NOAA announces results of a study which shows the Deepwater Horizon oil spill contributed to dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico…:
CUT 2 (32) “reporting”

A Loreauxville (Lora ville) teen-ager last lost his life after he was playing in rain water and accidently fell into a drainage pipe in New Iberia. Rescuers pulled the body of 15 year-old John Michael Steiner out of the pipe, and his family identified his body. He leaves behind 3 brothers and a sister.
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A bill for reducing penalties for possession of marijuana is making progress, as a Senate Committee approves the measure by New Orleans Senator JP Morrell. He says many district attorneys and sheriffs support his legislation, because there’s still significant penalties for those convicted three or more times…
CUT 5 (05) “more sense”
And Morrell adds it would save the state abou $16 million dollars.

The Louisiana Black Bear population has grown to a point that the federal government recommends its removal from the threatened species list. Governor Bobby Jindal says the process to restore the black bear population took over twenty years…
CUT 13 (11) Q: “key habitats”
The price tag was more than 900 thousand dollars.