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By Joan Gralla (Reuters) - While Pennsylvania, northwestern Louisiana and gas-rich areas around the Gulf of Mexico are losing jobs and revenue as the fracking industry shrinks after a price collapse, oil-rich North Dakota and Texas are in the midst of a boom. Other winners in the fracking lottery include central and southern Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio and Wyoming, where the economy is expanding and revenues are climbing.

The Louisiana Tigerettes are examples of how effective exercise can be in warding off the aging process

* Three killed in South Carolina - report * Possible tornadoes in Louisiana [More]

By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Slow-moving Tropical Storm Lee brought torrential rains to the Louisiana coast on Saturday as the heart of the storm neared New Orleans, where flood defenses were expected to be put to the test. The storm was expected to bring up to 20 inches (51 cm) of rain to southeast Louisiana over the next few days, including to New Orleans, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the U.S. [More]

Nearly 200 Kemp's ridley ( Lepidochelys kempii ), green ( Chelonia mydas ) and loggerhead ( Caretta caretta ) sea turtles washed up along the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coasts in April, the most deaths in one month since record keeping began in 1986. And 100 green sea turtles were found dead on the coast of Uruguay in the first three months of this year.

Recent media attention to coyotes snatching up and eating pets in New Orleans has highlighted spring flooding as the possible culprit. While flooding may be playing a minor role, it's really Hurricane Katrina that is to blame, according Kenny Ribbeck, chief of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' wildlife division. [More]

For many Americans, New Orleans and Mardi Gras are near synonymous -- and last year’s Carnival marked a 25-year high in partygoers visiting the Big Easy.