PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama pledged quick work Tuesday on an economic recovery plan to include tax cuts and increased federal spending, and told the nation's governors he wants...

The College of Basic Sciences will become the University's eighth residential college in fall 2009, housing 220 students in Evangeline Hall.Despite this semester's record number of applicants that forced...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two men have been arrested in connection with an alleged hazing incident involving the Southern University Band. East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputies arrested Harvey...

Students who enjoy complaining about unfair test grades or praising teachers for numerous extra credit opportunities can do so in a way that actually matters this week.As the semester comes to an end,...

The early bird catches the worm — or, in the case of Black Friday, the heavily discounted televisions, iPods and jeans. Those who braved the wind, rain and hordes of shoppers for the weekend-after-Thanksgiving...

Results from a National Retail Federation survey indicate shopping during the weekend following Thanksgiving Day increased 7.2 percent from last year's Thanksgiving weekend.Jim Richardson, economics professor,...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana hospitals have joined in what officials say is an unprecedented statewide organ donation campaign. At Opelousas General Health Services, a green box and red bow have...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Could two ingredients, one that adds a tart flavor to soft drinks and candy and another used in laundry detergent, become the next car fuel combinations of choice? A six-member...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. The NBER — a private, nonprofit research organization —...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The more Louisiana lawmakers talk about the state budget, the more it becomes clear a slew of them had very little idea what they approved in this year's nearly $30 billion...

Elizabeth T. H. "Terry" Fontham, dean of the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health, became the first non-physician elected president of the American Cancer Society on Nov 20. Fontham,...

CHICAGO (AP) — Barack Obama says the U.S.-Iraq security agreement approved by Iraq's parliament puts the U.S. on a "glide path" toward reducing forces there. As he named Robert Gates to continue...