A recent Fox News survey on the Republican presidential field shows Governor Bobby Jindal polling at less than one-percent. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says this is obviously not good news for Jindal. He says the governor did not see a real boost in his numbers after his official announcement…:
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But he says it’s a little early in this process to take too much stock into surveys like this.

Federal authorities announce a bust of a huge illegal computer hacking forum which resulted in the arrest of 70 alleged cyber-criminals including a man from Louisiana. 28-year-old Rory Stephen Guidry of Opelousas is charged with a count of computer fraud. Investigators say this exclusive group was the largest known English faction in the world which manufactured malicious computer software until the FBI got a court order to shut it down.

The National Weather Service says hazardous weather is forecast for south Louisiana due to the extreme heat. State climatologist Barry Keim says if we do get rain, it will come with severe thunderstorms…:
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He says high surface temperatures have the potential to produce limited but severe thunderstorms.

Expect more traffic delays on the I-10 corridor in Slidell this weekend…:
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