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Tigers against trafficking to host benefit concert tonight – Noon

By Adam Duvernay
Senior staff writer
October 28, 2009

Tigers Against Trafficking, a student organization dedicated to ending human trafficking, will host a benefit concert tonight at the Varsity with all proceeds going to women who recently escaped from the...

 

National Halloween costume sales down, local stores faring well in slow economy

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
October 28, 2009

It looks like the King of Pop will make his comeback thrilling trick-or-treaters this Halloween.While Michael Jackson will presumably be mimicked in many costumes, vampires, pirates, athletes and witches...

Boulder DA to investigate balloon boy sheriff – 12:10 p.m.

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October 27, 2009

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate allegations the Larimer County sheriff violated privacy laws in the case of the runaway balloon that was believed...

BR produced nearly a third of construction jobs – 10:30 a.m.

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October 27, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge produced nearly a third of the metro construction job gains in the United States over the past year. That's according to an analysis by the Associated General...

BR produced nearly a third of construction jobs – 10:40 a.m.

By The Associated Press
October 27, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge produced nearly a third of the metro construction job gains in the United States over the past year. That's according to an analysis by the Associated General...

Sniper’s La. trial put on hold – 11:10 a.m.

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October 27, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana prosecutor said he's taking a wait-and-see approach to convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, still charged in a Baton Rouge killing but scheduled to die by lethal...

Film about Facebook to shoot in Louisiana – 10:35 a.m.

By The Associated Press
October 27, 2009

BALTIMORE (AP) — A movie about the creation of Facebook will shoot in Baltimore for two days next week. The film is called "The Social Network" and stars Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg, the computer...

Study: Marijuana proven to slow effects of HIV

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
October 27, 2009

Marijuana may be a new way for HIV patients to ease their pain, according to early results of an LSU Health Sciences Center study.The study examines the effects of marijuana on nonhuman primates with simian...

Student establishing Campus Kitchen Project at LSU

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
October 27, 2009

Jenny Kornuta fought hunger during winter break in 2007, and she's trying to bring that fight to the University and Baton Rouge communities soon. The mass communication senior volunteered for St. Louis...

Sheriff: No violations in balloon case action

By The Associated Press
October 27, 2009

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The sheriff in the runaway balloon case doesn't believe he broke the law when he disclosed that child welfare workers were involved in the inquiry, his spokeswoman said...

Campus Crime Briefs: 10/28/09

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October 26, 2009

UNDERAGE STUDENTS LOOT TAILGATERS FOR BOOZETwo University students were arrested at about 5:20 a.m. Oct. 25 following the LSU-Auburn game for allegedly stealing alcohol from ice chests left near campers...

Commission pushes increased admission standards – 2 p.m.

By Associated Press
October 26, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A commission charged with revamping Louisiana's higher education systems is recommending tougher admission standards at four-year universities, as a way to try to boost graduation...