Louisiana Petroleum Marketers Must Maintain 6 Percent Markup (CSNews Online) BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana State Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom announced he will shut down stations that drop pump prices below a 6 percent retail markup, according to new rules set by his department under a mid-1900s law against unfair competition, reports the Times-Picayune .

Southern alumnus endows professorship in Cochran's name (The Daily Comet) Louisiana native Johnnie Cochran, the nationally known trial lawyer who died last week, will be remembered at the Southern University Law Center thanks to a $60,000 contribution made Friday by an alumnus.

State appeal court hears arguments about Louisiana's "crime against nature" law (The Daily Comet) Gay rights activists say Louisiana has some unfinished business in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down anti-sodomy laws, and they are taking their arguments to a state appeal court on Thursday.