Although the University is being forced to tighten its budget, three new deans will be added to the payroll this summer, pending the Board of Supervisors' approval Thursday.Astrid Merget, provost and executive...
LSU junior wide receiver Brandon LaFell has withdrawn his name from the NFL draft, the Athletic Department announced Sunday.
LaFell declared for the draft Thursday, which was the deadline for underclassmen...
LSU coach Les Miles welcomed his new defensive staff in a press conference today, and he said he was very excited to have such well-respected and experienced coaches to work with next season."I looked...
NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators brought in a giant crane, divers and a barge Friday to help pull a US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River, as many of the 155 people aboard recounted survivor stories...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says it will provide a $1.5 billion loan to the auto financing arm of Chrysler LLC.
The Treasury Department says the new aid will be in addition to a package of loans...
Chancellor Michael Martin announced in a broadcast e-mail Friday the LSU System — which includes the University and 10 other institutions — faces a "substantial cut in state funding for the...
The stately oaks that grace campus, the luring glow of purple and gold and the strength of the "Fighting Tigers" are being bottled up into two high-end fragrances for students, alumni and die-hard fans...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next secretary of state, with lawmakers saying they were hopeful...
A donkey-pulled plow broke ground on the site for a new visitor center at the LSU Rural Life Museum on Wednesday. The unconventional method is appropriate only for a museum meant to "preserve the past...
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A peanut butter maker that sells bulk supplies to institutions issued a nationwide recall as officials on Wednesday reported two more deaths associated with a salmonella outbreak.Lynchburg-based...
As the nation's unemployment rate increased to 7.2 percent in December, the highest level in 16 years, something more unusual spiked when the economy slumped — library usage.More Americans visited...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Ten public schools in Baton Rouge and Shreveport will be taken over by the state in July because of their poor performance.
A sharply-divided state education board gave final...
