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• La. drivers can't tweet or post to Facebook

  May 21, 2013 5:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Motorists in Louisiana will have to add tweets and Facebook updates to the list of activity banned while driving, in addition to texting. A bill prohibiting posting to social media sites while driving gained final approval with a 34-1 Senate vote on Tuesday. It now heads to... more »

• Committee backs social media privacy bill Play Video

  April 22, 2013 11:29 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A bill that would ban employers and school officials from requesting personal online login and passwords of employees or students is working its way through Louisiana legislature. State House Representative Ted James introduced the bill that passed the House Commerce Committee Monday. It will next be considered... more »

• Bill would ban social media posts while driving

  April 10, 2013 2:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Hold that Twitter thought. If you are driving, a proposed state law would make it illegal for you to post status updates or anything else to social media websites. The Senate transportation committee has approved a measure that would add accessing, reading and posting to social media sites,... more »

• Lawmaker wants to ban social media while driving

  March 29, 2013 6:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Posting to Facebook or Twitter while driving could soon be illegal. Senator Dale Erdey pre filed Senate Bill 147 which would make it illegal to "access, read or post to a social networking site" while driving. The bill keeps the current texting while driving laws... more »

• Fake social media profiles appear in Baton Rouge Play Video

  January 17, 2013 4:50 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend fiasco isn't the first time a ficticious social media profile has caused trouble, nor will it be the last. Just ask Ashley Hebert, a legislative analyst at the State Capitol and a beauty pageant queen. "I had a... more »

• Obama calls for research on media in gun violence

  January 16, 2013 4:21 PM

  NEW YORK - The sweeping proposals from President Barack Obama today for curbing gun violence put little of the focus on movies, TV and video games. The White House pressed most forcefully for Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons like the ones used in... more »

• Federal prosecutor withdraws from landfill case

  December 12, 2012 10:16 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A federal prosecutor has withdrawn from the case against a landfill executive charged with plotting to defraud a construction management company. A lawyer for River Birch executive Dominick Fazzio had asked a judge to recuse Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Kennedy from the case, claiming Kennedy failed to... more »

• US Attorney resigns during probe of online posts

  December 6, 2012 10:49 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Jim Letten is resigning while the Justice Department investigates alleged misconduct by two of the top deputies in his New Orleans office. The nation's longest-serving U.S. attorney announced his resignation Thursday at a news conference. Two prosecutors who served as supervisors under Letten are targets... more »

• NJ storm victims finding lost mementos online

  November 23, 2012 6:47 PM

  NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey residents devastated by Superstorm Sandy are being reunited with lost photographs and objects through social media. There are at least four Facebook pages targeted to New Jersey residents that help connect them with their possessions. People who find lost mementos can post photos of them... more »

• Sec. State to examine social media and ballots after election

  November 6, 2012 3:01 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Every day people share all kinds of things through social networking, from who they're with right down to what they're about to eat. People in Louisiana, though, should think twice before snapping a pic of who they voted for today. According to Louisiana law, it... more »

• Social media abuzz with hurricane chatter

  October 29, 2012 4:34 PM

  NEW YORK - Whether you call it Frankenstorm, Stormpocalypse or simply Hurricane Sandy, the giant weather system barreling into the East Coast is a favorite topic of conversation on social media from Facebook to Twitter. As people post updates to friends and family, relay emergency information and lighten the... more »

• NOLA Media to expand in Baton Rouge

  September 21, 2012 2:08 PM

  NEW ORLEANS- The parent company of The Times-Picayune and the NOLA.com website says it is expanding operations in Baton Rouge. NOLA Media Group said it will offer a customized Baton Rouge version of the NOLA.com website. It also says targeted home delivery of the print editions of The Times-Picayune will... more »

• New player in presidential politics to run ads

  September 21, 2012 10:50 AM

  NEW YORK - A new player in the presidential TV advertising campaign is set to go on the air next week in competitive states, according to several media trackers. The Republican-leaning Americans for Job Security will spend nearly $8.7 million across six states - Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio... more »

• LSU holds annual Media Day festivities

  August 7, 2012 10:50 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The Tiger football program will host its Media Day this afternoon at the LSU football Facility. Coach Les Miles will address reporters around 3:00 before offensive and defensive coordinators Greg Studrawa and John Chavis follow. Then the entire 105-man LSU roster is allowed to speak... more »

• C-USA in cycle of change: coaches, teams, QBs

  July 26, 2012 10:47 AM

  IRVING, Texas - Conference USA seems to be in a perpetual cycle of change. There are five new coaches among the league's 12 teams. That includes Southern Miss and Houston, the division champs last season. Next season, C-USA will have four new teams after SMU, Houston, Central Florida and Memphis... more »

• Tigers take spotlight at SEC Media Day

  July 18, 2012 10:00 AM

  HOOVER, Ala. - SEC Media Days continue in Hoover, Alabama with six teams on deck to speak to the media. Les Miles and his LSU Tigers will headline the second day in front of the throngs of media and certainly the debacle in the BCS National Championship game will... more »

