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WWL radio host Seth Dunlap fired amid NOPD extortion investigation A WWL radio host accused of sending a homophobic tweet aimed at himself from the station’s Twitter account has been fired. NEW ORLEANS — A WWL radio host accused of sending a homophobic tweet aimed at himself from the station’s Twitter account has been fired. Seth Dunlap’s lawyer said Saturday that the station asked him to resign last week and he refused, maintaining his innocence. According to Dunlap’s lawyer, the station fired him two days ago. The NOPD is looking into the allegations that the homophobic tweet sent from the...

NEWBURY, England -- World War I began as most wars do with patriotic fervor and predictions of a quick end. It lasted four years. While the match igniting the "war to end all wars" was lit by the assassination of Austria's Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, formal declarations of war occurred 100 years ago on July 28 (Austria declares war on Serbia) and Aug. 1 (Germany declares war on Russia, and Russia on Germany). Aug. 1, 1914 will be commemorated Sunday at a charity event to benefit current British war veterans at Highclere Castle, the site of the...

A New Orleans officer was shot and wounded while responding to a triple shooting in Marrero in which one person was critically wounded. The officer, Sam Palumbo Jr., was taken to the Charity Hospital Trauma Unit at Elmwood, where he was listed in stable condition. His wounds were not believed to be life-threatening, according to Assistant Chief Newell Norman of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. Police were responding to an 8:05 p.m. shooting in the 6700 block of Carver Drive in Marrero in which three people -- a father, son and daughter -- were wounded. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office...

Sheriff: Radio Host's Wife Killed In Professional HitMETAIRIE, La. -- A popular radio talk-show host was arrested Thursday and charged with killing his estranged wife, shooting her twice in the face, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee said. Lee said Vince Marinello, 69, surrendered to authorities and was booked into the Jefferson Parish jail in Gretna on second-degree murder charges. Marinello's wife, Mary Elizabeth Marinello, 45, was shot in the face on Aug. 31 in the parking lot of a building in the affluent Old Metairie neighborhood. She died the next day. Authorities said they initially thought the shooting was an...

Clear Channel, Entercom and Local Independent Stations Combine Resources to Provide Continuous Information to New Orleans and the Surrounding Area New Orleans, LA – September 2, 2005 – In response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the radio groups serving New Orleans and the surrounding area have come together to form the United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans. The United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans is a joint effort to provide the region with the most complete, reliable and consistent radio broadcast of emergency recovery and relief information. It is comprised of stations operated by Clear Channel Radio (NYSE: CCU),...