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International Film Festival series begins

By Alice Womble
Contributing Writer
January 21, 2009

Journey across the Australian Outback, learn about the Bosnian conflict and experience the hardships of feminine emancipation with three award-winning international films.The International Film Festival...

Obama’s Day One: Church, then econ, war advisers – 11:20 a.m.

By Associated Press
January 21, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama stepped into the Oval Office for the first time as chief executive on Wednesday and summoned economic advisers and top military officials to separate meetings...

Enthusiastic crowds welcome Bush back to Texas – 10:50 a.m.

By Associated Press
January 21, 2009

WACO, Texas (AP) — After an enthusiastic welcome from thousands of cheering Texans in two cities, George W. Bush spent his first night out of office at his Crawford ranch. Before flying in a helicopter...

SG officials attend inauguration in Washington, D.C.

By Adam Duvernay
Staff Writer
January 21, 2009

Student Government President Colorado Robertson, standing in the Mall of the nation's capital with four fellow members of SG and more than a million other Americans, witnessed history being made Tuesday...

Mich. police: Boy, 8, spent 10 days with dead mom – 11 a.m.

By Associated Press
January 21, 2009

    ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — An 8-year-old boy lived for more than a week with the body of his dead mother before telling a concerned shopkeeper his mom was "in a better place," police said. Gaynell...

NY divers to resume search for US Airways engine – 11:10 a.m.

By Associated Press
January 21, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Divers plan to head back into the frigid, murky Hudson River to search for the left engine of the plane that safely splashed down last week. Police say the divers are expected to...

New act causing debate – 11:40 a.m.

By Joy Lukachick
Staff writer
January 21, 2009

A two-page document known as Act No. 473 is the cause of heated controversy throughout the state. The Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education passed 2008 legislation last Thursday allowing...

Kennedy released from hospital after seizure – 11:10 a.m.

By Associated Press
January 21, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has been released from the hospital after suffering a seizure during an inaugural luncheon. Kennedy's office confirmed that on Wednesday morning he left Washington...

University creates hurricane course – 10:50 a.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff writer
January 21, 2009

University budget cuts didn't prevent one course from being added to the curriculum — a 3000-level class on hurricanes. "I want to attract a large number of students from different backgrounds across...

New course helps with LSU’s ‘green’ campus

By Peter Hubbs
Contributing Writer
January 21, 2009

When Emily Neustrom and Alisha Andrews saw the LSU Green Campus Initiative's plans for a more environmentally sustainable university, they knew there must be a way to get students more involved. Neustrom,...

Students help community through Clinical Program

By Kristen Higdon
Contributing Writer
January 21, 2009

Twenty-one Paul M. Hebert Law Center students will get the opportunity to serve the less-fortunate members of their community while gaining crucial legal experience after participating in the Law Center's...

Obama honors King, calls nation to service

By
January 20, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — At the dawn of a new era in race and politics, President-elect Barack Obama practiced the age-old virtue of service on Monday and summoned memories of the Rev. Martin Luther King...