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Deal to Keep Saints in La. Sails Through Senate

Jun. 18, 2009
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Louisiana Senate has approved an essential part of Gov. Bobby Jindal's deal to keep the New Orleans Saints in the state.
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LOS ANGELES, June 27 (UPI) -- Republican activist Grover Norquist told the Los Angeles Times Friday that likely Democratic presidential nominee Barrack Obama is "John Kerry with a tan."

La. gov. signs chemical castration bill

BATON ROUGE, La., June 26 (UPI) -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a measure that would force convicted rapists and others to undergo chemical castration.

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NEW DELHI, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Indian newspapers Thursday hailed the election of Indian-American Bobby Jindal to a Louisiana Congressional seat, the second Indian to serve in Congress.

GOP's Jindal announces for Congress in La.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Republican Bobby Jindal said Thursday that he would be a candidate for Congress in Louisiana's open 1st Congressional District.

GOP's Jindal maintains lead in Louisiana

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Louisiana serial killer suspect named

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch