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CNBC's Brian Shactman takes a look at what has changed since New Orleans last hosted the Super Bowl in 2002.
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NEW YORK-- NBC News President Steve Capus, who presided over years of strong ratings at the news division and expanded digital offerings but was hurt by the downfall of the "Today" show, said Friday that he was resigning.
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NEW ORLEANS-- Tidewater Inc., which operates an offshore drilling fleet, said on Friday that its third-quarter net income fell 12 percent because of special charges. The company earned $29.9 million, or 61 cents per share, for the quarter that ended Dec. 31. That was down from $34.1 million, or 67 cents per share, during the same period a year earlier.
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NEW ORLEANS-- So much for labor peace in the NFL. Smith began by threatening to file a grievance if the NFL refuses to institute a system to verify the credentials of all medical personnel on the 32 teams.
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WASHINGTON-- Curbing guns can't ensure an end to mass slayings like December's killings of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Conn., but it will reduce firearm deaths, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday.
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It's early on in the Arizona legislative session, but so far the proposals described by one top Republican as "esoteric" and criticized by Democrats as unconstitutional have dominated the headlines _ despite promises from GOP leaders to focus on top-tier issues such as balancing the state budget and improving education.
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CNBC's Brian Shactman takes a look at what has changed since New Orleans last hosted the Super Bowl in 2002.
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HOUSTON, Feb 1- As J. Wayne Leonard retires from the ranks of U.S. electric utility executives, the former chairman of New Orleans- based Entergy Corp said he will continue to push the industry and the nation to combat climate change.
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Jan 31- Over 330,000 homes and businesses were without power mostly in the U.S. On Wednesday, the thunderstorms moved from West to East and stretched from Louisiana to New York. The National Weather Service issued tornado watches across the Southeast.
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Jan 30- Almost 60,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Eastern United States Wednesday afternoon as a long line of thunderstorms crossed the nation, power companies said. The thunderstorms were moving from west to east and stretched from Louisiana to New York. The National Weather Service issued tornado watches across the Southeast.
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Jan 30- More than 60,000 homes and businesses were without power from the Gulf Coast to Ohio Wednesday morning as a long line of thunderstorms crossed the United States, power companies said. The thunderstorms stretched from Louisiana to New York and caused tornado watches across the Southeast. The following is a list of some of the hardest hit utilities.
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NEW YORK-- Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor warned Tuesday against a rush to judgment in a New York gun ownership dispute, citing the recent killings of 20 Connecticut schoolchildren and six educators. The three-judge panel is considering the federal rights of a man who was denied a gun permit in New York after he moved from New York to Louisiana.
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A U.S. judge accepted an agreement by BP to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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"In the fourth quarter of 2012, we replaced all imported light foreign crude oils with cheaper domestic crude oils at our Gulf Coast and Memphis refineries," said Valero Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Klesse in a statement.
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*Gold on track for strongest performance since July 2010. Mint resumed sales after huge demand triggered a brief suspension, and gold coins also posted their best performance since July 2010. "Not only do we have clients calling in, they are buying in huge quantities," said David Beahm, vice president of Blanchard& Co, a New Orleans- based retail coin dealer.
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*BP still faces civil penalties and state claims. *BP has 60 days to submit remedial plan to U.S. authorities. Jan 29- A U.S. judge accepted an agreement by BP Plc to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.
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*Gold on track for strongest performance since July 2010. Mint resumed sales after huge demand triggered a brief suspension, and gold coins also posted their best performance since July 2010. "Not only do we have clients calling in, they are buying in huge quantities," said David Beahm, vice president of Blanchard& Co, a New Orleans- based retail coin dealer.
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TOPEKA, Kan.-- Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan told legislators Tuesday that Kansas must further reduce individual income tax rates to remain economically competitive, but he faced questions about whether it's fair to the poor to offset those cuts by scrapping deductions for homeowners and raising additional sales tax revenues.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 29- California's governor is betting the wealthy will grow wealthier still to help right his state's finances, a wager that is expected to help the budget in the short term, but leaves it at risk of a revenue slump if assets such as stocks lose value.
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NEW ORLEANS-- New Orleans Saints spokesman Greg Bensel says general manager Mickey Loomis has a contract that runs through 2017.. He returned to work last week after serving a full-season suspension in connection with the NFL's bounty probe of the Saints.
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa, a California Republican, and ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings of Maryland asked Smith to turn over documents connected to HGH negotiations between the NFL and the NFLPA.