(AP) — State Treasurer John Kennedy pushed Tuesday for a renovated public hospital in New Orleans, rather than construction of a new replacement facility, saying it would be cheaper to gut and rebuild...
NEW YORK (AP) — President Obama's decision to travel to Copenhagen to boost Chicago's chances of winning the 2016 Olympics has drawn criticism from some Republicans, who call it a boondoggle for...
(AP) — A member of the panel looking at ways to revamp Louisiana's public college systems questioned the state university budgeting formula, suggesting it may be shortchanging Southern University....
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Flood victims trudged through ankle-deep sludge to crowded relief centers in the Philippines on Tuesday, as the death toll rose to 246 from water that inundated the homes...
MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Sex in a Tufts University dorm is fine. Sex in a Tufts dorm with your roommate present? That's a no-no.This semester, the school has a new policy banning sexual activity while...
(AP) — Louisiana safety officials said Monday traffic deaths and injuries in Louisiana in 2008 took the sharpest decline in 15 years.In 2008, 913 people were killed in Louisiana traffic crashes,...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers pulled more bodies from swollen rivers Monday as residents started to dig out their homes from under carpets of mud after flooding left 140 people dead in the...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran tested its longest-range missiles Monday and warned they can reach any place that threatens the country, including Israel, parts of Europe and U.S. military bases in the...
PARIS (AP) — Was Roman Polanski "thrown to the lions because of ancient history?" That's what the French culture minister says — though not everyone in France agrees.
(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal returned Monday to the campaign fundraising trail, with three events scheduled in the Washington, D.C., area.Jindal's office said the governor was attending a Monday night...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bourbon Street — where Dixieland jazz competes with karaoke bars, rock ‘n' roll cover bands and strip club jukeboxes — is also one of the first places in America...
COPENHAGEN (AP) — President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail again.Obama is going to Copenhagen after all, joining first lady Michelle Obama to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics....
