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

By The Associated Press
September 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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 25, 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...

La. state revenue drops $2B in two years – 9:15 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's revenue estimates have plunged by more than $2 billion over two years. The state's income forecasting panel received updated revenue figures Wednesday that showed...

Rape Defense classes start tomorrow – 11:10 a.m.

By Sarah Lawson
Contributing Writer
September 24, 2009

Rape Aggression Defense Systems classes for the semester begin tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the Nelson Memorial building. The 12-hour women's defense program is sponsored by the Student Health Center and runs...

Bryce Bawcom, sociology junior, ties a garbage bag while cleaning in Tiger Stadium on Sept. 20. Trash is currently sent to a landfill, but a recycling program is being implemented.

Death Valley recycling program to begin during Florida game

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Staff Writer
September 24, 2009

LSU's football game against Florida will be the first step in a plan to one day make the purple-and-gold masses in Tiger Stadium go green. Until this season, Tiger Stadium was the only football stadium...

House passes sweeping student aid bill

By Nate Monroe
Contributing Writer
September 24, 2009

A sweeping student aid bill which increases federal grants and changes the way students can borrow money from the federal government passed the U.S. House of Representatives last Thursday.The Student Aid...

Waste compost piles up Tuesday at the W.A. Callegari Environmental Center. Fall Fest will implement a pilot composting program to help save money on trash waste.

Fall Fest implements pilot composting program

By Kristen M’lissa Rowlett
News Contributor
September 24, 2009

Less waste will be sent to a landfill at this year's Fall Fest as the University promotes sustainability with composting and recycling.Students from the Environmental Conservation Organization, the Environmental...

The 13th Gate opens today – 8:45 a.m.

By Lindsay Nunez
Entertainment Writer
September 24, 2009

The 13th Gate — Baton Rouge's biggest haunted house located on Saint Phillip Street — opens today at 6:30 p.m. Hauntworld magazine named The 13th Gate the No. 1 haunted house in the nation...

Hambrice death ruled an accident

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 24, 2009

The Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Police Department closed an almost two-month investigation Tuesday into the death of the coordinator of Graduate Student Services for the University's music department.The death...

University retention rate below peers’

By Emily Holden
Contributing Writer
September 24, 2009

Danielle Champagne enrolled in the University in 2006, studied rigorously for years while working full-time, and last year, she withdrew. Champagne's story is not uncommon. About 34 percent of students...