The Food and Drug Administration plans to ban the use of tanning beds or sunlamps from anyone younger than 18. LSU Associate Clinical Professor and Dermatologist Dr. Sarah Jackson says there are countless cases of skin cancer related to tanning bed use. She says they’ve seen an increase in the amount of young women with melanoma since tanning beds became popular, but action is being taken….

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Louisiana passed a law last year that prohibits anyone under 18 from using a commercial tanning bed.

In just three weeks, Democrat John Bel Edwards will be sworn in as the state’s next governor. Edwards says tough budget decisions will be made and there are a lot of options on the table. He says one option not available is the continued reduction of state dollars for higher education…

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He says another priority is the expansion of the Medicaid program.

As many get ready to travel the highways for the holiday season, they’ll see the price at the pump around a $1.80 for a gallon of regular gasoline. Gas-Buddy-dot-com spokesperson Gregg Laskoski says the downward pressure of the price of crude oil is what’s driving gas prices down. He says we can expect to see gas this low into the first month of the new year…

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He says prices haven’t been this low since March 2009.

Blue Bell lovers get an early Christmas present today as the ice cream makes it way back on shelves in Louisiana. Blue Bell Spokesperson Joe Robertson says seven different flavors will be available after originally thinking only four different kinds would make it to grocery stores…

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He says they’ll keep adding in new flavors until all are returned to shelves.