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  • Sore thumbs, texting declines

    May 2, 2013 7:35 PM

    NEW YORK- Texting is declining as Internet applications such as Apple's Messages are starting to take over. Texting was once the cash cow for phone companies. The CTIA-The Wireless Association says Americans are texting about 19 times a day, down about 5 percent.Text message became the rage in 2007 as... more »
  • The moose will stay loose

    February 6, 2013 7:32 PM

    The moose hunting season is canceled in Minnesota because of a sharp decline in the moose population. The Department of Natural Resources says its census of the numbers shows they are "extremely disappointing" at about 2,760. Researchers are trying to find out why Minnesota's signature animal is declining in population.... more »
  • FBI: Hate crimes down slightly in 2011

    December 10, 2012 12:36 PM

    WASHINGTON - The FBI says the number of hate crimes reported to police in 2011 declined slightly compared to the previous year. Nearly half of the reported hate crimes in 2011 were motivated by racial bias, and one of every five hate crimes was motivated by a sexual orientation bias... more »
  • Gas prices decline after steady increase

    April 20, 2012 5:14 PM

    NEW YORK - The worst is over, for now: Gasoline prices are starting to fall. After a four-month surge pushed gasoline to nearly $4 per gallon in early April, drivers and economists feared that gasoline prices might soar past all-time highs. Instead, pump prices have dropped 6 cents over two... more »
  • US unemployment aid applications decline slightly

    April 19, 2012 8:25 AM

    WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dipped last week but remained higher than it's been in recent weeks. The slight rise in applications in the past few weeks could signal that the gains in the job market are uneven. The Labor Department says weekly applications declined... more »
  • US teen births decline: Miss. has highest rate, NH lowest

    April 10, 2012 7:32 AM

    NEW YORK - A new government report tracks a continuing decline in teen births in the United States in 2010. Nearly every state saw a decline in teen births from 2007 to 2010, with the biggest drop in Arizona at 29 percent. Rates stayed about the same in Montana, North... more »
  • US weekly unemployment aid applications decline

    March 29, 2012 8:24 AM

    WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dropped last week, the latest evidence that the job market is strengthening. The Labor Department says weekly unemployment benefit applications fell 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 359,000. That's the smallest number of applicants since April 2008. The four-week average, a... more »
  • Weekly US oil and gas rig count drops by 1

    November 24, 2011 3:10 PM

    HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by one this week to 2,000. Houston-based drilling product provider Baker Hughes Inc. reported Wednesday 1,130 rigs were exploring for oil and 865 for natural gas. Five were listed as miscellaneous.... more »
  • La. veterans group disbands amid declining numbers

    December 12, 2010 11:56 AM

    METAIRIE, La.- After 28 years, the south Louisiana chapter of the American Ex-Prisoners of Wars has disbanded because of dwindling numbers, a fate faced by several other military fraternities in recent years. Eight men bound by the experience of wartime detention exchanged hugs and handshakes last week in Metairie... more »
  • Suspect in nightclub killing won't face charges

    August 12, 2010 7:44 AM

    A grand jury has declined to indict a 37-year-old Lafayette man accused in the Valentine's Day stabbing death of a man in a Scott nightclub. The grand jury returned a no true bill Wednesday on Christopher James Marmottin, who faced one count of manslaughter in Nathan Lejeune's death. Scott Police... more »
  • LSU enrollment down

    September 17, 2009 6:12 AM

    LSU's fall enrollment has dipped below 28,000 students for the first time in 12 years. Despite LSU's freshman applications increasing by 50 percent this decade, the overall enrollment is continuing a slow decline since LSU peaked at more than 31,500 students just five years ago. At LSU's main campus, the... more »

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