Louisiana Katrina victims still awaiting cottages (AP via Yahoo! News)
Chris Cheramie isn't a Katrina victim, but he was surprised to learn he is the first person to occupy a home of a kind specifically designed to shelter Louisiana residents displaced by the storm.

Louisiana ex-fugitive pleads guilty in MN murder (Lexington Herald-Leader)
A Louisiana man who led authorities on a two-week search last summer has pleaded guilty in the strangulation death of a Minnesota woman. Jeremy Brooks, 27, accepted the plea deal Thursday in Wright County District Court. Brooks is expected to get a life sentence without parole for the death of 58-year-old Ruth Ouverson August 3, 2007, near Montrose. Before serving his Minnesota ...

Analyst improves 2Q forecast on Louisiana-Pacific (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
An analyst on Friday improved his second-quarter forecast for construction products maker Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Lehman Brothers analyst Peter Ruschmeier revised his projection to a loss of 33 cents from a loss of 38 cents per share.

Louisiana ex-fugitive pleads guilty in MN murder (The Bismarck Tribune)
BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) - A Louisiana man who led authorities on a two-week search last summer before being captured in North Dakota has pleaded guilty in the death of a Minnesota woman.

Louisiana Katrina victims still awaiting cottages (The Charlotte Observer)
Chris Cheramie isn't a Katrina victim, but he was surprised to learn he is the first person to occupy a home of a kind specifically designed to shelter Louisiana residents displaced by the storm. Cheramie unknowingly purchased a prototype of the Louisiana Cottage, a long-awaited alternative to the flimsy government-issued trailers that have housed tens of thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane ...