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Actors Nick Rhoton, left, and Josephine Hall, right, perform as Oscar Wolfe and Julie Cavendish during a Sept. 15 showing of the play “The Royal Family” in the newly renovated Music and Dramatic Arts building.

MDA finishes first play in newly renovated Shaver Theater

By Emily Slack
Entertainment Writer
September 26, 2009

Beneath the dazzling lights and the art deco detailing, the Cavendish family came to life on the stage of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building's Shaver Theatre. "The Royal Family," which centers around...

Lombardi supports raising tuition

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
September 26, 2009

LSU System President John Lombardi asked members of the Baton Rouge Rotary Club on Wednesday to walk through the University's student parking lots. There, they will find one of the fundamental problems...

Mourners in Calif. remember slain Yale student – 11:45 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 25, 2009

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A Yale University doctoral student found murdered on what was to be her wedding day is being remembered Saturday as a brilliant woman who hoped to change the world...

Nine museums in New Orleans offer free admission – 2:55 p.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nine museums in New Orleans, including the National World War II Museum, will offer free admission on Saturday as part of the Smithsonian magazine's fifth annual Museum Day celebration. Last...

Transportation Secretary going to Olympics meeting – 3:15 p.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is joining a growing list of Obama administration officials who will travel to Denmark next week to support Chicago's Olympic bid. The International...

Biden visits Ga. storm victims; more rain expected – 3:10 p.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Friday pledged the federal government would help Georgia recover from the severe weather that swept through the Southeast, even as rain and the threat...

DC’s new Michelle Melt: Turkey burger with a cause – 3:20 p.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — There's a new burger in town, and it's got Michelle Obama's name on it. The "Michelle Melt" turkey burger at Good Stuff Eatery was unveiled Thursday by chef Spike Mendelsohn, a...

Obama, other leaders: Iran has secret nuke site- 3 p.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bluntly confronting Iran, President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain accused the Islamic republic Friday of clandestinely building an underground plant to make...

Brad Pitt gives Katrina update at Clinton meeting – 3 p.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — The average electric bill for one of the energy-efficient homes built in New Orleans by Brad Pitt's Make It Right foundation is $35 a month, the actor said Thursday during an update...

Biden swears in Kirk, successor to Sen. Kennedy – 3:10 p.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Democratic Party chairman Paul G. Kirk Jr. has taken over for the late Edward Kennedy in the Senate. Vice President Joe Biden swore in Kirk on Friday hours after a Massachusetts...

A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection – 9:50 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 23, 2009

BANGKOK (AP) — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many...

USDA to fund conservation effort in 12 states – 10:30 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 23, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The troubled basin of the Mississippi River is set to receive a $320 million boost from the Agriculture Department. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was announcing Thursday that...