Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. has received a 90-day extension from the Louisiana Gaming Control Board for February construction deadlines at both the Baton Rouge and Lake Charles riverboat casinos.After...

Barring potential heavy rains, the Student Government executive branch will hold its second session of "Straight Talk" with University students today from 11:30 to 2:00.When the second session was first...

The Women's and Gender Studies Program is having a lecture from its WGS Engendering Scholarship Lecture Series, called The Louisiana Poverty Initiative, today, from 4:40 p.m. to 6 p.m., in 129 Himes Hall. "The...

DENVER (AP) — Racing to reverse the country's economic spiral, President Obama signed a mammoth stimulus package into law Tuesday and readied a $50 billion rescue plan for Wednesday's announcement...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of thousands of Facebook users are protesting new policies that they say grant the social-networking site the ability to control their information forever, even after they cancel...

The fall 2008 Graduating Students Survey had an 83.6 percent response rate according to Sara Crow, career services assistant director of communications for Career Services. Of more than 1,500 respondents,...

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp., presenting a dire outlook for the future, said Tuesday it may need $30 billion in total government financing to weather the economic downturn and would cut 47,000...

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, racing to finish restructuring plans to present to the federal government, are unlikely to complete deals with debt holders and union workers...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is poised to sign into law the most sweeping economic package in decades, a rescue plan designed to create millions of jobs, spur consumer spending and revive...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has raised over $3.3 million for a re-election campaign in 2011. Jindal's campaign committee submitted required 2008 campaign finance documents on Tuesday. The...

The economic downturn is forcing more students to buy lower-priced food in a quest to save money. As a result, weight gain from the increased consumption of cheaper junk and fast foods is possible. "Research...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana gambling regulators have approved 90-day delays in the schedules for new casinos in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles. Officials of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. said that...