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One decries 'dysfunction junction'; other rips 'smear campaign'

Jim Bunner waved to the camera, cellphone in one hand, KTTC-TV branded microphone in the other, his receding hairline bared to the Minnesota morning chill.

KATC reports that a giant alligator set up shop on the doorstep of a St. Martin Parish home.

Acrimonious to the end, the battle featured a climactic roll call that was interrupted several times by protesters in the Senate Gallery before Capitol Police removed them.

Zachary Burkey was last seen by his family on Sept. 16

He says he does not have authority to open such an inquiry, Fox 8 reports

Second shooting in same block in two months

It's moving north toward the Gulf Coast

Other holdups reported in St. Thomas, Plum Orchard areas

Violence reported in Michoud, Algiers, West Lake, Central City, New Orleans East