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Publication Notice: Daily Reveille will not print Monday after spring break

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April 11, 2009

The Daily Reveille will not print Monday, April 13.Print publication will resume Tuesday.Check lsureveille.com for continuing updates throughout the day.——Contact the Daily Reveille's news...

La. owed $472 million in back taxes

By Associated Press
April 11, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state's top tax collector says Louisiana is owed $472 million in delinquent taxes. Revenue Secretary Cynthia Bridges told lawmakers the figure Thursday during a budget...

As ER wait times grow, hospitals put them on Web

By Associated Press
April 11, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A quick check on the Internet could have avoided an 80-minute emergency room wait for a sick toddler. "Now that I know I can do that, I will," the child's grandmother, Michiko...

Obama twice approved force to rescue hostage

By Associated Press
April 11, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama twice authorized the military to rescue a U.S. captain who was being held by Somali pirates and whose life appeared to be at risk, administration officials...

Somali pirates vow retaliation after captain freed

By Associated Press
April 11, 2009

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali pirates on Monday vowed to retaliate for the deaths of three colleagues who were shot dead by U.S. Navy snipers hours before in a daring nighttime assault that freed...

Kidnapped US captain freed; snipers kill 3 pirates

By Associated Press
April 11, 2009

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Navy snipers on the fantail of a destroyer cut down three Somali pirates in a lifeboat and rescued an American sea captain in a surprise nighttime assault in choppy seas Easter...

Hurricane forecaster predicts average ’09 season – 10:30 a.m.

By The Associated Press
April 8, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The 2009 hurricane season will be less active than last year's flurry of storms, and there's less than a 50 percent chance that a hurricane will hit the southeastern U.S., a...

Law unclear on some types of stem cell research – 11:35 a.m.

By Associated Press
April 2, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The future of human embryonic stem cell research in Louisiana, where the Legislature has proven hostile to such work, may depend in large part on the interpretation of a state...

Obama pledges new US relations with Europe – 9:45 a.m.

By Associated Press
April 2, 2009

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Welcomed with thunderous cheers, President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to repair damaged relations with Europe, saying the world came together following the 2001 terrorist...

La. receives ‘A’ in classroom tech – 9:45 a.m.

By Associated Press
April 2, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state Department of Education says Louisiana earned high marks in two categories of education technology in a survey done by Education Week magazine. The state was one...

English villagers send Google snapper packing – 11:40 a.m.

By Associated Press
April 2, 2009

LONDON (AP) — You're never far from a camera in Britain, a country that has accepted the presence of millions of surveillance cameras in its streets, shopping centers and public spaces. But for the...

Jobless rate bolts to 8.5 percent, 663K jobs lost – 9:40 a.m.

By Associated Press
April 2, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 8.5 percent in March, the highest since late 1983, as a wide swath of employers eliminated 663,000 jobs. It's fresh evidence of the toll...