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Yesterday | The Town Talk

'Uncle Jack' not coming back to Natchitoches

"Uncle Jack" won't be returning to Natchitoches. The city of Natchitoches had inquired about having the cast-iron statue of "Uncle Jack" -- which the city said is "the first known statue of a black man in the United States" -- returned to the city.

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Related Topix: Natchitoches, LA, African-American

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Houma Courier

New fish found off Terrebonne's coast

When your parents told you there are plenty of fish in the sea, they knew what they were talking about.

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Related Topix: Louisiana

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Chronicle.com

Report Challenges 'Negative Propaganda' Around U.S. Competitiveness in Degree Attainment

A provocative new report being released on Wednesday by the Institute for Higher Education Policy argues that much of the data that is used to compare higher-education systems in the United States and other countries is poorly understood and analyzed, and that the comparisons themselves therefore end up being misinterpreted and easily manipulated.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

NOLA,com

LSU transfer student booked with raping woman on campus

Police say an LSU transfer student from the United Kingdom has been accused of repeatedly raping a woman on campus over the weekend.

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Related Topix: Baton Rouge, LA

The Town Talk

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Instead of worrying about whether it has too many state universities, Louisiana should focus on making them the best they can be, says a Colorado-based expert who is serving on a panel to reduce Louisiana's higher education costs.

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Related Topix: Louisiana, Grambling State University, Louisiana Tech University, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Southern University

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Las Cruces Sun-News

Regents approve five finalists for NMSU president job

Del Archuleta, chairman of the presidential search committee, announces Tuesday that out of 60 applicants and 18 interviews the committee has narrowed down the field and recommends five candidates for president to the New Mexico State University Board of Regents.

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Related Topix: New Mexico State University, University of Nebraska Lincoln, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Illinois, North Carolina State University

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Times-Picayune

Charity Hospital floated as home for City Hall

Last summer, when New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin proposed moving city government into the vacant Chevron building, an anonymous-looking 1980s office tower shoehorned among similar Central Business District buildings, many derided the proposal, saying the seat of local government should make an architectural statement about the community.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Metro, Baton Rouge, LA

Thu Oct 29, 2009

WBT-AM Charlotte

NC State University Official Not Only NMSU Candidate Involved In Scandal

Two of five finalists who hope to become New Mexico State University's next president resigned from universities in Illinois and North Carolina in the wake of separate scandals.

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Related Topix: New Mexico State University, Illinois, North Carolina State University

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Physics Blog

Trees facilitate wildfires as a way to protect their habitat

Savanna trees such as these pines may help facilitate frequent fires in order to prevent other trees from displacing savanna trees and shifting the community from an open savanna to a closed forest.

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Related Topix: University of Vermont, Science, Ecology, University of Tennessee

NOLA.com

LSU AgCenter receives specialty crop block grants

The Louisiana State University AgCenter has received two specialty crop block grants for two research and promotion projects to enhance the competitiveness of Louisiana-grown sweet potatoes and nursery crops.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Louisiana, Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables

Sebring News-Sun

TK Hill sentenced to four years under plea bargain

Travis Kelton "T.K." Hill III was sentenced at the Highlands county Courthouse on Monday to four years in state prison and six years mandatory probation.

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Related Topix: Highlands County, FL, State Prisons, Prison, Coconut Creek, FL, Florida Atlantic University

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Earth Times

Rock Hill Capital Group Announces Portfolio Company Tuck-In Acquisition

Rock Hill Capital Group , a Houston-based private equity firm, today announced that one of its portfolio companies, Integrated A/V Systems, LLC , also headquartered in Houston, has successfully completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Creative Presentations, Inc.

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Related Topix: Louisiana Government, Louisiana, Texas Government, Texas

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia Southern gets new president

Brooks Keel will be the 12th president of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, the state Board of Regents announced Monday.

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Related Topix: Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Toledo Blade

How sweet it is: Artificial sweeteners are common, but real sugar comes from sugar cane and beets

A walk in the thriving sugar cane fields of the Louisiana State University AgCenter's Sugar Research Station in St.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Life, Food, Honey, Recipes, Food and Drug Administration, Aspartame

Circulation

Role of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Redox Homeostasis in...

From the Comparative Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Clinical Sciences , School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

Recession Eats Into Gator Industry

NEW ORLEANS - The global economic recession is taking a bite out of an unlikely industry: the American alligator market.

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Related Topix: Watches, Lafayette, LA

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Looking for health advice? Dr. Coca-Cola will see you now

When the American Academy of Family Physicians announced it had received a substantial grant to enhance educational information about nutrition on its FamilyDoctor.org site, you'd think health experts would have been happy.

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Related Topix: Beverages, Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Drink, Soft Drinks, CocaCola, Family Practice, Medicine, Life, Food, Nutrition

Detroit Free Press

INDUSTRY: Recession bites gator market

The global economic recession is taking a bite out of an unlikely industry: the American alligator market.

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Related Topix: Watches, Lafayette, LA

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Associated Content

Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, and Keith Urban Headline Bayou Country Superfest Spring 2010

The Baton Rouge Area Convention Center held a news conference today at 11:00 am to announce the first annual Bayou Country Superfest.

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Related Topix: Keith Urban, Country, Taylor Swift, New Orleans, LA, Pop/Rock, Super, 9

Steve Goddard's History Wire

Book Alert / The Plague Files

The Plague Files -- Crisis Management in Sixteenth-Century Seville by Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble David Cook, Louisiana State University '09,$40, 296 pages, ISBN #080713404X. Index, bibliography, glossary,footnotes,grouping of b&w images.

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Related Topix: Spain, World News, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

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