WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid the outpouring of inaugural joy over the racial progress represented by President Barack Obama, there was single, humorous mention of work still to be done. After the first...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is wearing a sparkling gold sheath dress with matching coat by Cuban-born American designer Isabel Toledo on the day her husband will be inaugurated as president. Barack...

Several on-campus professors have made special plans for today's inauguration of President Barack Obama.From ending classes early to holding classes viewing the inauguration to canceling classes to allow...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — High interest rates and uncertainty in the bond market have forced Woman's Hospital to halt construction of a new $350 million facility in Baton Rouge. Stan Shelton, senior...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As massive crowds swarmed the National Mall on Tuesday to witness Barack Obama's inauguration as president, the man at the center of the maelstrom began the day quietly and reverently,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials have begun closing entrances to the inauguration parade route because it is reaching capacity. Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said the entrance...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fears of a spreading global banking crisis weighed on Wall Street early Tuesday, sending stocks down sharply even as the market awaited the inauguration of President-elect Barack...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he left the White House for the last time, President George W. Bush blew a kiss out the window of his presidential limousine, a goodbye gesture at the closing of a two-term administration...

Six representatives of LSU Student Government flew to Washington D.C. earlier this week to take part in the inauguration ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama.Along with about 20 other members of the...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A professor of emergency medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is poised to become the new chancellor of the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. LSU...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal says he skipped the presidential inauguration ceremony because he doesn't like big crowds and prefers to watch it on television. Jindal said Tuesday that...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., battling a brain tumor, became ill at a post-inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama on Tuesday and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. There...