Starting no later than 2012, the WAC would be comprised of Utah State, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, Idaho, Hawaii, and San Jose State.

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So what did Laimbeer say to his former star, the 2003 Rookie of the Year who was selected No. 3 overall out of Louisiana Tech?

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Both brothers attended Louisiana Tech University, Charles on a football scholarship.

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D. in Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University in the fall.

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Financially, the move should pay off by increasing media revenues and cutting expenses since neither school would need to travel to such WAC destinations as Hawaii or Louisiana Tech.

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The only question during the last 10 minutes would be whether this was the biggest blowout in title game history, and the Huskies easily surpassed Tennessee's 23-point win over Louisiana Tech in 1987.

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But whereas the Texan economy diversified into high-tech, Louisiana turned to gambling, with disastrous results: politicians were bought off by companies looking for licences for land and riverboat casinos, and the state became split between the pro-gambling populism of Mr Edwards and the anti-gambling sentiments of the good government crowd, most of them Republicans.

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Mr. BARRY SMITH (owner, Louisiana Music Factory record store in New Orleans): I'm very low-tech myself, and I know as far as our customers, we still do quite well with the records upstairs.

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Now Costner has partnered with Louisiana barge builder Lee Dragner to create a fleet of massive skimmer barges equipped with his centrifuge tech.

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