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’Taken 3’ topples ‘Hobbit’ reign at box office

By DERRIK J. LANG, Associated Press January 11, 2015

LOS ANGELES — After three weeks atop the box office, “The Hobbit” has been taken down by Liam Neeson. “Taken 3” nabbed the top spot at the weekend box office with $40.4 million,...

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Super-Intense LSU Fan Is Scaring Me

By Timothy Burke, Deadspin.com January 11, 2015

At the LSU basketball game against Georgia on Saturday, a fan displayed her passion while the teams went into double overtime. Two years ago we saw the T-Rex guy who made his debut at an LSU football game...

LSU junior guard Keith Hornsby (4) dribbles the ball past Sam Houston State sophomore guard Dakarai Henderson (3) Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 during the Tigers' 76-67 win against the Bearkats in the PMAC.

LSU men’s basketball turns focus to Georgia, program to get Arizona-transfer Craig Victor

By James Bewers January 9, 2015

The LSU men’s basketball team doesn’t have time to sulk after its eight-game winning streak ended in a disappointing overtime loss at Missouri on Thursday night.  LSU (11-3, 0-1 Southeastern...

Ariel David, of New Orleans, who is gay, plays with a pride flag wide with her biological daughter Nelly David, 2, during a rally held in reaction to today's decision by a federal judge, which upheld Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriages, in New Orleans, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. David who served in the U.S. Navy for six years and was deployed to the Middle East multiple times in support of the war on terror, said she attended because she and her partner cannot legally marry in the state. The rally was organized by Forum For Equality Louisiana. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana’s appeal: Gay marriage is ‘novel’ and risky

By Cain Burdeau, Associated Press January 9, 2015

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three staunchly conservative Southern states were taking their last stands against same-sex marriage Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to settle the issue once and...

A student approaches the financial aid office at Umpqua Community College on Thursday. A high default rate threatens to make UCC students in the fall of 2015 ineligible for some popular types of financial aid. AP photo

House speaker balks at Jindal budget cut proposals

By MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press January 9, 2015

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) House Speaker Chuck Kleckley says he will fight proposals floated by Gov. Bobby Jindal to slash $300 million from Louisiana colleges next year. Kleckley, a Republican typically allied...

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks bout increasing the minimum wage, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Earlier, Senate Republicans blocked an election-year Democratic bill that would boost the federal minimum wage, handing a defeat to the president on a vote that is sure to reverberate in this year's congressional elections. (AP Photo)

Obama to propose free community college program

By KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer January 8, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama says in a videotaped message that he wants to make community college free "for everybody who is willing to work for it." Obama says in the video posted on Facebook...

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Marvel’s latest creation

January 8, 2015

With the success attributed to movies like The Avengers and Iron Man, Marvel has released the trailer for its latest movie, 'Ant Man'. This superhero film will be released on July 17. Actor Paul Rudd,...

FILE - This Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, shows the Phi Kappa Psi house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Greek organizations at the school have until Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, to agree to new drinking rules as a condition for ending a temporary ban on social activities, which UVa. President Teresa A. Sullivan imposed following a November Rolling Stone article describing a campus culture that fosters violence against women. The article was later discredited by the magazine's editors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

U. Va. announces new fraternity, sorority rules in wake of ‘Rolling Stone’ scandal

By Associated Press January 8, 2015

Kegs of beer and pre-made mixes of liquor and punch will be banned from fraternity parties at the University of Virginia under proposed new rules aimed at stamping out sexual assault on campus. Greek...

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University of Alabama to become smoke-free

By TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) January 8, 2015

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Students and staff at the University of Alabama will return from the holiday break to a smoke-free campus. The new policy, announced in November, begins Thursday, the first...

This photo provided by The Paris Police Prefecture Thursday, Jan.8, 2015 shows the suspects Cherif, left, and Said Kouachi in the newspaper attack along with a plea for witnesses. Police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed men, one with possible links to al-Qaida, in the methodical killing of 12 people at a satirical newspaper that caricatured the Prophet Muhammed. France began a day of national mourning for what its president called "an act of exceptional barbarism. (AP Photo/Prefecture de Police de Paris)

2 brothers suspects in connection with Charlie Hebdo shootings

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, Associated Press January 8, 2015

PARIS (AP) A lover of rap music turned aspiring Muslim holy warrior and his older brother are suddenly the most wanted men in France, suspected of the armed onslaught on a newspaper office that claimed...

Colorado Springs police officers investigate the scene of an explosion Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at a building in Colorado Springs, Colo. Authorities are investigating whether a homemade explosive set off outside the building that houses a barber shop and the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP was aimed at the nation's oldest civil rights organization. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Christian Murdock ) MAGS OUT

Colorado NAACP office vows vigilance after blast near office

By SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press January 8, 2015

DENVER (AP) Staff members at a Colorado NAACP office say they are waiting for more information before drawing conclusions about an explosion near their chapter, even as the FBI investigates whether the...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., with Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, right, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, following their first GOP policy meeting since Congress reconvened yesterday. With Congress under full GOP control for the first time in eight years, Republicans are pursuing an ambitious agenda including early votes on bills to advance the long-stalled Keystone XL pipeline and change the definition of full-time work under Obama's health law from 30 hours a week to 40 hours a week. President Obama has threatened to veto both measures. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ready, Set, Showdown: New GOP leader, Obama lining up fights

By CONNIE CASS, ASSOCIATED PRESS January 8, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Not wasting any time, new Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Barack Obama are setting course for showdowns over health care, a big oil pipeline, immigration policy...