NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Democrats have accused GOP Sen. David Vitter of accepting campaign money illegally funneled to him by a former Mississippi congressman through a political action committee...

Better treatment is imminent for Louisiana asthmatics, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals a $1.75 million grant for fighting asthma...

The University has bunnies in Middleton Library, but they're not furry.Middleton has a small collection of Playboy Magazine microfilms in the basement which  includes magazines from Playboy's creation...

Louisiana still feels the effects of summer 2008's dramatic gas price increase in good ways and bad ways — and in ways that help set the state apart from the pack.Louisiana's transit ridership rates...

They hold protests and badger politicians at town hall meetings — and they really like tea parties.Grassroots conservatives have mobilized their resources and organized hundreds of local protests...

Statistically, 21 of this year's 210 enrolled first-year law students won't return in 2010, but a new program hopes to alleviate some of the stress faced by new students.The First-Year Advisory Program,...

September marked the launch of Philip, the University's latest $215,000 addition to the supercomputing cluster located in the Frey Computing Services Center.The cluster, a joint effort between the Center...

With a year and three months to go, the Forever LSU fundraising campaign is just more than $100 million away from reaching its goal of raising $750 million by the end of 2010.Beverly Major, director of...

KABUL (AP) — Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and capturing more than 20 Afghan...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Biden, six members of the Supreme Court and hundreds...

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Olaf is maintaining its strength as it moves north in the Pacific far off Mexico's coast. Olaf's maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (75 kph). The storm is expected...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida's response plans for a zombie apocalypse are no longer available for public consumption. UF spokesman Steve Orlando said Friday the university removed...