News roundup: Roemer says Americans Elect still alive and kicking … Walk-On's adds catering to its menu … Former BP worker claims evidence proves innocence
Resilience defined: Though no candidate qualified by Monday's midnight deadline to compete in Americans Elect's online balloting to find an independent candidate for president, former Gov. Buddy Roemer says media outlets calling the...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Eastern skies
(From The Los Angeles Times) BEIJING — After months of careful tinkering aimed at slowing China's supercharged economy, Chinese officials may have gotten more than they bargained for: The nation's economic engine is decelerating with...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
News roundup: 'Swamp People' cast member Mitchell Guist dies … Ochsner's president/COO to become its CEO … Veteran researcher joins Water Institute
Accident on the Intracoastal: A Louisiana sheriff says a cast member of the reality TV show Swamp People has died. Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack says Mitchell Guist was pronounced dead at a hospital today. He had...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Your Business
• Adams and Reese's Baton Rouge office will be awarded the Pro Bono Publico Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association later this month. The award honors the office's attorneys for their enhancement and promotion of pro bono services in...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Testing FuturEBR
After nearly five years on the market, the 2.9-acre tract of vacant land at the intersection of Kenilworth Parkway and Perkins Road was set to change hands this month, and realtor Ty Gose thought he had a good deal in the works. A group of buyers...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Entrepreneur: Miles Holley
Miles Holley was looking for a new name for the stores he had been operating under the name Treads & Care Tire Co. Holley was partial to the name Skid Marks. While off-putting to some (check UrbanDictionary.com if you don't know why, although you...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Let’s set the agenda for parish elections
This fall you will go to the polls and decide who will lead our community for the next four years.
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Rolfe McCollister
Bing to duel Google with Facebook-friendly format
Microsoft's Bing search engine is heading in a new direction as it drills deeper into Facebook's social network and Twitter's messaging service to showcase information unlikely to be found on Google. The changes, unveiled today, will reshape how...
DATE: May 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Metro Councilwoman Gary won't run for re-election
Baton Rouge's District 11, which encompasses neighborhoods including Old Goodwood, Tara, Bocage/Jefferson Place, Westminster and Jefferson Terrace, will have a new representative after this fall's elections. Incumbent Alison Gary tells Daily...
DATE: May 09, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
News roundup: Obama voices his personal support for gay marriage … Parks Service pins Army on question of N.O. levee sites … Applications open for upcoming SeNSE Pitch Night
Political gamble: Ending months of equivocation, President Barack Obama today declared his support for gay marriage, an announcement fraught with history that also injects a potentially polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House.
DATE: May 09, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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