Review: Star Trek into Darkness
Four years after reviving a franchise on life support with a brand new cast and creative license to scribble all over a fleet of nerds' preciously worshipped "canon," director J.J. Abrams and crew have returned with Star Trek into Darkness.
DATE: May 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: The Movie Filter
Senators hear from public on next year's budget
People who rely on the state for health care and educational programs traveled to the Louisiana Capitol today to ask senators to pay for those services in next year's budget. For hours, the Senate Finance Committee heard requests for cuts to be...
DATE: May 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Lipsey's president and CEO takes on revamp of clothing company
Laurie Aronson, president and CEO of Lipsey's wholesale firearms distributor, is turning her attention in a more sartorial direction. Aronson is planning to revamp family-owned Haspel, the Louisiana-based purveyors of classic seersucker suits and...
DATE: May 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
The Hangover Part III hits theaters Thursday
Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and the bearded wonder Zach Galifianakis are back for one last road trip in The Hangover Part III, out Thursday. After heading to Thailand in the underwhelming 2011 sequel, the Wolfpack will take a joy ride to bring...
DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: (Weekender) Movies
The old two-year college try
In the past five hard years of higher education's declining state support, rising tuition, defecting faculty and deteriorating facilities, college leaders have stuck together and let the Board of Regents coordinate their requests for funding from...
DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Word on the street
(From The New York Times) The wheels of justice move slowly sometimes, but not, apparently, as slowly as Webster’s New World Dictionary.
DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: News
Lawmaker says Arkansas Obamacare model can work here
Sen. Ben Nevers, D-Bogalusa, spoke today in support of a bill that would allow low-income Louisiana residents to buy health insurance with federal Medicaid money. Meanwhile, a few blocks away at the Capitol, lawmakers voted to defer the bill,...
DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Capitol Views: Another Medicaid expansion bill down; one more to go
Yet another legislative effort to mandate the expansion of Medicaid failed today when the state Senate Finance Committee turned aside a bill by Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans. Her Senate Bill 125 would have the state adopt the Arkansas...
DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Six Zach Galifianakis clips funnier than The Hangover Part III
Can't say I'm expecting much from The Hangover Part III this Friday. Sure the Todd Phillips-directed comedy that stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis will bring major bank at the box office, but if you're short on time or...
DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: The Movie Filter
Lockdown at Southeast Middle this morning likely due to prank
A Baton Rouge middle school was on lockdown for about an hour this morning after a 911 caller reported a gun on campus. The campus of Southeast Middle School was given an all clear after a search turned up no gun. Susan Nelson, a spokeswoman for...
DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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