1924, has closed its doors after a federal bankruptcy judge this week ordered liquidation of the company's assets.
Man dead, woman injured in double shootingWWL-TV New Orleans - Thu Nov 26
NEW ORLEANS, La A double shooting on the West Bank left a man dead Wednesday night, according to NOPD spokeswoman Officer Shereese Harper.
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