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Jack Montoucet, 78, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for conspiring to defraud the United States by soliciting and accepting kickbacks in return for awarding a state contract.
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A member of the Louisiana Tech faculty since 2013, Jamie Newman most recently served as the director of the School of Biological Sciences
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Faith Gremillion from the NELA Teachers Symposium joins Cory Crowe on Lagniappe.
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U.S. and Iranian negotiators met separately on Wednesday with Qatari and Pakistani mediators, with "positive progress made," and they agreed to continue discussions, host Qatar said.
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