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Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden speaks to reporters Tuesday, March 25, 2014, during a press conference at North Boulevard Town Square.

Baton Rouge mayor unveils ¼-cent tax plan

By Associated Press January 8, 2015

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden's administration has unveiled details of a $335 million tax proposal to pay for public safety and capital improvements. The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/17lBrpe)...

US senator elect Bill Cassidy celebrates win against Mary Landrieu at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Saturday December 6, 2014.

Louisiana’s new US House members sworn in Tuesday

By Associated Press January 6, 2015

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The two newest members of Louisiana's congressional delegation took their seats Tuesday, joining the growing GOP majority that controls the U.S. House, while Republican...

LSU sophomore running back Jeremy Hill (33) and junior wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (3) celebrate after a touchdown Saturday, September 14, 2013 in the Tigers' 45-13 victory against Kent State.

Jeremy Hill, Odell Beckham Jr. headline NFL Rookie of the Year voting

January 6, 2015

Former LSU standouts Odell Beckham Jr. and Jeremy Hill are among five finalists for the 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year Award, the league announced Tuesday. Awards issued by the Associated Press are...

via Coachella.com

Coachella 2015 lineup announced

By Aggi Ashagre January 6, 2015

Coachella lineup going up, on a Tuesday. Music festival goers have something to rejoice about after the Coachella lineup was released Tuesday morning. Headliners include AC/DC, Jack White, and Drake, among...

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

Student Tuition Now Officially Pays More Than States For Public College Funding

By Tyler Kingkade, Huffington Post College January 5, 2015

Recent reports show that students are now paying more for attending college than state governments. Huffington Post College is reporting that while tuition officially passed state funding in 2012, the...

FILE - In a July 16, 2014 file photo, sportscaster Stuart Scott accepts the Jimmy V award for perseverance, at the ESPY Awards at the Nokia Theatre, in Los Angeles. Scott, the longtime “SportsCenter” anchor and ESPN personality known for his known for his enthusiasm and ubiquity, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015 after a long fight with cancer. He was 49. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

Longtime ESPN sportscaster Scott dies at 49

By Associated Press January 4, 2015

Stuart Scott was in his element, working a "Monday Night Football" game, when he was forced to leave for an appendix operation. Doctors discovered a tumor during surgery and Scott was diagnosed with...

New Orleans Pelicans guard Austin Rivers (25) lays in a reverse layup around Houston Rockets forward Joey Dorsey (8) and forward Josh Smith (5) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Pelicans rout Rockets, 111-83

By BRETT MARTEL, AP Sports Writer January 3, 2015

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tyreke Evans and his New Orleans teammates took notice when they saw Houston coach Kevin McHale sub out his entire starting lineup early in the third quarter. The Pelicans...

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2012 file photo singer Kanye West, left, talks to his girlfriend Kim Kardashian before an NBA basketball game between the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks in Miami. Authorities say an airline employee is being investigated for allowing West and Kardashian to bypass a security checkpoint at New York's Kennedy Airport. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

Kanye West, Paul McCartney release new song

By Aggi Ashagre January 2, 2015

You don't have to be a hardcore Kanye West fan to know he loves to make music about the women in his life.  On Thursday, the rapper started off the new year with the release of the song "Only One,"...

North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams reacts to questions regarding the release of a report on academic fraud at the university, following the team's NCAA college basketball exhibition game against Fayetteville State on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Robert Willett)

Professor among 4 fired in UNC academic fraud

By EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press January 2, 2015

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's flagship public university is trying to fire a senior professor, accepted the resignation of another faculty member and dismissed an academic counselor for athletes...

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Struggles All Unemployed Grads Know

By Eli Vazquez, Buzzfeed January 2, 2015

"We'd love to offer you the job. You know this is an unpaid internship, right?" Buzzfeed has compiled a few of the biggest struggles that all unemployed grads are more than familiar with. If you're a recent...

Photo via LSUPD email

LSUPD need help identifying man potentially involved in theft on campus

By Aggi Ashagre January 2, 2015

LSU police sent a campus-wide email on Friday asking for help in identifying a man who is wanted for questioning. The message was brief and simply stated that the man in the image is wanted for questioning...

Louisiana’s Susie Babin to compete on Food Network’s ‘Worst Cooks in America’

By Dave Walker, NOLA.com January 1, 2015

These days it's hard to find a reality show without someone representing Louisiana. From "Duck Dynasty" to "Sons of Guns," Louisianans are everywhere. To add to the list, Bush, La. native Susie Babin is...