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NEW ORLEANS — Former Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Caroline Fayard didn't deny or apologize for caustic remarks about Republicans attributed to her in an account of a recent speech, but she didn't fully embrace them either in a Monday interview, saying she had no recording of her off-the-cuff remarks.

Four Republican Louisiana congressmen have backed a redistricting plan that would preserve two north Louisiana-based congressional districts, despite continued population loss in the area.

Attorney General Buddy Caldwell plans to switch from a Democrat to Republican this week, becoming the latest high-profile Louisiana defection to the GOP, people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

As 2010 comes to close, we look back at some of the year's top news stories with John Maginnis, of "LAPolitics.com".