NATION IN BRIEF : LOUSISANA : 27 Concert-Goers Hurt in Windstorm

High winds hurled debris and ripped down a stage where up to 10,000 people had gathered for an outdoor concert in Baton Rouge, La. At least 27 were injured on the grounds of the Centroplex, part of the city government building complex across the street from the Mississippi River levee. The sudden storm downed power lines and tree limbs across Baton Rouge, a police dispatcher said. In one neighborhood the bark from sycamore trees was literally ripped from the trunks and thrown onto the roofs of houses. About 25,000 people in New Orleans were without electricity for at least part of the evening, officials said.