The wife of Republican US Senate candidate Charles Boustany says prostitution allegations against her husband are “false attacks.” The accusations were raised in a new book that claims Boustany was involved with prostitutes who were killed in Jefferson Davis Parish. Political consultant Bernie Pinsonat says this has the potential to hurt Boustany’s campaign…:
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A statement from Boustany’s campaign says these allegations are completely false.

American Cancer Society volunteers from Louisiana are in Washington, D.C, today rallying for more funding for cancer research. Augusto Ochoa with LSU Health says the advances in science over the past several decades have been phenomenal, and we are at a turning point in cancer research that just needs an additional push…:
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The LSU AgCenter finds the total damage to agriculture from the August floods to be about 277-million dollars. Don Molino has more…:
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The Red Cross says the largest shelter in Baton Rouge will be closing and they are set to transition displaced flood victims to permanent or temporary housing. They say those remaining at the Baton Rouge River Center on Thursday will be moved to another shelter. Red Cross officials say there were more than 200 displaced residents still at the Baton Rouge River Center as of Monday night.