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Initial jobless claims drop a bit in Louisiana – 5:45 p.m.

By Associated Press
March 6, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Initial claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana decreased to about 3,500 for the week ending Feb. 28. That's according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The previous...

3 dead in accident near Southeastern La. Univ. – 5:45 p.m.

By Associated Press
March 6, 2009

HAMMOND, La. (AP) — A drunken driver struck and killed three pedestrians and injured two others after he apparently ran off a road early Friday and then fled the accident scene near Southeastern...

Bill to allow concealed guns on campus revived – 10:25 a.m.

By Associated Press
March 6, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A debate about whether to allow concealed handguns on Louisiana's college campuses will be revived when lawmakers return for a regular session in April. The sponsor of the...

Clinton predicts new arms treaty by year’s end – 3:10 p.m.

By Associated Press
March 6, 2009

GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton predicted on Friday that the United States and Russia will complete a new strategic arms reduction treaty by the end of this year and...

Clinton faces first diplomatic test with Russian – 10:30 a.m.

By Associated Press
March 6, 2009

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she is hopeful that her first discussion with her Russian counterpart will open a new page in U.S.-Russian relations...

Cabinet pledges faster relief

By The Associated Press
March 5, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Disturbed by what they saw on a bus ride through a city still bearing Hurricane Katrina's scars, two members of President Obama's cabinet pledged Thursday to speed the pace of...

Noted mathematician lectures

By Kimberly Brown
Contributing Writer
March 5, 2009

About 15 University students and professors crowded into a Lockett Hall classroom Thursday evening to watch and listen as Stephen Sawin, professor and notable mathematician at Fairfield University, lecture...

Calif. Supreme Court weighs same-sex marriage ban

By The Associated Press
March 5, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)   As thousands demonstrated outside, California Supreme Court justices weighed Thursday whether voters‘ decision to ban same-sex marriage was a denial of fundamental...

President Obama

Obama welcomes allies, skeptics to health summit

By The Associated Press
March 5, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pumped health care allies and skeptics alike for ways to overhaul the nation's costly and frustrating system Thursday and heard only applause and agreement...

Design college associate dean leaving for Delaware

By The Associated Press
March 5, 2009

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Delaware College of Art and Design has picked an associate dean from Louisiana State University as its next president.Stuart Baron will start this summer at the college...

Studies show virginity pledges do not work

By Natalie Roy
Contributing Writer
March 5, 2009

Virginity pledges advocating abstinence as the best form of protection have become a trend among young adults for personal or religious reasons. But recent studies may have abstinent teens thinking twice...

International cultural center repairs to begin in May

By Xerxes Wilson
Contributing Writer
March 5, 2009

More than six months after Hurricane Gustav, the International Cultural Center is finally on track to begin repairs in May.Though repairs have not been made six months after the storm, Maureen Hewitt,...