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DC sniper asks Supreme Court to block execution

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop his execution.The...

6 deaths last week bring La swine flu toll to 30 – 11:15 a.m.

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state Department of Health and Hospitals says Louisiana's swine flu death toll is now at 30, with six deaths related to the virus in the past week. Four — two boys...

Video competition entries aim to solve global issues

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
November 3, 2009

One YouTube video can change the world. That's the concept Stanford University's 2009 Global Innovation Tournament is operating under — and the E.J. Ourso College of Business is challenging the University...

Obama coaxes states to change with school stimulus dollars

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Using stimulus dollars as bait, President Barack Obama is coaxing states to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they compete for $5 billion in school reform grants,...

Pope welcomes community-wide Anglican conversion

By Steven Powell
Contributing Writer
November 3, 2009

After centuries of conflict, some members of the Catholic and Anglican Churches will soon get the change they are seeking. But the change will not come on a local level.Pope Benedict XVI announced last...

LSU student jailed on rape counts – 11:00 a.m.

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Police say an LSU transfer student from the United Kingdom has been accused of repeatedly raping a woman on campus over the weekend. An affidavit of probable cause says 20-year-old...

LSU curator gets $520,000 to study cichlids – 11:05 a.m.

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The LSU Museum of Natural Sciences' top fish specialist has won a half-million-dollar grant to study the family tree of fish called heroine cichlids (SIK'-lids). Ichthyology...

Lawyer: Jindal ‘crippled’ La. ethics – 10:45 a.m.

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's ethics system has been "crippled" as a result of legal changes made during Gov. Bobby Jindal's 2008 special session on ethics, the chairman of the Louisiana Board...

Six deaths last week bring H1N1 toll to 30; more vaccines arriving

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

(AP) — The state Department of Health and Hospitals says Louisiana's swine flu death toll is now at 30, with six deaths related to the virus in the past week.Four — two boys and two women —...

North Korea claims to expand arsenal of atomic bombs

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea claimed Tuesday that it has successfully weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree quickly to direct talks or face...

Twitter and other status update services gain more popularity – 10:40 a.m.

By Nate Monroe
Contributing Writer
November 3, 2009

A recent study by Pew Research reveals a significantly higher percentage of Internet users now use Twitter or similar status updating services since the last time the survey was commissioned from December...

Lennon’s family donates peace recording proceeds to UN

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — John Lennon's widow and two sons are donating the proceeds from the 40th anniversary release of the hit "Give Peace a Chance" to a U.N. peacebuilding fund used to help countries...