• Local video makers explain how they make money with YouTube Play Video

  July 9, 2012 11:04 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Making money on YouTube could be as simple as a few clicks, but it's not always that easy, just ask the creators of the 'Lil' Final Boyz' videos, Myles Laroux and Logan Baudean. The pair burst into the viral video scene after making a spoof video about... more »

• Police: video shows missing college student and mystery "truck of interest" Play Video

  May 25, 2012 8:06 PM

  LAFAYETTE- Police have released the most groundbreaking information related to a missing person's case that's grabbed the country's attention. Late Friday, pictures from security cameras were released showing a white, newer model pick-up truck. The truck was seen on various video recordings, on two different streets were Mickey Shunick... more »

• Visual effects studio announces $1.2 mil. Baton Rouge facility

  February 29, 2012 3:15 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Pixomondo LLC, which won an Academy Award this year, says it will spend $1.2 million to create a visual effects studio in Louisiana, creating 75 jobs in film, television and commercial production. Plans call for the company to use about 6,000 square feet at the Celtic Media... more »

• Law banning sex offenders from social media thrown out Play Video

  February 20, 2012 10:05 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The governor's administration plans to appeal a judge's decision to allow sex offenders back on social media websites like Facebook. Last week, U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson threw out the recently-passed law banning registered sex offenders from social media sites. Jackson said the law went too... more »

• BRPD Police Chief gives Press Conference

  August 26, 2011 2:14 PM

  "Today is a sad day for the city of br, today's a sad day for lsu university, thelsu alumni and the countless fans follow that follow the tiger football program," opened Chief Dewayne White's press conference regarding the arrest of Jordan Jefferson and Josh Johns. White also announced that... more »

• Les Miles to meet with media after practice today

  August 20, 2011 10:37 AM

  BATON ROUGE- According to LSU Media Relations, Les Miles and members of the Unity Council will meet with members of the media today after practice. Coach Miles is scheduled to talk at 12:30 p.m. Sgt. Don Stone with Baton Rouge Police said LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson was implicated, along... more »

• Tigers predicted to finish second overall

  July 22, 2011 10:43 AM

  HOOVER, Ala. - The LSU football team was selected to finish second overall by the media Friday on the final day of Southeastern Conference Media Days in Alabama. The Tigers were also picked to finish second in the SEC Western Division behind Alabama, who was chosen to win the... more »

• Dardenne traveling to NYC to promote tourism

  January 28, 2011 2:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne is hoping a trip to the Big Apple will help bring tourists back to Louisiana. Dardenne is planning a one-day trip next week to New York City next week to meet with nationwide broadcasters and magazine writers and promote Louisiana’s travel opportunities. According... more »

• Game developer to put new studio in Baton Rouge

  December 7, 2010 3:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A video game developer based in the U. K. is now the newest addition to the Louisiana Technology Park in Baton Rouge. Representatives from Firebrand Games and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber made the announcement with parish officials earlier today. They said Firebrand would locate a new... more »

• 'Twilight' filming begins amid heightened security

  November 16, 2010 2:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Filming started today for the latest movie in the “Twilight” series at the Celtic Media Center in Baton Rouge. According to the entertainment magazine Scene Louisiana, security on the studio grounds has been increased to accommodate the high-profile film and its stars, including personal bodyguards for Kristen... more »

• News media banned from offshore drilling conference

  November 9, 2010 10:38 AM

  NEW ORLEANS--News organizations were barred from a conference over a company's claim that the government has not issued a single drilling permit, even though the moratorium was lifted last month. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman said the hearing would be held in his chambers, and news organizations had no... more »

• New game developers group forms in Baton Rouge

  September 20, 2010 11:39 AM

  A chapter of an international game developer’s group has been formed in Baton Rouge to help grow the state’s digital media industry. Three state groups worked together to create a local chapter of the International Game Developer’s Association, according to a press release Monday from the Baton Rouge Area Digital... more »

• NFL reminds clubs of media policy

  September 15, 2010 1:14 PM

  The NFL sent a memo Wednesday reminding all 32 teams of its equal access and conduct policy toward the media following a TV Azteca reporter's comments that she was uncomfortable in the New York Jets' locker room last weekend. "Women are a common part of the sports media," said... more »

• Louisiana official blasts restrictions on media

  July 8, 2010 4:08 PM

  An outspoken Louisiana official wants the Coast Guard to lift restrictions on news organizations covering the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser told The Associated Press Thursday he's drafting a letter to the Coast Guard, BP and President Obama. He opposes a recent rule... more »

• Former WBRZ TV anchor dies

  May 5, 2010 6:48 AM

  Former WBRZ TV Anchor and radio personality Ed Buggs died late last night. According to his younger brother Clarence Buggs, he likely died of a heart attack. An autopsy will likely performed today. As soon as funeral arrangements have been made, we will post them on WBRZ.com. Please... more »

• Payton: Saints first Super Bowl week went smooth

  February 5, 2010 9:55 AM

  Coach Sean Payton says the New Orleans Saints had no trouble handling the distractions of the franchise's first ever Super Bowl week. Payton says the weeklong trip to south Florida was similar in some ways to the game the Saints played last season in London. Payton also noted that the... more »