ANGOLA - A prison inmate tried to escape from Angola State Penitentiary Sunday.
Roy McLaughlin made a run for it while working in the exercise yard.
Prison officials say he escaped through razor wire by using his jumpsuit and restraints.
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Authorities released the name of the Navy pilot still missing following a plane crash in Lake Pontchartrain.
Lieutenant Clinton Wermers is presumed dead.
The Coast Guard called off the search Monday.
Authorities in central New Jersey have seized a cache of weapons and ammunition including rifles, a grenade launcher and a night vision scope from the motel room of a Virginia man.
The fourth wife of former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson was sure her husband would kill her, even telling a neighbor days before her disappearance in 2007 that "I'm already dead," according to testimony at a hearing on Monday.
Thousands of Louisiana patients can breathe a little easier tonight.
That is because an agreement between the state's biggest insurer and the biggest private hospital has been reached.
The agreement between Blue Cross Blue Shield of L
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints will head to the Super Bowl for the first time ever in franchise history after an overtime win over the Vikings Sunday night.
They will meet the Indianapolis Colts who defeated the New York Jets over on Sunday
Former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother was arrested Sunday in connection with the death of their father, who was found unresponsive inside the family's home, MyFoxBoston.com reported.
Iran's postelection unrest is a "full-blown human rights crisis," a watchdog group said Sunday, calling on Tehran to free government critics detained during the crackdown.
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