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LSU Dining to offer reusable LSU mug — 12:17 p.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Senior Staff Writer
September 14, 2009

In light of the success of the Project Green Thumbs reusable mugs available on campus, the University is working to offer reusable LSU-themed mugs, according to David Heidke, director of LSU Dining. The...

Iraqi shoe thrower released, says he was tortured – 9:30 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 14, 2009

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush was released Tuesday after nine months in prison and in a defiant address, he accused Iraqi security forces...

Trial beginning over New Orleans’ crime cameras – 12:30 p.m.

By Associated Press
September 13, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jury selection is under way in the civil trial over New Orleans' problem-plagued crime camera system. The trial, which opened Monday, stems from a lawsuit filed in 2007 by two...

Inside job suspected in killing

By The Associated Press
September 13, 2009

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a...

Construction begins on Brightside Lane – 1:30 p.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Senior Staff Writer
September 13, 2009

Construction on Brightside Lane began Sept. 8, 2009, according to the Green Light Plan Web site. The construction is scheduled to last for nine months, and it is part of the greater Green Light Plan...

Car wreck leaves four students injured, Easy Street booth damaged – 7 p.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 13, 2009

A car accident on S. Stadium Drive near the South Stadium parking lot injured four students and damaged the nearby Easy Street booth. The wreck occurred around 4:30 p.m. when a black Nissan XTerra pulled...

Ashley Braquet, community member (left), and Meghan Alvendia, biological sciences sophomore (right), help clean up the Hill Farm Community Garden on Monday.

Students grow own vegetables

By Emily Holden
Contributing Writer
September 13, 2009

Laura Dicks loves cooking with organic produce, but she's sick of paying high costs at grocery stores. "It tastes better, but I can't really afford it," Dicks said. This semester the history senior, along...

Construction begins on Brightside

By Lindsey Meaux
Senior Staff Writer
September 13, 2009

Recently commenced construction on Brightside Lane, marking the halfway point of the Green Light Plan, will add a turning lane along with walkways and bike paths on either side of the street. Work began...

Angola inmate captured – 11 a.m.

By Associated Press
September 13, 2009

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — An Angola chase team has captured escaped inmate Henry Smith. West Feliciana Parish Sheriff J. Austin Daniel said a chase team member spotted Smith Monday morning crossing a parish...

Flu numbers may be misleading – 10:30 a.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 13, 2009

Though the Student Health Center is still seeing a steady stream of students with classic non-seasonal flu symptoms, clinic officials have stopped testing as many cases as they had in the past.Between...

Patrick Swayze has died – 7 p.m.

By Associated Press
September 13, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — A publicist for Patrick Swayze says the "Dirty Dancing" actor has died. Check back for more updates.    ----Contact The Daily Reveille news staff at [email protected]