LSU has more than Eli Manning to worry about this week. The way the Tigers defense has fallen against the run lately, the Mississippi ground game may give Manning the extra dimension he needs Saturday.
The Oklahoma-based Seneca-Cayuga Indians, a group interested in developing casinos in New York, are acquiring 240 acres near the Finger Lakes, according to a published report.
An environmental group hoping to strengthen protections for rare right whales has asked the federal government to expand the whale breeding and living areas that are shielded by the Endangered Species Act.
The Home Depot, which earlier this week reported a 20 percent jump in profits, said Thursday it would increase its quarterly dividend by one cent per share.
Two women who accused their former boyfriend of raping them in Georgia have traveled to North Carolina to support a woman who is testifying against the man, also accused of attacking her.
An elderly woman charged as an accessory in the gruesome slayings of a newlywed couple from Georgia is mentally competent, according to a psychological evaluation.
Federal officials said Thursday that although publicly-operated water systems continue to grow safer, disease outbreaks are on the rise in wells and swimming pools.