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DHH considers major Medicaid rate cut

By The Associated Press
October 26, 2009

(AP) — Louisiana's health department is considering cutting millions of dollars paid to private health care providers for Medicaid patients, to help balance next year's budget, the department's finance...

Titanic expedition possible in 2010 – 10:40 a.m.

By Associated Press
October 26, 2009

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic is planning a possible expedition to the world's most famous shipwreck in 2010. The first expedition to the North...

Obama addresses Afghanistan issues

By The Associated Press
October 26, 2009

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — President Obama mourned 14 Americans killed Monday in helicopter crashes in Afghanistan and told a military audience he will not be hurried as he evaluates whether to alter...

Memorial gathering held for professor

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
October 25, 2009

When Jim Hausey and his younger brother Bobby were children, Bobby once got more attention from a kind stranger in a waiting room, prompting Jim to jealously exclaim, "There are two of we!" "I just always...

Watkins to attend Tucker Commission

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Staff Writer
October 25, 2009

Possible fee increases will be on the mind of Student Government President Stuart Watkins as he attends the Postsecondary Education Review Commission Meeting — also known as the Tucker Commission...

La. economic report projects improvement for 2010-11

By By Nate Monroe
Contributing Writer
October 25, 2009

A Louisiana Economic Outlook report forecasts a sunnier job market in 2010 and 2011 than the current year — but one author of the report doesn't expect that to change Louisiana's poor migration pattern.Louisiana...

Matt Wyatt, natural resource ecology and management sophomore and ECO at LSU co-vice president, juggles between helping out with the green tailgate before the Auburn game Saturday.

Tailgating festivities overshadow ECO’s goals

By By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
October 25, 2009

Mother Nature lost to the tailgaters Saturday.Even though the Environmental Conservation Organization at LSU handed out 200 blue recycling bags to tailgaters during the day as a part of 350.org's International...

University works on developing four new degree programs

By By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
October 25, 2009

The University is creating four new interdisciplinary programs organizers say will raise the University's profile as a leading research school.The programs — doctoral programs in materials science...

Ole Miss seeks to silence ‘rising South’ chant – 1:20 p.m.

By The Associated Press
October 23, 2009

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi has shortened one of its fight songs to discourage football fans from chanting "the South will rise again" during part of the tune, which critics...

La. State Police begin enforcing new left-lane law – 11:50 a.m.

By The Associated Press
October 23, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana state troopers have begun enforcing a new law requiring drivers on multi-lane highways to remain in the right lane. The state Highway Safety Commission says state...

Second Rainmakers Gala held to honor innovative faculty

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
October 23, 2009

Even professors are rewarded for doing their homework.The University announced the 2009 Rainmaker recipients, 100 faculty members recognized for innovative research and creative scholarship, who compete...

Vegetarian Awareness Month gives incentive to try new diets

Visitors to campus this weekend can expect the smells of grilling sausage, burgers and other meat, but some students and tailgaters would prefer snacking on food grown from the earth.World Vegetarian Day...