Chancellor Michael Martin, left, shakes hands with Chris Broussard, sociology freshman and Navy ROTC member, on Wednesday during the Student Organization Fair in Free Speech Alley.  

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has approved $500 million in reimbursements to car dealers for sales under the Cash for Clunkers program and dealers should be paid by late September, officials said...

Student Government Director of Transportation Noah Miller announced the gold route of Tiger Trails bus system will no longer run in front of the Student Union at the SG Senate meeting Wednesday night.The...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A sandwich company hit by federal allegations of unsanitary plant conditions has closed, putting about 100 people out of work. Southern Belle Sandwich Co. also has sold its...

ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — A university in suburban Detroit has canceled classes indefinitely because its professors have gone on strike. Thursday was supposed to be the opening of the fall semester...

Chancellor Michael Martin said in an e-mail to students, faculty and staff despite going through two hurricanes and two budget cuts during the past year, the University is still a "strong and dynamic flagship...

Texas A&M became the first college to reach 100,000 fans on Facebook, earning 100,000 pennies for the school. LSU led the race by nearly 2,000 fans late this afternoon before the Texas A&M's narrow...

Some LSU graduate students now have the opportunity to earn a doctorate degree here in Baton Rouge and at a prestigious Chinese university at the same time. The new dual physics doctorate program —...

BOSTON (AP) — Attorney General Martha Coakley announced Thursday she will run as a Democratic candidate in the special election to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. The 20-year prosecutor...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Emergency responders working during a disaster can now receive and send a signal on their portable radios throughout 95 percent of hurricane-prone south Louisiana. Gov. Bobby...

The Student Government Senate will discuss a controversial bill regarding on-campus parking at its second meeting of the semester tonight at 6:30 p.m. Along with a campus parking bill, SG Vice President...

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge state Rep. Michael Jackson said he would fight state ethics charges related to his law firm doing legal work for the state's insurer of last resort. Jackson...