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After the nearby charity hospital, Earl K. Long, was shut down, Baton Rouge General’s Mid-City Emergency Room took on more patients. And, in 2013, LSU…

"C," by Tom McCarthy, was expected to win the award, which is one of the most-prestigious in letters. It comes with an almost-$80,000 cash prize.

For 48 years, Captain Fatty Goodlander has lived aboard a sailboat exploring the world's high seas. This summer, he will send regular dispatches from his 38-foot cutter as he sails through Southeast Asia.

A Maine bakery sold its own version of cronuts, the croissant-doughnut hybrids, which it called crauxnuts. But the cronut creator sent a letter saying the name was trademarked, no matter the spelling.

A postcard stuffed into a beer bottle was thrown into the water in 1913. It was pulled out of the water last month, and it's thought to be the world's oldest message in a bottle.

Right now in Texas, more than 6 million people are under flash flood alerts.

Jerry Herman is the composer and lyricist for the musical Mame, which opened on Broadway in 1966. A 40th-anniversary production is playing at the Kennedy Center with Christine Baranski as Mame.

It comes as no surprise to New Yorkers that some of the best food in the city is served on its sidewalks.

Oil and natural gas dominate the economy of Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish, but fishing is its heart and soul. During an October visit, Motivatit Seafoods was silent in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Now the clank and clatter of seafood processing has resumed.

The film adaptation of Christopher Buckley's 1994 satirical novel Thank You for Smoking is about to hit the big screen. He talks with Liane Hansen about the movie from a smoke-filled bar in Washington, D.C.