INDIANAPOLIS - Louisville guard Kevin Ware had successful surgery on his broken right leg last night and is recovering from that horrific injury he suffered in yesterday's NCAA tournament game with Duke.
The accident happened in the first half when he landed awkwardly after trying a three-point shot. Cardinals'... more »
UNDATED - Duke is in action tonight for the first time since climbing to the top of the Associated Press men's basketball poll. The Blue Devils carry a season-opening nine-game winning streak into their game against visiting Cornell. No. 11 Cincinnati takes on Xavier for the first time since their... more »
DURHAM, N.C. - The Duke athletic department has removed a photo from its website showing a women's lacrosse player dressed in blackface at a team Halloween party. The team held the party and costume contest at head coach Kerstin Kimel's house. The junior class dressed as characters from "The Little... more »
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio- Guard Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers has won the NBA's Rookie of the Year award.
Coming out of Duke, Irving was the No. 1 overall pick of the Cavaliers.
He led all rookies by averaging 18.5 points per game. He also averaged 5.4 assists, finished... more »
NEW ORLEANS - Duke University and Conservation International researchers say lack of data from shrimp trawlers is a huge problem in getting a national picture of sea turtle deaths on fishhooks and in fishing nets.
They say total federal estimates of such deaths fell 90 percent from 1990 to... more »
GEISMAR - Ascension Parish Sheriff's deputies investigated their first homicide of the year this morning at Jackie Robinson Park in Geismar.
Chief Deputy Tony Bacala said Todd "Duke" Hall, 29, of St. Gabriel was found shot to death in the passenger seat of a gold sedan early Thursday morning.... more »
Elizabeth "Beth" Rickey, who helped refute claims that former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke had renounced neo-Nazi ties, has died.
Rickey exposed that Duke's office was selling books advocating Nazism and questioning whether the Holocaust happened.
Rickey died Saturday.
She was 53. more »
BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana House has rejected an attempt to provide government-subsidized health insurance to thousands of people with the Medicaid dollars available under... more »
BATON ROUGE - Officials at the ExxonMobil Chemical Plant in Baton Rouge said a compressor trip caused them to start flaring this afternoon.
A... more »
GONZALES - A woman filed a police report claiming Gonzales City Councilman Tim Vessel was stealing utilities from neighbors to power his storage shed where... more »
BATON ROUGE - Drivers of the Elio, a three-wheeled vehicle to be manufactured in Shreveport, won't have to wear helmets. The Louisiana House gave final... more »