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...

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...

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...

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...

The Student Union held the grand opening ceremony of the first floor lounge Wednesday afternoon, announcing the anticipated final name for the new first-floor area."This is officially the Live Oak Lounge,"...

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...

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...

Student Government is hosting its annual bus trip to the Mississippi State football game this weekend.About 260 students with 10 chaperones will leave by bus at 3:30 a.m. Saturday for the six-hour trip...

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nora is weakening and has slowed down as it spins far out in the Pacific. The storm's maximum sustained winds have decreased to 50 mph (85 kph) early Thursday. Additional...

Michael Bellocq grew up visiting the local video store with his father to rent movies. Now he is surrounded by them.Bellocq, history junior and a manager at Video USA on Lee Drive, rents movies so he won't...

A newly launched, student-created Web site is dedicated to becoming the most current, reliable source for University professor ratings, course discussions and reviews of local businesses.Joshua Duke, business...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new study says that between 1851 and 2008 the number of hurricanes in the North Atlantic increased, but that the severity of storms has not. The study was done by researchers...