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Tropical Storm Nora strengthens in Pacific – 10:55 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2009

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nora is strengthening in the open Pacific far off Mexico's coast, but the system is not expected to threaten land. The storm has maximum sustained winds near 45 mph (75...

Health Center stops testing for H1N1

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 22, 2009

The Student Health Center recently stopped testing students for the H1N1 virus and will no longer track the number of individual cases on campus.Testing students for the virus has become unproductive,...

Ex-girlfriend: Yale murder suspect was controlling – 9:50 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — A former high school girlfriend of a Yale lab technician charged with murder said Wednesday he was extremely controlling — that he told her what clothes she could wear, where...

Jindal urges expansion of offshore drilling – 9:45 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 22, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal is urging the Minerals Management Service to expand offshore drilling, but to also pay Louisiana more to fix the damage offshore drilling has caused to the...

Karla Delgado, computer engineering freshman, drinks a coke on Tuesday. A proposed sugary beverage tax could increase soft drink prices a cent per ounce.

Health policy report promotes tax on sugary beverages

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
September 22, 2009

Karla Delgado said she enjoys having a regular Coca-Cola every day, but the computer engineering freshman said she may not be able to enjoy her fizzy fix as often if prices in soft drinks rise.On Sept....

New stamps for four Supreme Court justice – 11:50 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 21, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices Felix Frankfurter and William Brennan — Washington neighbors and frequent adversaries on the bench — are among four justices being honored on...

Student Union to host video game competition, grand opening – 11:05 a.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 21, 2009

The Student Union will host a video-game event this evening to celebrate the long-awaited completion of Phase I of construction.Students can participate in Bealtes Rock Band, NCAA Football 2010 and Need...

Feds issue security bulletins on stadiums, hotels – 11:25 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 21, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Counterterrorism officials have issued security bulletins about terrorist interest in attacking sports stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels. The FBI and Homeland Security...

Census: Recession had sweeping impact on US life – 11:35 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 21, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — A broad survey of Americans has provided striking measures of the recession's effect on life at home and at work: People are now stuck in traffic longer, less apt to move away and...

Obama visits Letterman and brings home a potato – 11:50 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 21, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Add this one to the presidential collection: the heart-shaped potato. By the time Barack Obama came on stage to the taping of the "Late Show" on Monday, host David Letterman had offered...

Father’s corpse untouched for years – 12:20 p.m.

By Associated Press
September 20, 2009

GRETNA, La. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Metairie man put his fatally injured father to bed and never checked on him again. Sheriff's deputies found 81-year-old Leroy Adams' skeleton curled in his bed...

School of Social Work developing minor program – 11:30 a.m.

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
September 20, 2009

The University's School of Social Work will begin offering a minor program starting fall 2010.Social Work Dean Christian Molidor said the school decided to offer a minor to get closer to its goal of expanding...