Going underground
(From AP) ALBANY, N.Y. — When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has kept hydraulic...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
Gender role reversal
(From The New York Times) HOUSTON — Wearing brick-red scrubs and chatting in Spanish, Miguel Alquicira settled a tiny girl into an adult-size dental chair and soothed her through a set of X-rays. Then he ushered the dentist, a woman,...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
Dollars and sense
(From The Times-Picayune) Publicly traded local banks participating in this year's Gulf South Bank Conference told investment analysts gathered at the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans hotel last week that they're focused on growth, dealing with...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
2 Baton Rouge public high schools make 'America's Best' list of 1,000
Of the 1,000 public high schools across the country ranked by The Daily Beast on its "America's Best High Schools 2012" list, seven are located in Louisiana—with just two of them in Baton Rouge. Only one Louisiana school, New Orleans'...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Congressional discourse a grade level lower than in '05, study says
Congress now speaks at almost a full grade level lower than it did just seven years ago, with the most conservative members of Congress speaking on average at the lowest grade level, according to a new analysis from the nonprofit, nonpartisan...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
New animal alliance director outlines focus on shelter improvements
In an open letter to the community released this morning, the Companion Animal Alliance's new director Kim Sherlaw says, "Much work must be done to provide a clean, comfortable, safe, species-appropriate, stimulating and enriching environment" at...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Capitalism the Communist way
(From The New York Times) SHANGHAI — The Hollywood studio DreamWorks Animation recently announced a bold move to crack China's tightly protected film industry: a $330 million deal to create a Shanghai animation studio that might one day...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
Curbside Links it Up!
Because serving up some of the best burgers in town from a food truck just wasn't enough, owner and chef Nick Hufft recently launched his next endeavor in his expanding mobile food empire: Curbside Links. This new truck has a very familiar look,...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Bite and Booze
Filtering through
In theaters Friday: Men in Black III, Moonrise Kingdom
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: The Movie Filter
Location, location, location
Twenty-two—count 'em, 22— vendors were in full swing this past Thursday at the Red Stick Farmers Market's new location at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, an...
DATE: May 18, 2012 | CATEGORY: Spatula Diaries
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