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  • Meeting to focus on salt water in B.R. aquifer

    March 8, 2012 10:14 AM

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The state Department of Natural Resources' Office of Conservation is holding a meeting Thursday to discuss the problem of salt water intrusion into the Baton Rouge area's ground water. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. at the Office of Conservation building in Baton... more »
  • Pharma's niche focus spurs US aid for antibiotics

    January 25, 2012 10:15 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) - The pharmaceutical industry won approval to market a record number of new drugs for rare diseases last year, as a combination of scientific innovation and business opportunity spurred new treatments for diseases long-ignored by drug companies. Drug companies are increasingly taking advantage of the commercial benefits of... more »
  • Oil spill investigators focus on communication

    August 23, 2010 5:35 PM

    HOUSTON (AP) - Federal investigators seeking the cause fr the rig explosion that led to BP's massive Gulf oil spill focused Monday on communication and chain of command, wondering at times whether the key players knew enough to handle an emergency. They also questioned whether a piece of failed equipment... more »
  • Focus of Contingency Bill Narrowed to Oil Spill

    June 14, 2010 8:10 PM

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A House committee substantially reworked a bill that would allow Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell to hire outside lawyers on contingency - limiting the proposal only to cases related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The measure, passed by the committee without objection, now heads... more »

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