Richard Phillips ignored repeated warnings last spring to keep his freighter at least 600 miles off the African coast because of the heightened risk of attack, some members of his crew now allege.
On Jan. 1, 2010, Hezbollah and its de-facto ruler Iran could have a direct line to the Security Council and gain access to all the confidential information to which Security Council members are privy.
BOSSIER CITY - Bossier City has approved its controversial 2010 budget.
The new budget will eliminate 83 employee positions.
The Shreveport Times reports 45 of those positions come from the police and fire departments.
A doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from an overdose of a blood pressure drug in a salad, prosecutors say. The findings fueled opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew.
Iran released on Wednesday five British sailors who were detained last week when their 60-foot racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iran's Persian Gulf waters and was seized.
LOUISIANA - It appears fewer people are becoming sick with swine flu in Louisiana.
State health officials have noticed a decrease in the amount of people getting the H1N1 flu over the last few weeks.
Officials still want folks to stay healthy.
The trustworthiness of the scientific community's global warming data pool is being called into question as the scandal over doctored data continues to unfold.
"Ill kill all you bitches," Maurice Clemmons told workers trying to book him at Washington's Pierce County Jail in May after he punched a sheriff's deputy in the face.
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