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Doors Co-Founder + Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dead at 74
After a lengthy battle with bile duct cancer, Doors keyboardist and co-founder Ray Manzarek passed away today (May 20). He was 74 years old.
Lafayette News
Lafayette News
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Massive Tornado Destroys Area Near Oklahoma City; At Least 51 Killed [UPDATED]
An enormous tornado with a debris cloud two miles wide tore through the metropolitan area just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon.
UPDATE 9:28 p.m. EST: At least 51 people were killed in the storm, including seven children from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, according to KFOR in Oklahoma City. The news station reported that 75 student and staff were inside the school when the storm struck. Officials said Monday night that the search of the rubble remaining of the school had turned to a recovery mission.
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Golf Tournament To Benefit Children With Heart Defects
Yesterday Camp Bon Coeur was establihed in 1985 to give children with congenital heart defects a safe summer camp experience and the opportunity to meet other kids from across the country with similar health issues.
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19 Comeaux High School Students Arrested For Weekend Vandalism
Lafayette Parish School System administrators say the student violators will be charged with criminal trespassing and mischief.
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Bacon Bloody Mary, ‘Shaken, Not Stirred’
Yesterday . When I went to the fridge, there was no celery, or spiced beans. There's an old adage, "Ya' work with what ya' got."
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Mississippi Man Arrested In 51-Year-Old Alleged Murder Of Wife In Calcasieu Parish
73-year-old Felix Vail now sits in the Calcasieu Parish jail, accused of murdering his wife, Mary Horton Vail, in 1962.
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Justin Bieber Booed Upon Accepting Milestone Award at 2013 Billboard Music Awards
The 2013 Billboard Music Awards were bittersweet for Justin Bieber. He nabbed the coveted Milestone Award, but the crowd didn't make it easy for him to accept.
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UL Softball Blanks LSU, 1-0, Heads To Super Regionals
Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun softball team won the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional on Sunday, defeating the top-seeded LSU Tigers, 1-0 at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge.
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Crash Claims Life Of Off Duty Lafayette Police Officer
45-year-old Richard "Ricky" Rees, an off-duty Lafayette Police Lieutenant, has died in a single vehicle crash on La. Highway 3000 north of Interstate 10.
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Disney Glams Up Merida from ‘Brave,’ Fans Freak Out
Merida, the heroine from 'Brave,' was officially proclaimed the 11th Disney Princess. But instead of celebrating, people got angry.
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Waitress Gets Fired for Insulting Police on Facebook
Looks like someone didn't get the memo that what you post on Facebook can be seen by lots of people—and some of them may not like it very much.
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Former Cajun Farquhar Called Up to Big Leagues
Seattle calls up right hander