Take our lovebug quiz
Source: Herald Tribune
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 15:19:56 -0700 | technology-news
Everyone who drives can see them smushed against the front of their cars...The lovebug is a member of the march fly family, but when do swarms of the insect usually appear in Florida?...People worry that the acidic body fluid of...
Card-Carrying Cajuns? Louisiana Lawmakers Weigh ID Change
Source: National Public Radio
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 15:02:24 -0700 | political-news
Louisiana Lawmakers Weigh ID Change May 13, 2013 5:11 PM Sean Gardner / Getty Images A bill making its way through the Louisiana Legislature would let Cajun citizens celebrate their ancestry by customizing their driver's license, adding the phrase "I'm...
Notes from the Legislature's regular session
Source: SF Gate
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 14:43:01 -0700 | political-news
La. (AP) Local school districts could choose their own textbooks rather than having to follow a state-approved list in order to use state dollars to pay for them, under a bill that received approval from the House in a 73-22...
49ers rookie Eric Reid's mother also has football skills
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-11 13:49:18 -0700 | sports-news
Eric Reid Sr. was a three-time All-American hurdler and an inductee into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame...Sharon Guillory-Reid was a tight end and defensive end for the Baton Rouge Wildcats of the dearly departed Women's American Football League. "This...
D'haquille Williams to LSU: Tigers Reportedly Land 5-Star JUCO WR Prospect
Source: Datzhott
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-11 05:31:11 -0700 | sports-news
Friday night, as Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College's 5-star WR D'haquille Williams committed to the LSU Tigers and head coach Les Miles. According to 247Sports' composite rankings , Williams holds a perfect score of 1.0000, is the No...Shea Dixon ,...
Duquesne to visit Georgia Southern in 2014
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 10:22:23 -0700 | sports-news
The Sports Network Georgia Southern football will host Northeast Conference member Duquesne in 2014 when it moves up to the FBS level...The six-time FCS national champion Eagles will leave the Southern Conference for the Sun Belt Conference next year.
Beaver-Sized Rodents Are Devouring Louisiana
Source: BusinessInsider
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 10:04:50 -0700 | green-news
The nutria is a large rodent that looks like a large rat or a beaver. Oh, rats. A very large rodent that looks like a beaver with a rat-like tail is destroying coastal Louisiana, chomping its way through the state's...
Bills to revamp early childhood education advance
Source: SF Gate
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 07:21:09 -0700 | political-news
La. (AP) Proposals to tie public funding to student performance and issue letter grades to Louisiana's public and private early childhood education programs are finding easy passage through the Legislature. Two Senate bills are the cornerstones of Gov. Bobby Jindal...
The Sleep Bank
Source: Science-Based Medicine
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 06:34:06 -0700 | health-news
Jandine Odenkirk sits patiently in a room at a clinic located just blocks from her downtown Baton Rouge apartment, waiting for her doctor. Only instead of the typical sterile treatment room, unco
Movie Review: ‘No One Lives,' by Ryuhei Kitamura
Source: International Herald Tribune
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 19:49:36 -0700 | entertainment-news
Unfolding in a single, eventful night, David Lawrence Cohen's loopy script details the outrageous misfortune of Driver (Luke Evans) and Betty (Laura Ramsey), a tense couple with a weird interpersonal vibe. After stopping at a deserted motel for cryptic conversation...
Louisiana is shrinking, thanks to giant swamp rats
Source: USA Today
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 10:10:30 -0700 | technology-news
When it comes to invasive species, Louisiana may have Florida and its giant snails beat: The state's beloved swampland is literally vanishing at the hands of gigantic swamp rats . Nutriadescribed by a documentarian tracking the creatures as "a cross...
Budget debate delayed as Republicans negotiate
Source: SF Gate
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 17:16:26 -0700 | business-news
La. (AP) The Louisiana House has delayed its budget debate to Friday, as Republicans continue to haggle over an alternative to Gov. Bobby Jindal 's spending proposal. The compromise plan drafted by a block of conservative House Republicans and Democrats...
House committee approves fee increase bill for LSU
Source: SF Gate
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 12:20:31 -0700 | health-news
La. (AP) LSU students could see a $60 a year fee increase this fall, if lawmakers agree to a bill approved by the House Education Committee ...Baton Rouge Rep. Franklin Foil , sponsor of the fee bill, said the money...
Senators back bill blocking federal gun regulation
Source: SF Gate
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 17:23:38 -0700 | political-news
La. (AP) A state Senate panel took less than five minutes Tuesday to back a bill prohibiting Louisiana from enforcing any federal restrictions on semi-automatic weapons. Meanwhile, a proposal to let people carry concealed handguns in restaurants was rejected by...
Wichita State heads to SEC country for men’s golf regional
Source: Wichita Eagle
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 15:57:32 -0700 | sports-news
The Shockers will play at the University Club of Baton Rouge, home course for LSU in the 54-hole regional May 16-18. WSU, seeded 11th, will join five SEC schools in the 13-team regional. It's a good regional we fall into,...
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