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
BRAC recommends raising bar on TOPS
As part of its push to give higher education management boards authority over setting tuition and fees—instead of the Legislature—BRAC is taking on one of the state's most sacred cows: TOPS. In a report released this morning, BRAC...
DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
News roundup: Bernanke signals Fed will continue stimulus efforts … Oman using solar power to pump oil … NASA taps Texas firm to see whether 3-D printed food can fuel a mission to Mars
Holding steady: Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs. In testimony to the Joint Economic...
DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Movies and Music on the Lawn returns
What do you get when you mix a silent film with a new score from a local band? The answer is Baton Rouge Gallery's summer film series Movies and Music on the Lawn. The seasonal event returns Saturday with a screening of the Oscar-winning 2011 film...
DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: (Weekender) Music
Maginnis: 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
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
News roundup: Yahoo targets youth market with $1.1 billion buy of Tumblr … A look at Facebook, one year after IPO … Many fliers willing to pony up for better seats, poll finds
The big deal: Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that has fallen behind the times. The deal announced this morning represents Mayer's boldest move...
DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
News roundup: Jindal orders review of all Texas Brine permits in La. … Shale gas prompts $72B in planned chemical investments … High court upholds FCC power in cell tower disputes
That sinking feeling: Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an executive order today instructing the Commissioner of Conservation to conduct a complete review of the permits issued to Texas Brine in connection with its operations of salt cavern...
DATE: May 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
This year's La. charter school applications double 2012's
Seven of the country's strongest charter school operators—including two with proven track records of success in New Orleans—have applied to open charter schools in north Baton Rouge. The groups are among 35 organizations that have...
DATE: May 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
'Business Report': An in-depth look at B.R.'s newest power broker, John Georges
In 1999, John Georges went into the tugboat business. It was unchartered territory for him. Though he had a successful wholesale distribution company and a thriving video poker business, offshore maritime was a totally new ballgame. The business was...
DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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