John White, the state superintendent of education, isn’t a popular public official among members of the profession. However, he appears to have come up with a program with which many educators can agree.

Critics could hardly wait for the legislative session to end before throwing brickbats. Comments from the Council for a Better Louisiana were the harshest of all.

State legislators have every reason to be proud of the independence they demonstrated at their just-ended

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The Oregon State baseball team is headed to Omaha for the College World Series for the fourth time in nine seasons. That's a remarkable accomplishment for a school in the cold, rainy Pacific Northwest.

Two pivotal errors contributed in no small way to LSU's first-round loss to UCLA last night in the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. But you can't pin the whole loss on those errors.

A handful of warning-track outs (or in the vicinity) provided a reminder of how the only way to play gorilla ball in Omaha now is to go down the road to the zoo near where Rosenblatt Stadium once hosted the CWS -- or perhaps watch videos of past LSU national championships there. But you can't pin this defeat entirely on fly-ball outs.

The Oregon State baseball team is headed to Omaha for the College World Series for the fourth time in nine seasons. That's a remarkable accomplishment for a school in the cold, rainy Pacific Northwest.

The Beavers will open this year's CWS against Mississippi State in the first game Saturday.

The last time Mississippi State played at the CWS was in 2007, the year Oregon State completed its amazing feat of back-to-back national championships. The Beavers defeated North Carolina (which is also in this year's CWS field) for the title in 2006 and '07.