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Shaw Group to provide support to FEMA – 1:10 p.m.

By Associated Press
November 12, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Shaw Group Inc. said its Environmental & Infrastructure Group has won a task order to provide support for FEMA's Louisiana housing mission. The task order comes under...

Groups seek details of Jindal health plan – 1:20 p.m.

By Associated Press
November 12, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Doctor and hospital groups have filed public records requests, trying to get details about the Jindal administration's health care restructuring plan. The Louisiana chapter...

La. higher ed chief: rewards for graduation rates – 1:20 p.m.

By Associated Press
November 11, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ State funding for Louisiana's public universities should be based on graduation rates instead of enrollment rates, Commissioner of Higher Education Sally Clausen said Monday Clausen...

LSU-‘Bama ticket argument ends in stabbing – 12:30 p.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Contributing Writer
November 11, 2008

The Advocate reported a fight over LSU-Alabama football tickets resulted in the injury of one and the booking of another into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.Officers said a stabbing happened after the...

Alex Laney, art history senior, walks out of the Urban Outfitters in Perkins Rowe with bags in hand on Monday evening.

Analysts expect flat holiday sales

By Leslie Presnall
Staff Writer
November 11, 2008

As the holiday season approaches, shoppers can't help but notice the sale and clearance signs posted in store windows.But financial pressures may force consumers to be more conservative with their spending....

Troubled economy slows Holliday shoppers – 1:10 p.m.

By Associated Press
November 11, 2008

With the holiday season approaching, shoppers can't help but notice all the sale and clearance signs posted in store windows.Financial pressures are forcing consumers to be more conservative with their...

12 veterans inducted into Hall of Honor – 1:35 p.m.

By Associated Press
November 11, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Twelve veterans are going to be added to Louisiana's Veterans Hall of Honor as part of a series of Veterans Day events in the state's capital city. Governor Bobby Jindal plans...

Palin wouldn’t oppose seeking high office again – 1:40 p.m.

By Associated Press
November 11, 2008

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she wouldn't hesitate to run for the presidency in four years if it's God's will, even though she never thought Campaign 2008 would be "as brutal...

US attorney: Man pleads guilty to drug charges – 1:20 p.m.

By Associated Press
November 11, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Attorney David Dugas says a Canadian man has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and ecstasy. Prosecutors...

Panel tackles La. education problems

By Ben Bourgeois
Contributing Writer
November 11, 2008

Educators in Louisiana face problems with keeping up with national trends and behavioral issues among students in bringing the state up to speed.A panel of teachers and administrators tackled these problems...

Most in AP poll confident Obama will fix economy – 1:40 p.m.

By Associated Press
November 11, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of the economy's darkest hours in decades, it looks like people are taking Barack Obama up on his exhortations for hope and change. Seven in 10, or 72 percent, voice confidence...

AG’s office: Raid yields counterfeit items – 1:20 p.m.

By Associated Press
November 11, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Attorney General's office says it confiscated more than $500,000 in counterfeit purses, wallets, DVDs and CDs in a recent raid in Baton Rouge. The agency, in...