• Local Briefs

• Higher oil prices fuel Gulf lease sale

• Local Briefs

• Casino revenue on a roll in 2010

• Entergy wants to keep options open on reactor

• Renting may resolve slow home sale

• Act gives homebuyers more time

• Be careful when taking from IRA

• BUSINESS PEOPLE

• BUSINESS PEOPLE

• BUSINESS PEOPLE

• Holt Cemetery in New Orleans clean up

• Small businesses along Bayou Road

• Purple martins roosting under the Causeway

• Ray Nagin administration inks 6-month extension to controversial MWH Americas contract 9:15 p.m. CT

• Jefferson Parish inspector general groundwork begins 11:45 p.m. CT

• State Rep. Kevin Pearson to hold town hall meeting Saturday 10:05 p.m. CT

• LSU to close Earl K. Long Medical Center in Baton Rouge 8:38 p.m. CT

• StoryCorps stops in New Orleans to record memories of ordinary people 8:07 p.m. CT

• NCAA Tournament: New Orleanian Danero Thomas' first winning shot one Murray State will remember always

• State Rep. Kevin Pearson to hold town hall meeting Saturday 10:05 p.m. CT

• St. Tammany Parish school system sets 2010-11 calendar; students to report to school Aug. 9 5:30 p.m. CT

• Tammany Politics: Slidell council members have their say on attorney general's opinion 4:45 p.m. CT

• Sole anti-gay protester outnumbered tops today's 'Louisiana roundup' 11:33 a.m. CT