Was there a clear winner or loser in last night’s US-Senate debate between Senator Mary Landireu, Congressman Bill Cassidy and Col Rob Maness? UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross thinks both the incumbent and Maness helped themselves in the televised face-off. However, he doesn’t think it was a great night for Cassidy…:
CUT 3 (09) “of that then”
LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan didn’t think there was a single defining moment during the discussion that would shake things up in the race…:
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That debate will be October 28th.

A second Dallas hospital worker has test positive for Ebola. Both workers contracted the virus while providing care to Thomas Duncan who died from the disease a week ago today. So are Louisiana hospitals prepared to handle an Ebola patient? Louisiana Hospital Association Vice President Ken Alexander believes so, thanks to daily guidance provided by the CDC:
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Alexander says the health care industry needs to learn from what’s going on at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.

Louisiana State Police say a man was killed in an early morning crash involving a drunk driver this morning in Jefferson Davis Parish. They say 21-year-old Taylor Pellerin of Lake Arthur was on I-10 near Roanoke when he drove off the road causing his vehicle to flip several times. His passenger, 22-year-old Jordan Gatte wasn’t buckled up and died at the scene. Pellerin was arrest and his charges include DWI and vehicular homicide.