After losing the Senate runoff election, many are wondering what’s next for Mary Landrieu? Political Analyst Clancy Dubos expects Landrieu to first take some time off to spend with her family. He says, after a waiting period, Landrieu could consider becoming a lobbyist…

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He says Saturday’s defeat doesn’t necessarily mean that Landrieu’s political career is over, but it could be a while if she decides to run for office again.

Rising youth Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder diagnoses and treatment has lead the the Department of Health and Hospitals to host a symposium today focusing on finding solutions to the problem. Secretary Kathy Kliebert says they see an urgent need to gather doctors, parents, teachers and members of the community to explore the issue of the alarming rate of ADHD medication use in Louisiana….

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ADHD medication use has risen 35.5 percent from 2008 to 2012 and young adult use has nearly doubled.

In St. Landry Parish, a family is in mourning after a father died trying to rescue his son in a house fire. 42-year-old John Robertson Sr. of Grand Prairie rushed into the burning home to rescue his 10-year-old son, John Robertson Jr. The boy is in stable condition at a Baton Rouge hospital suffering burns over 40-percent of his body. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

It looks like former Governor Edwin Edwards will release another book next year and this one will have loads of pictures. Biographer Leo Honeycutt says while he was working on the 600+ page novel he ended up amassing over 900 pictures. He says the new venture is a coffee table book and will be Edwards’ life in pictures…

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Honeycutt says they will begin working on the project next year and he’ll push to have it out by the end of the summer/early fall.