In it’s updated predictions, the Colorado State University forecast team still says the 2015 hurricane season is well below-average. Researchers originally predicted eight named storms with three hurricanes and one major hurricane. Lead author, Dr. Phil Klotzbach, says this update actually lowers those numbers…:
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They attribute the below-normal season to an El Nino which creates strong vertical wind shears that tend to break up conditions which would create tropical activity.

LSU leaders say they’ve set a fundraising record taking in $193 million dollars from private donors during the budget year that ended June 30th. They indicate that more than doubles its previous fundraising record which was set the prior year with the money being used to help the school grow and improve programs.

A new study by LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center points to the lack of physical activity as the number one predictor of childhood obesity. Eric Gill reports…:
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The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office arrests a mother who left her 2-year-old in a hot vehicle at a car wash in Houma while she was inside. Witnesses told deputies the child was walking around the parking lot alone. Upon questioning, cops say the woman slurred her speech and appeared to be under the influence of some type of drug. 33-year-old Sumer Boudloche of Gray was charged with child desertion.