Swarms of small beetles resembling ladybugs are moving into yards around the state. Halen Doughty has more…
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Three Louisiana cities rank as some of the highest in the US for losing the most jobs. Jeff Palermo reports…:
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The National Institutes of Health grants LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center with 5.3 million dollars to study why certain people benefit more or less from exercise. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Tiny beetles resembling ladybugs are swarming homes around Louisiana more than usual this year. Dr. Chris Carlton with LSU’s Entomology Department says it’s the Asian Lady Beetle and it’s not the typical ladybug we normally see, but it’s in the same family.
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Carlton there are more of these pesky beetles this year than we typically see, as many Louisiana yards are teeming with large swarms of the beetles. He says many insect species go through dramatic population fluctuations from one year to the next.
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Carlton says the best way to keep these ladybug look-alikes out of your home it to make sure all the doors are windows are closed and tightly sealed, the same way you’d keep any bugs out of your home. He says while they have been known to bite people, they aren’t really aggressive.
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Three Louisiana cities rank as some of the highest in the US for losing the most jobs. According to 24/7 Wall St, the Lafayette area topped the list having accounted for 9400 losses in the past year. Houma/Thibodaux ranked third highest with an area employment decline of 3.7%, and Shreveport-Bossier came in at No. 4 with a loss of 4200 jobs. LSU Economist Dr. Loren Scott…:
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Scott says the rig count in northwest Louisiana’s Haynesville Shale area has gone from about 140 to around 16, and in the Gulf of Mexico there used to be about 56 rigs online and that’s now down in the teens. He says their forecast shows the job losses in these three areas continuing into 2017, but at a slower rate…:
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Scott says it might be 2018 before these cities start seeing positive job growth, but it all depends on the price of oil. He says it’s good news that OPEC and other oil exporting countries have said they’ll reduce production by about 2% in the first half of next year…:
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LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center receives a 5.3 million dollar grant to study why some people benefit more or less from exercise. Associate executive director of clinical research and study investigator Dr. Eric Ravussin says everyone knows exercise improves health, but they hope to determine which activity is the most effective on certain people and why.
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The award is from the National Institutes of Health and Pennington is one of six clinical centers around the country that will recruit healthy, inactive adults to participate in this exercise study. Ravussin says they hope their efforts will help people reap the maximum benefits from physical activity…
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For more information on the study, visit Pennington’s website. Ravussin hopes the research will help scientists understand how proteins, lipids and other molecules change during and after exercise and to develop personalized exercise recommendations.
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U.S. Representative Ralph Abraham’s Office has begun handing out their tickets to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration and they are a hot commodity. Spokesperson Cole Avery says they had a link on the Congressman’s website for people to request tickets, but they had to take it down because requests were flooding in. He says there were about 300 ticket requests, and they only have about 185 to give away.
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Avery says they are choosing which applicants from the 5th Congressional District will get tickets through a lottery. He says they’ve already begun drawing names, so unfortunately it’s too late for more people to throw their names in the hat. But he says they are keeping a record of who all made requests.
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Mr. Trump carried the Bayou State by a landslide over Secretary Hillary Clinton, 58 to 38-percent. Avery says even if people are not able to get tickets to the January 20th inauguration, they will still be able to attend. He says there will be public viewing areas open in the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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After a one year absence, the Ragin Cajuns football team makes its return to the R-and-L Carriers New Orleans Bowl tomorrow night when they face Southern Miss. Kick-off is at 8 PM. UL Lafayette played in this bowl game for four consecutive seasons from 2011 to 2014 and the team is excited about its return…
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Hudspeth believes turnovers will play a big role in who wins this game…
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SWAC champion Grambling State faces the champion of the MEAC, North Carolina Central, in the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta on Saturday. The game will air on ABC at 11 o’ clock and Grambling Coach Broderick Fobbs says it’s a great opportunity for both programs…
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Both teams have outstanding quarterbacks. Grambling’s Devante Kincade was named SWAC Offensive Player of the year has he threw 28 touchdowns and only three interceptions. N-C Central’s Q-B Malcolm Bell has over 6-thousand passing yards in his career. Fobbs says it should be a great game
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