Planned Parenthood has filed an appeal regarding a Department of Health and Hospitals decision denying the group permission to perform abortions at a new facility currently under construction in New Orleans. Scott Carwile reports…

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There were three winning tickets sold in last night’s $564 million Powerball drawing. The winning tickets were sold in North Carolina, Texas, and Puerto Rico. The jackpot was the third largest in the game’s history with a cash value of over $381 million. Louisiana Lottery officials say that one ticket, purchased in Monroe, matched five numbers for a prize worth $1 million.

Governor Bobby Jindal continues to search for solutions to next fiscal year’s $1.6 billion budget shortfall. Jindal says he’s committed to protecting higher education and health care from big budget cuts. He says one possible solution is to reduce tax credits in cases where the amount of the credit is more than the company or person owes in taxes…..

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Jindal says two of his cabinet secretaries are looking at how this could help the state’s fiscal situation.

Moviegoers in the south seem to be more excited about release of the racy movie “50 Shades of Grey” compared to the rest of the nation. Fandango’s chief correspondent Dave Karger says people in southern states are buying more tickets than expected when you look at the rest of the US…:

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According to Fandango, Louisiana and Alabama are buying twice as many pre-sale tickets than normal for the film, while Mississippi tops the list at 4 times their usual rate.