New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell went off on FOX 8 investigative reporter Lee Zurik, after he questioned her about time spent in a city-owned French Quarter apartment with a New Orleans cop. Zurik has been running a series of reports pertaining to Cantrell’s use of a city-owned apartment and has more than 600 hours of recordings of her entering and leaving. Cantrell dismissed Zurik when he asked a follow-up question…:

CUT 10(11)      “…thank you very much.”

The city’s inspector general has also launched an investigation into Cantrell’s use of the apartment.

Candidates for Louisiana Governor are starting to pop up left and right, ever since Senators Kennedy and Cassidy admitted they are weighing the idea. The latest of Mandeville state Representative Richard nelson, who says, if elected, he’d work to end state income tax…:

CUT 13(10)      “…last census.”

Nelson is young; 36…which he feels is to his advantage.

Rapides Parish deputies arrest an elderly Oklahoma man, after finding 90 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle. 73-year-old Thomas Huynh was pulled over on I-49, and the officer detected the smell of weed, which was seized. Huynh says he was paid to deliver the pot to New Orleans. He was booked and released on bond.

It’s felt more like January instead of November and the chilly weather is not going away anytime soon…:

CUT 01(29)      “…Palermo.”