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According to USA Today LSU ranks seventh in the nation in athletic department earnings. LSU athletics are entirely self supported taking no state tax dollars and no student fees. It is one of only seven schools in the country to do that.

If you took a look at the Travel section of USA Today, your eye might be caught by a mention of Lake Charles today.  That's because we were just named as one of the newspaper's Top 10 places to vacation for the winter.  How do you like them apples?

In an emotion-filled tribute that had in him tears from the start, Garth Brooks joined the Country Music Hall of Fame Sunday, with his hero George Strait welcoming him to the group. Brooks says he came to Nashville for one reason: