New Orleans Saints win the franchise’s first NFL Championship

MIAMI, Fla. — Who Dat won the Super Bowl? The New Orleans Saints, that's who.

Ain't kidding.

Put away those paper bags forever. Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallying to upset Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 Sunday night in one of pro football's most thrilling title games.

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Minden’s St. Jude Auction tops all previous years’ totals

Another chapter in a story of hope is in the record books. Minden’s St. Jude Auction topped all records this weekend with a grand total of $881,885, an increase of more than $5,600 over 2009.

Melissa Brown, who co-chaired the auction with Christie Ruple, said neither the economy nor loss of viewers during the Super Bowl kept them from surpassing last year’s total.

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Marine also arrested Thursday on warrant for desertion

Bossier City police were forced to shoot and kill a pit bull Friday as officers served an arrest warrant at a house in the 400 block of Kelly Street.

Officers went to the residence after receiving information that 20-year-old Larry Darnell Caldwell of Shreveport was there. Caldwell was wanted on a warrant charging him with armed robbery for robbery a man at gunpoint on the night of January 23, 2010 in the 1400 block of Traffic Street.

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A former Doyline resident who was arrested by Bossier City authorities on February 4 for terrorizing his ex-wife will face similar charges in Webster Parish.

David Allen Desadier, 39, who was living in the Lakewood subdivision in Bossier City at the time of his arrest, was arrested Thursday and charged with terrorizing, cyber stalking and improper telephone communication.

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