National heroes: A father and son from Plaquemines who helped save stranded residents during Hurricane Isaac have been awarded Citizen Service Before Self Honors by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, of which just three awards were given out nationwide. Jesse Shaffer III, 53, and his son Jesse Shaffer IV, 25, “went into the flooded streets in their boat time after time, and saved 120 people,” according to the foundation. “In one particular life-threatening rescue, they reached a family of five including young children, clinging to the roof of their trailer, and brought them to safety, just minutes before rising waters covered the entire home.” Learn more about the Shaffers and the other two winners here.
Screen time: ESPN3 will provide coverage of LSU’s Pro Day on March 27 as more than 20 former Tigers will be on display for the NFL in advance of next month’s draft, LSU announced today. ESPN3’s coverage of LSU’s Pro Day will begin at 1:15 p.m. Among the players scheduled to participate are projected first-round draft picks in defensive ends Barkevious Mingo and Sam Montgomery, linebacker Kevin Minter and safety Eric Reid, along with all of LSU’s 13 early NFL draft enrollees. LSU has more on the its Pro Day schedule of events and participants here.
Inside information: Clicking those friendly blue “like” buttons strewn across the Web may be doing more than marking you as a fan of Coca-Cola or Lady Gaga. It could out you as gay. It might reveal how you vote. It might even suggest that you’re an unmarried introvert with a high IQ and a weakness for nicotine. That’s the conclusion of a study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers reported analyzing the “likes” of more than 58,000 American Facebook users to make guesses about their personalities and behavior, and even whether they drank, smoked, or did drugs. The Associated Press has the full story here.
