LSU (5-1) ranked No. 13 in the first BCS rankings of the 2008 season announced on Sunday. Texas (7-0), Alabama (7-0) and Penn State (8-0) opened the rankings at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Oklahoma...

Chris Fogleman is a Republican. His parents are Republicans, and he plans to vote Republican in the presidential election."I don't think [having Republican parents] is my sole reason for being Republican,"...

Law students will have the opportunity this spring to take a one-hour class taught by a former White House staff member. The two-week course offered at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center is titled, "The Supreme...

LSU (11-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) extended its home unbeaten streak to 17 games Friday night with a 1-0 victory against Vanderbilt (8-6-1, 2-5-0). The streak dates back to the 2006 season. The Tigers'...

LSU volleyball coach Fran Flory won the 300th game of her career Friday night as the Tigers defeated Mississippi State, 3-1 (25-18, 20-25, 26-24, 25-15), in Starksville, Miss. "I'm very proud ofthe way...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Democrat Mary Landrieu has expanded her fundraising lead in her U.S. Senate re-election campaign, with nearly twice as much money in the bank as her challenger, Republican...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Senate candidate John Kennedy isn't losing the advertising support of national Republicans after all. The National Republican Senatorial Committee reversed course...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Subterranean termites that have infested New Orleans since World War II may be a much bigger threat to this city's levees and floodwalls than many experts suppose, a new entomological...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier says the Gamecocks won't wear a special color combination this weekend against LSU. Spurrier said after practice Thursday that South Carolina...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's got an $865 million budget surplus in its coffers, money left over from the last budget year. The figure was outlined Friday to lawmakers. But before they got...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawmakers began whittling away at a deficit in the state's Medicaid program Friday, filling more than two-thirds of the gap but leaving a $22 million hole that will have to...