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National Guardsmen and state troopers stop all traffic trying to enter the campus of Southern University at Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 17, 1972. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has issued an official apology for the deaths of two students who were shot by a law enforcement officer 50 years earlier during a protest at Southern University. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell, File)

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Louisiana governor apologizes for 1972 deaths of 2 students
By BATON ROUGE
Thu,11/17/22-5:26PM , 85 Reads
Louisiana's governor has issued an official apology for the deaths of two students who were shot by a law enforcement officer 50 years ago during a protest at Southern University.
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Attorney Richard Davis, left, of the Innocence Project New Orleans, stands next to Raymond Flanks outside the New Orleans criminal courthouse on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. A judge vacated Flanks' conviction in a 1983 murder and set him free, ending his nearly four decades in prison, after prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed that evidence favorable to him was withheld from his attorneys in the 1980s. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)

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Prosecutors, defense win freedom for man in 1983 killing
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,11/17/22-11:31AM , 106 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man who spent nearly four decades behind bars for a 1983 killing won his freedom Thursday after New Orleans prosecutors joined defense lawyers in asking to have his murder conviction overturned.
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Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett (13) looks to pass against Mississippi State during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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No. 1 Georgia closes SEC schedule at Kentucky
By JOHN ZENOR - AP Sports Writer
Thu,11/17/22-10:01AM , 93 Reads
A look at Week 12 in the Southeastern Conference:

GAME OF THE WEEK

No. 1 Georgia (10-0 7-0, No. 1 CFP) at Kentucky (6-4, 3-4)
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Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 5' game
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,11/16/22-10:46PM , 62 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:

6-1-2-7-2

(six, one, two, seven, two)

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