Duck boat tours in French Quarter face some opposition

Scott Satchfield / Eyewitness News

NEW ORLEANS – They’re known as “ducks” – tour vehicles that travel on land and water — and a local company wants to bring them to New Orleans. The amphibious tours are already common in other cities like Boston and Seattle, but some opponents don’t want them here.

Tuesday, representatives from New Orleans Steamboat Company and Gray Line Tours — which also operates the Steamboat Natchez — shared details of their plan before the Vieux Carre Commission.

“We’re real excited about it,” said company vice president Greg Hoffman. “We understand there are concerns and we have met with a variety of groups to see what the concerns are.”

The duck vehicles would take passengers onto Lake Ponchartrain via the Bonnabel boat launch, but the tours would begin and end in the French Quarter.

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Students Recount Experience During Oklahoma Tornado

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Published on May 21, 2013

Survivors discuss what happened to them during the storm.

Guilfoyle: Holder Justice Department Targeted FOX News Reporter’s Parent’s Home Phone

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Published on May 21, 2013

“Also, James Rosen, I emailed with him tonight and he told me that even his parents’ home phone records in Staten Island were taken. So when you talk about overreaching here… It’s an overreach.”

Newtown Bill Being Crafted in Secret

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A bill is being crafted in secret, according to the Hartford Courant, that would affect information connected to the Newtown shooting investigation. WTIC's Michael Guerrera reports...

IN AN UNORTHODOX MANNER, STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE STATE'S TOP PROSECUTOR AND GOVERNOR DANNEL MALLOY'S OFFICE MET WITH LAWMAKERS TO PUT TOGETHER LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW RECORDS LINKED TO THE NEWTOWN INVESTIGATION LIKE 9-1-1 CALLS, VICTIM PHOTOS AND POSSIBLY MORE TO BE WITHHELD FROM THE PUBLIC...THE LEGISLATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF A SPECIAL ACT RELATED SOLELY TO THE NEWTOWN SITUATION AND NOT A BLANKET AMENDMENT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT...A REPORT ON THE NEWTOWN INVESTIGATION IS EXPECTED FROM STATE POLICE IN JUNE.

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Anthony Weiner Launches Bid To Become NYC Mayor

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NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.

The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement late Tuesday that he's in the New York City mayoral race. He'd said last month he was considering it.

"I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down, but I also learned some tough lessons," he said in the video.

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At first I thought this said "Another Weiner..."

Miami cannibal victim 'grateful' for help a year after attack

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A homeless man who was left severely disfigured after his face was almost chewed off  in a random attack in Miami has said he is grateful to the people who have helped him recover.

Ronald Poppo, who was set upon by Rudy Eugene in a bizarre assault, appeared in good spirits when he was filmed this week, a year on from his ordeal.

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Facebook Use Falters Among Teens as Twitter Use Rises -- Pew

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Periodically, new research shows that use and consumer "engagement" with Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has fallen and is usually replaced by time people spend on some alternative social media. If all the research were accurate, put together it would paint a picture of Facebook's near-term demise. But Facebook, at least for the time being, is flourishing.

The latest data about Facebook use, particularly in contrast to Twitter, is from Pew Internet.

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Baton Rouge, LA: Man Clings to Hood of Truck | Pleads with Woman to Call the Police

Posted: May 18, 2013 5:43 PM by Troy Gaulden

BATON ROUGE, La. – A man pleaded for help after jumping on the hood of a moving truck on Coursey Blvd. after his sign was picked up, according to Baton Rouge Police Cpl. Tommy Stubbs.

Stubbs says the man was on Coursey selling shrimp when another man driving a pickup truck pulled over and picked up his sign.

When the man in the truck went to pull off with the sign, the man selling the shrimp jumped on the hood of the pickup.

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Gretna Man Says He Was Humiliated During Strip Search

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Did a search for illegal drugs in Jefferson Parish go too far??

A Gretna man claims he was strip searched and humiliated in front of neighbors.

Darian Trotter has details and what deputies have to say about the stop.

"I heard him hollering and screaming," witness Whitney Sylve said. "That's something I have never ever heard him do before."

Whitney Sylve is mortified after she says she saw her boyfriend and father of her two children strip-searched in public.

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AP CEO: Records Seizure ‘Unconstitutional’

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Published on May 19, 2013

The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government’s seizure of AP phone records was ‘unconstitutional’ and has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering. (May 19)