It’s the best presidential polling news so far for Governor Bobby Jindal, as a New Hampshire survey has his favorability rating at 43 percent, which leads all Republican hopefuls. Tom Jensen with Public Policy Polling says Jindal has recently been excluded from their Republican presidential polls after consistently polling in last place, but that could change…
CUT 7 (10) Q: ‘where he is’

The overall coverage of rain this week has diminished somewhat across the state today, but some thunderstorm activity will linger through Saturday, but Sunday will have a significant drop in rain probability…
CUT 11 (06) Q: ‘dry out’
That’s Lance Escude (ES cue aid) from the National Weather Service.
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With oil prices about half of what they were a year ago, oilfied giant Schlumberger (Shlum Ber jhay) has plans for tens of thousands of layoffs in the near future. Louisiana is also to be affected, but not as severely, as most oil and gas jobs are offshore…
CUT 5 (08) “planning horizons”
That’s LSU economist Dr. Loren Scott.

The former Knight Oil Tools employee that authorities say was involved in a conspiracy to plant drugs on Brian Knight to have him arrested, has turned himself in. Authorities say Russell Manual, along with a state trooper and a Lafayette Sheriff’s deputy, who have both been arrested, were involved in the plot. An arrest warrant was issued for Manual earlier this week, and he eventually surrendered to the authorities.
cut 14 (05) “eventually booked”
That’s Captain John Babin, with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s office.