NewOrleans.Com Your Guide for New Orleans hotels, New Orleans Travel,New Orleans restaurants, New Orleans Attractions, A Great Source For New Orleans Locals. In Dept guide to whats going on In New Orleans http://www.neworleans.com/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:37 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.neworleans.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.neworleans.com/ NewOrleans.Com Your Guide for New Orleans hotels, New Orleans Travel,New Orleans restaurants, New Orleans Attractions, A Great Source For New Orleans Locals. In Dept guide to whats going on In New Orleans http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266843-.html BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Students barricaded themselves inside buildings on University of California campuses to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees and budget cuts that have led to slashed programs and lost jobs. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:17:31 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266842-.html MIAMI (AP) - The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13½ years in prison by a federal judge. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:17:23 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266841-.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:17:20 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266820-.html MIAMI (AP) - The ringleader of a group of men convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices has been sentenced to 13½ years in prison. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:02:16 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266799-.html SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - Two former Pennsylvania judges accused of taking kickbacks to supply private detention facilities with juveniles have been granted partial immunity from civil liability. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:47:18 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266800-.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The decision to move Johannes Mehserle's trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit officer charged with killing an unarmed man on New Year's Day. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:47:18 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266801-.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The decision to move Johannes Mehserle's trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit officer charged with killing an unarmed man on New Year's Day. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:47:18 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266798-.html Several doctors groups and advocacy groups set guidelines for cancer screening, and they update that advice periodically as new information emerges. Sometimes they agree, sometimes they don't. Last year, a number of groups got together and issued consensus guidelines for colon cancer. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:47:02 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266768-.html COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:27 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266742-.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio's new lethal-injection plan is so untested it would amount to human experimentation if used for the first time next month. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:16:53 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266741-.html MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Choppers and cheese may soon become official Wisconsin symbols. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:16:48 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266740-.html BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) - The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:16:46 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266711-.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there's no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47:12 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266710-.html SAN ANTONIO (AP) - An attorney for the Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:53 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266709-.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there's no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:47 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266707-.html SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 17-year-old Mexican immigrant has pleaded guilty in San Diego to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in July. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:44 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266708-.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:44 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266690-.html SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty in the murder of a Border Patrol agent shot eight times in head, neck and torso in July. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:32:24 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266691-.html NEW YORK (AP) - Whether he's planning another run for the White House or a bid for senator or governor, or he just misses the spotlight, Rudy Giuliani is suddenly back and talking about the topic that made him a national star - Sept. 11. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:32:24 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266672-.html SAN DIEGO (AP) - Teenager pleads guilty to murdering Border Patrol agent shot 4 times in head in July Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:17:02 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266649-.html SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) - The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Friday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:01:44 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266639-.html NEW YORK (AP) - A prison system official says a New York City man is free after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:03 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266623-.html ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:05 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266622-.html NIKISKI, Alaska (AP) - Norm Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves against their government. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:03 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/news/national-news/266607-.html PHOENIX (AP) - A 2-year-old boy dragged a 1-year-old Arizona girl Friday from a house fire that killed her mother and injured two other adults, authorities said. Associated Press Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:17:13 +0000