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  • A Close Look At Your Bills' 'Fine Print'
    In his new book, The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind, author David Cay Johnston examines the fees that companies have added over the years that have made bills incrementally larger. He tells Fresh Air that companies are misusing language to "confuse people."
  • Exploratory well into sinkhole almost complete
    Officials say they are one step closer to figuring out the cause behind the massive sinkhole that has been plaguing Assumption Parish for over a…
  • Louisiana has $130M left over from last year
    The Legislature's chief economist says Louisiana closed the last fiscal year with a surplus of $180 million.Greg Albrecht gave the news to the state…
  • The Four Seasons resort on Lanai. Software mogul Larry Ellison recently bought virtually the entire Hawaiian island.
    You Can Buy An Island, But Can You Really Own It?
    Software mogul Larry Ellison, who recently purchased the Hawaiian island of Lanai, is finding out that owning an island is not all Mai Tais and hammocks. Along with the island, Ellison bought a relationship with the 3,000 people who live there.
  • Toddler injured in Metairie hit-and-run
    A 32-year-old was arrested Wednesday night after a 2-year-year-old girl was injured in a hit-and-run accident, Jefferson Parish authorities say.The…
  • Central City shooting leaves one dead, two wounded
    A triple shooting in the Central City neighborhood Wednesday night left a 25-year-old man dead and two male teenagers wounded, police say.The…
  • The artificial cave built for bats in Tennessee has a human entrance below and a bat entrance above. In the summer, any fungus left by the bats over the winter will be cleaned up.
    Man-Made Cave Built To Shelter Bats From Infection
    The artificial cave could house hundreds of thousands of bats, helping them escape a devastating infection called white-nose syndrome. As bats continue to die off, scientists are seeking quick and effective ways to protect them from an invasive fungus that grows naturally in caves.
  • Egyptians destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Sept. 11, during a protest over the film that insulted the Prophet Muhammad.
    Mideast Violence Prompts Calls For New U.S. Policy
    Recent anti-American protests in the Middle East have stoked debate over what the U.S. role in the region should be. The Obama administration says the U.S. will continue to engage with new political movements in the region. Some argue for more concrete goals.
  • Man convicted in New Orleans of child sex trafficking
    A Florida man has been convicted by a federal jury in New Orleans of child sex trafficking charges.Thirty-year-old Benson December Coriolant, of Orlando,…
  • Mitt Romney speaks in Miami on Wednesday.
    Parties Debate Meaning, Value Of 'Redistribution'
    Mitt Romney's campaign is calling President Obama a redistributionist as a way to change the "47 percent" discussion. But in fact, taking from some and giving to others is a concept long enshrined in the nation's tax code.
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