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SBA declines 70 percent of Louisiana businesses applying for oil spill loans, state complains
State asks SBA to follow precedent it used in Exxon Valdez spill

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Drilling ban is overturned by court in La.
A federal judge undercut a central part of the administration’s response to the Gulf oil spill with the ruling. Read more…

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Law Would Offer Government PCs to Small Businesses
Two U.S. senators introduced a bill aimed at helping small businesses access broadband services. Small business – Personal computer – Business – Business and Economy – Internet service provider

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Judge to rule on deep-water drilling moratorium
The oil industry and Louisiana officials support a lawsuit challenging the restrictions, saying they will cause more economic pain for gulf states already reeling from the spill fallout. Inside New Orleans’ federal courthouse Monday, a judge was deliberating the points of law that could determine the fate of the Obama administration’s six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling .

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Oil firms challenge U.S. deepwater drilling ban
Oil services companies went to court on Monday seeking to overturn President Barack Obama’s six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico after the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

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U.S. Senators call for Barack Obama to bring in Navy to battle oil spill
Two senators wrote a letter to President Barack Obama on Sunday arguing it’s time to bring in the Navy to attack the two-month-old Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Susan Poag / The Times-Picayune archiveRep. Anh ‘Joseph’ Cao, R-New Orleans, proposed a…

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Undercurrent of Gulf oil crisis is comparison to Hurricane Katrina
WASHINGTON Sen. Mary Landrieu felt an ugly sense of deja vu. Her home state, Louisiana, was experiencing a catastrophe and the president was slowly and clumsily responding.

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Street musicians in Quarter asked to tone it down
NEW ORLENS - A favorite attraction or blatant violation? When it comes to music in the French Quarter, the answer all depends on whom you ask. In the midst of the oil disaster dealing a serious blow to New Orleans tourism, some are worried little known ordinances could hurt the city’s ambiance even more. The physical charm of the French Quarter often feels empty without that famed soundtrack …

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Factbox: Lawmakers’ reaction to Obama speech
President Barack Obama on Tuesday laid out a plan to “battle” BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as he sought to assure American he is in command of the crisis.

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Lift the deepwater moratorium
Lafayette leaders are mobilizing against the sixth-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, which is among President Barack Obama’s responses to the BP Deepwater Horizon spill. Before the president addressed the nation Tuesday, the City-Parish Council was considering a resolution against the moratorium. The Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce has revived its Energy Division and hopes to bring …

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