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Rukeyser has cancer, says he will return

NEW YORK - CNBC financial anchor Louis Rukeyser, who has been away on medical leave since last fall, has cancer but has promised a return to his weekly business show.

Rukeyser said he underwent back surgery last fall to relieve persistent pain, but when the pain didn't go away, he went back for a checkup and a low-grade malignancy was discovered.

Rukeyser said his doctors have advised him not to go back to work for several months.

His weekly business report, Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street, airs Friday nights on the cable channel. CNBC anchors have been filling in for him since his last appearance on Oct. 31.

Rukeyser's show, a longtime staple on PBS before he jumped to CNBC, is also shown on more than 180 public TV stations.

NEW ORLEANS - Four teenagers are accused of killing a man as he left the city's annual jazz festival, the second shooting death in three months at a major New Orleans tourist event, police said Monday.

Police said the four teens demanded money from Daniel Breaux, 57, as he walked to his car Saturday after the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, then shot him in the head as he continued walking.

The 14-year-old accused gunman, two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old, were booked on first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery charges, police said. Their names were not released because of their ages.

A juvenile court hearing was scheduled for today.

In February, a woman was shot and killed by a stray bullet amid the huge crowds of a Mardi Gras parade. Four people, including three teenagers, are charged in that death.

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