HEADLINES: Teachers arrested and protesting + Pink slips a-plenty

WORKERS FIRED: Verizon employees fired after Obama's cell phone records are breached (cnn.com)

TEACHER ARRESTED: Bossier teacher arrested for sex with teenager

HELP US!: SBC Teachers beg school board to help with discipline in schools (ktbs.com)

HIRING FREEZE: Governor Jindal freezes hiring for state government workers

GM SHUTDOWN: Local plant trims production and extends shutdown

PLANT CLOSES: International Paper in Bastrop closes doors, 550 out of work

UNEMPLOYMENT NATIONWIDE: Why unemployment could get worse (cnn.com)

FILM FOES: New studio in East U.S. could drive film projects away from the SBC (ktbs.com)

SICK KIDS: Children affected by Katrina called 'sickest ever' (msnbc.com)

SHALE EXPO: Friday night event in Shreveport draws hundreds

TURKEY TALK: Local casino donates turkeys

*** headlines taken from shreveporttimes.com unless otherwise noted ***