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		<title>Robert Stevens Charged in Operation Illegal Motion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that ROBERT L. STEVENS, age 61, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was charged in a Bill of Information with conspiracy to use interstate facilities in aid of racketeering for allegedly accepting bribes from individuals with pending criminal charges in the Baton Rouge City Court, and then sharing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Streets Closing Wednesday for Movie Shoot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The area around the intersection of 3rd Street and Convention Street downtown will be closed to traffic for 12 hours on Wednesday, March 17, for the filming of the movie, “The Ledge.”
From 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Wednesday, police plan to close the section of 3rd Street between North Boulevard and Florida Boulevard, and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/16/downtown-streets-closing-wednesday-for-movie-shoot/</link>
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		<title>CREST and ORAL-B Invite Baton Rouge To Take the Better Check-Ups Challenge!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is your mouth ready for a makeover? If you answered YES, you could be
one of the first to take the Better Check Ups Challenge.
Crest and Oral-B are looking for Baton Rouge residents to take the
Better Check-Ups Challenge to help improve their oral health and
encourage others to do the same! We’ll select six challengers to
use the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/10/crest-and-oral-b-invite-baton-rouge-to-take-the-better-check-ups-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Baton Rouge Man Arrested on Bank Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced that TIMOTHY M. STRAIN, age  47, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was arrested today pursuant to a criminal complaint signed by U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Christine M. Noland charging STRAIN with mail fraud and bank fraud. The affidavit filed in support of the complaint alleges that STRAIN used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/10/baton-rouge-man-arrested-on-bank-fraud/</link>
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		<title>Troopers Remove Nearly 800 Pounds of Marijuana off the Street</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Troopers arrested two individuals Sunday morning, March 7, on two separate traffic stops for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana. The first traffic stop, shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Interstate 12 eastbound at LA 441, produced nearly 200 pounds of marijuana. Troopers stopped Aaron G. Major (W/M, age 38) of Concrete, WA driving a 2010 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/10/troopers-remove-nearly-800-pounds-of-marijuana-off-the-street/</link>
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		<title>BRAC Completes Regional Innovation Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) announced today the results of the regional innovation strategy it developed in order to create a culture that deeply fosters and supports entrepreneurship throughout the Capital Region. The strategy, which was created in collaboration with Louisiana Economic Development (LED), Louisiana State University (LSU), the Louisiana State University System Research [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/10/brac-completes-regional-innovation-strategy/</link>
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		<title>U.S. 190 Amite River Bridge Lane Closure Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The outside lane of U.S. 190 Eastbound at the Amite River Bridge will be closed on Thursday, March 11 and Friday, March 12 from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. each day to allow crews to make repairs to the temporary travel lane.
This closure will allow vehicles up to 11 feet wide to pass through the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/10/u-s-190-amite-river-bridge-lane-closure-update-2/</link>
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		<title>Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day Slated for Saturday, March 13</title>
		<description><![CDATA[East Baton Rouge Parish residents can drop off household hazardous materials for safe disposal at the upcoming Household Hazardous Materials Collection Day on Saturday, March 13 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
City-Parish Recycling Director Susan Hamilton emphasized that this event is only for the collection of residential hazardous materials, and will not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/05/household-hazardous-materials-collection-day-slated-for-saturday-march-13/</link>
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		<title>Michael Lee Pleads Guilty to Charges Relating to Operation Illegal Motion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that MICHAEL LEE, age 46, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge James Brady and pleaded guilty to charges contained in a corruption-related indictment (“corruption indictment”) and a firearm-related indictment (“firearm indictment”).
With regard to the corruption indictment, LEE pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/05/michael-lee-pleads-guilty-to-charges-relating-to-operation-illegal-motion/</link>
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		<title>EBR Sheriff&#8217;s Office Releases 2009 Crime Statistics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of major crimes reported by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office for 2009 increased by 188 incidents (2.12 %) when compared to 2008, according to the crime figures submitted to the FBI Uniform Reporting (UCR) program. (Major Crimes reported to UCR in 2008 were a 10.46% decrease when compared to 2007). Violent Crimes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/05/ebr-sheriffs-office-releases-2009-crime-statistics/</link>
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		<title>Student of the Year Finalists Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) released the names of 18 students selected as regional finalists in the state&#8217;s annual Student of the Year competition.  The 18 students selected include one 5th, 8th and 12th grader from each of the state&#8217;s six regions &#8211; and represent public and non-public elementary, middle and high schools [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/01/student-of-the-year-finalists-announced/</link>
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		<title>O&#8217;Neal Lane Widening Project lane closure update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northbound and southbound LA 3245 in Baton Rouge from I-12 to US 190 will be closed intermittently in both directions from Wednesday, March 3 to Friday, March 5. Lane closures will be allowed from 8:00pm to 5:00am the following day while crews install subsurface drainage under the existing roadway.
This closure will allow vehicles 12-feet wide [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.batonrougetoday.com/2010/03/01/oneal-lane-widening-project-lane-closure-update-2/</link>
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