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Compromise outlaws practice in 13 months BATON ROUGE -- The long, controversial history of legal cockfighting will come to an end in Louisiana -- and the United States -- on Aug. 15, 2008, if Gov. Kathleen Blanco signs a bill sent to her by lawmakers Wednesday. The practice of pitting specially bred roosters in fight-to-the-death matches has been condemned for years by animal rights activists and others as cruel and barbaric. When New Mexico outlawed the events earlier this year, Louisiana was the only state in which it is allowed. That will remain the case for at least the next...