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LSU football coach says he'll Twitter during games

Les Miles, head football coach at Louisiana State University, has a lot to say during games.

With his baseball cap squeezed tightly around his head, he shouts at players, referees and, who knows, the fates themselves.

However, it appears that he doesn't feel he says enough. Or, perhaps, that he isn't heard enough. For Miles has now decided he needs to Twitter.

Oh, not merely to tell his fellow coaches, boosters and the rest of Louisiana's finest that he's just had a tuna sandwich. No, Miles intends to Twitter before and after games. And during half-time.… Read more

The science of New Orleans: Getting out of town alive

Escape from New Orleans, a topic for scientific inquiry--and who better to study the problem than a scientist at Louisiana State University? Now Brian Wolshon has gotten a federal grant to continue his research. In an emergency, how do you get people out of town?

Even back before Katrina hit, the folks at LSU were thinking about disasters and the incumbent evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.

Computer modeling developed at Los Alamos National Lab will be used in a new effort to understand, plan and predict evacuation. And the variables are daunting. Just try predicting the kind of … Read more