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Posted 10 minutes 57 seconds ago by Nick Caloway, KTBS 3 News
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Crews are battling a house fire in Shreveport this afternoon.

The blaze is at a home near the corner of Alabama and Greenwood Road.

KTBS has a crew at the scene and will bring you the latest as more information becomes available.

Posted 57 minutes 57 seconds ago by Sharon Fullilove, News Now
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The Veterans Day Parade at Bossier Parish Community College went off without a hitch this morning. 

Retired Air Force Colonel and BOssier City Mayor Lo Walker was there to show his support, as well as Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Command Sergeant Major Gary Littrell. 

Tune in tonight for KTBS 3 News at 6pm for the full story.

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Posted 1 hour 2 minutes 37 seconds ago by Associated Press reports
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President Barack Obama has made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation.  

His appeal came during a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday as the House began debating a bill to expand coverage to millions who lack it.  

Obama made his trip to the Capitol complex as abortion rights lawmakers voiced anger at a last-minute concession granted to foes of the procedure.

Tagged As: President Barack Obama, health care reform

Posted 1 hour 57 minutes 44 seconds ago by Associated Press reports
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned against putting the brakes on economic stimulus measures too quickly, saying that would weaken the economy.
  
In prepared remarks ahead of a Saturday news conference, Geithner says that "unemployment will rise, more businesses will fail, budget deficits will rise, and the ultimate cost of the crisis will be greater" if expansionary measures are stopped too soon.
  
Geithner says that U.S. job numbers out Friday showed it is still "a very tough economic environment."
  
He says that a statement from finance officials from the Group of 20 rich and emerging countries "reflects a very broad consensus that growth remains the dominant policy imperative across our economies."

Posted 2 hours 55 minutes 49 seconds ago by Associated Press reports
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Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, visited wounded soldiers and their families near the site of the worst mass shooting on an Army post in the United States.

The Bushes made their private visit to Fort Hood's Darnall Army Medical Center on Friday night. Bush spokesman David Sherzer said in an e-mail that the couple thanked Fort Hood's military leaders and hospital staff for the "amazing care they are providing."

An Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is accused of killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a shooting rampage Thursday at a Soldier Readiness Processing Center on the post.

Hasan was wounded by a civilian police officer and was taken into custody.

Tagged As: Fort Hood shooting, Former President Bush visits

Posted 3 hours 22 minutes 31 seconds ago by Sharon Fullilove, News Now
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KTBS crews are heading to Bossier Parish Community College for the Veterans Day Parade that starts at 10am.

Watch tonight for the full story on KTBS 3 News at 6.

Posted 3 hours 29 minutes 54 seconds ago by Nick Caloway, KTBS 3 News
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Veterans Day is still a few days away but that's not stopping local bikers from honoring those who serve, and have served.

The Veterans for Veterans biker event is being held today from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center on East Stoner Avenue in Shreveport.

The family-friendly motorcycle ride is free to the public, and has activities like a bike show, a silent auction, music by Marty Haggard, food and much more. There will also be a blood drive and flu shots available to veterans.

All of the money raised at the event goes toward the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center.

Several bikers also took time this morning to sit down with KTBS 3's Bob Griffin and discuss the event. O.B. Obryan says that veterans fought for the freedom Americans have today, and it's important to thank them whenever possible.

Tagged As: Veterans for Veterans biker event, Overton Brooks VA Medical Center, Veterans Day

Posted 4 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds ago by Nick Caloway, KTBS 3 News
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Officials with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development want to remind motorists that Highway 71 south of Elm Grove remains closed due to high water.

Drivers should use Highway 1 in Caddo Parish as a detour until flood waters recede and the road reopens.

Officials with the Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office say the flooded section of Hwy. 71 could be closed through the weekend.

Posted 4 hours 48 minutes 28 seconds ago by The Associated Press
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The Navy is commissioning its newest battleship with a bow forged from steel that once held up the World Trade Center.
  
The USS New York is to be placed in active military service during a ceremony on a Manhattan pier Saturday morning. Naval officials say the steel from the trade center attacked on 9/11 symbolizes that the United States will always persevere.
  
The $1 billion warship was built near New Orleans by workers who themselves survived Hurricane Katrina.
  
Just before the commissioning, a memorial to 9/11 heroes will be unveiled by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, New York Gov. David Paterson and Bill White, who's president of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

The memorial is also made of steel from the fallen trade center.

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Posted 5 hours 2 minutes 2 seconds ago by The Associated Press
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Several hundred people gathered at a base stadium where the Army's chief chaplain offered prayers for families and victims of the shooting rampage that left 13 dead and 30 wounded at Fort Hood, Texas.  

Chaplain Douglas Carver told those a the Friday night vigil -- many dressed in fatigues and black berets -- to "remember to keep breathing ... keep going."  

God Bless America and Amazing Grace were sung as husbands wrapped their arms around their wives, babies cried and old men in wheelchairs bowed their heads.

It was the first community gathering since the killings.

Tagged As: Ft. Hood, Texas shooting, vigil