The Interior Department plans to put nearly 77-million acres in the Gulf of Mexico on sale for energy companies to perform oil and gas development. It would be the largest oil and gas lease sale in U-S history. A lease sale last August drew a lukewarm response from energy producers.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Kenner Representative Julie Stokes speaks out about her current battle with the disease…:
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Former LSU standout Alex Bregman is at third base tonight for the Astros in Game One of the World Series against the Dodgers. He played shortstop for LSU, and Coach Paul Maineri says Bregman is so talented, he could play any position…:
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The best of seven series begins in Los Angeles.

The National Retail Federation expects Halloween spending to reach a record 9.1 billion dollars this year. Ana Serafin Smith with the NRF says adults are spending on average 46-dollars on costumes alone…:
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Smith says on average consumers are expected to spend $86.13 on halloween festiviites that’s up from 83-dollars last year.